SINGER WS1145 User Manual
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Fig. 1
FEATURES AND PARTS
(Back View)
22. Lamp Switch
25. Thread Cutter
28. Sewing Motor
Fig. 2
23. Cam Cover Lid
26. Feed
29. Motor Belt
24. Presser Bar Lifter
27. Head Hinge Mounting Holes
3 0. Spool Pins
Fig. 5
INSERTING THE NEEDLE
See Fig. 3. Raise the needle bar (T) to its
highest point, turning hand wheel toward you
by hand. Then loosen the needle clamp screw
(D and the needle can be inserted into clamp (|).
Place needle (Fig. 4, flat side to right) in
the needle clamp and push it upward as far as
it will go into the needle clamp hole, tightening
the needle clamp screw securely with a screw
driver.
After changing the needle make one comp
lete revolution of the hand wheel by hand to be
sure the needle is in the correct position.
WINDING THE BOBBIN ^
Disengage the hand wheel ((T), Fig. 5) from the stitching
mechanism by turning the clutclx (|) toward you or counter
clockwise.
Raise the presser bar lifter (@, Fig. 2).
Place a spool of thread on spool pins, lead thread through
the upper thread guide, down between tension discs from left
to right, and lead thread through the tension disc at the base
of the machine. Run end of thread through a hole in the
bobbin edge and place bobbin on spindle of bobbin winder,
fitting the notch on bobbin over small pin on spindle. Push
bobbin winder latch. Hold thread end loosely and start
machine slowly.
Bobbin will stop winding v/hen it is filled. Turn clutch
away from you until sewing mechanism is again engaged so
that needle moves when you turn the hand wheel.
Break off loose thread end used to start the winding.
Fig. 6
THREADING THE BOBBIN CASE
Step 1 (illustrated in Fig. 7) Hold bobbin case between
thumb and forefinger of left hand, so that the slot in the
edge of the bobbin case is on top. Take the bobbin between
thumb and forefinger of right hand so that the thread on
top leads from left to right. Step 2. Insert bobbin into
bobbin case, pull the thread into the slot of the bobbin
case as shown in Fig. 8, and draw it under the tension
spring and into the fork-shaped opening of the spring as
shown in Fig. 9.
Fig. 7
Fig. 9
PLACING BOBBIN CASE IN SHUTTLE
Open bobbin case cover plate left of the needle. (See ®, Fig. 1) See Fig. 10 Hold the
bobbin case latch, (i), between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand with at least ree
inches of thread running from the top of the bobbin case to the right Insert and center the
bobbin case on the stud of the shuttle hook (f). Be sure the bobbin case finger,
opposite the shuttle race notch, ®. Press the bobbin case ® into the shuttle as far as possible
uSl latch catches on the center post of the shuttle. THEN release the bobbin case latch,
Press bobbin case again after latch has been released to make sure the bobbin case is loc e
securely in place. Close the cover plate.
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UPPER THREADING
1. Turn the hand wheel toward you to raise the takeup and needle to their highest position.
2. Place spool of thread on spool pin,
3. lead thread through hole in arm thread guide,
4. down and around one set of tension discs from right
to left,
5. into notch on the right hand side of check spring
over threaded discs,
Fig, 10
6. under thread guide bar (®, Fig. 12).
7.
Up into take-up lever from right to left.
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Down through guide in thread bar.
9.
Into guide inside face.
10.
Through needle clamp guide and into
needle from left to right pulling three
or four inches of thread through needle.
Hold the end of upper thread loosely
and turn hand wheel toward you until the
needle goes all the way down and comes
back up. A loop (Fig. 11) will be formed
over the upper thread which then can be
pulled out straight. Place both thread ends
under the slot of the presser foot and draw
toward the back of the machine, leaving
both threads three or four inches long.
Fig. 12
SETTING THE STITCH LENGTH
The length of the stitch is regulated by tte stitch length ^
shortest stitch and 5 left to shorten the stitch.
Th^rrer l?r slTl“orchoose^honld appear on indicator on the dial.
When yon Wish to sew bachward to tie the threads ^ hward1s“.or"
press in button R, (». Fig. 1) as far as rt will go. The machine wu
the button is held in.
adjusting THE TENSIONS
aiwnns adiust the upper tension with the presser foot down, as
the fenm^ni "eased w'k'en it is raised. To increase the tension on
te upper thread, turn dial CFlg. 13) to the right, or o ocWe. To
decrease turn to the left. The higher the number on the dial the
tighter the tension. Before adjusting lower tension be sure ¿^bin
. ■ f-Hrcarif^d orooerly When necessary to change the bobbin
machine IS threaded properly. bobbin case
tension, turn small screw (Fig. 14) on siae oi i
clockwise to tighten, counterclockwise to loosen.
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properly balanced, a perfect stitch will be
formed with both threads interlocking in fabric
(Fig. IS).
lower thread is pulled up over the upper thread
which is lying flat on the fabric (Fig. 16).
upper thread forms loops over the lower thread
lying flat under the fabric (Fig. 17).
Fig. 14
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ADJUSTING PRESSURE AND
FEEDING OF FABRIC
Fig. 16
When the upper and lower tensions are
When the upper tension is too tight, the
When the upper tension is too loose, the
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J=J
Fig. 17
GENERAL SEWING. Usually for straight sewing and
zigzag stitching, the pressure bar cap or darner rele ,
Fig. 19 and 20, is at its lowest position and the drop
feed lever is seted to UP .
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Fig. IS
SEWING THIN OR LIGHT
WEIGHT FABRICS
When, lighter pressure is required to sew
satisfactorily on thin silk or filmy material, the
pressure cap should be about halfway down.
Release all the way by pressing the snap
lock, ((T), Fig. 19) and then press cap ((D, Fig.
20) down again to halfway spot.
DARNING AND
MONOGRAMMING
In order to move the fabric freely in any
direction for darning, mending and certain kinds
of free-hand embroidery, release the cap ((f).
Fig. 20) completely by pressing down on the
snap lock, C(T),Fig. 19). Set the lever to "DOWN",
which drops the feed well below the needle
plate. To return feed to normal, set to "UP",
push cap down (Fig. 20).
Fig, 19
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