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Owner's Manual - Page 2
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Changing the Light Bulb
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PFAFF AG Karlsruhe-Durlach Branch
Contents
Essential Parts of Machine Operation
Stroigt and Zigzag Button Sewing
Sewing
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Reverse Sewing
Setting the Needle Position
Regulating Removing
the Stitch the Needle
Width Plate
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Owner's Manual - Page 3
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Essential Parts of Machine
1 Take-up lever
2 Thread guide
3 Thread retainer
(for bobbin winding) 4 Stitch width lever 5 Stitch width limiting button 6 Needle position lever 7 Spool pins
(on back ofmachine arm) 8 Bobbin winder 9 Balance wheel 10 Stop motionknob
11 Driving belt
12 Motor (on...
Owner's Manual - Page 4
... shuttle. Pass the thread
through the thread guide and between
tension discs 2 (see arrow). Place the bobbin on the back of thread on page 23.
Open the bed slide so that the bobbin drops out. Disengage the sewing mechanism and
place a spool of the machine, set screw on the bobbin winder tension bracket on spindle
A (Fig...
Owner's Manual - Page 5
... needle. [nsert the new needle C into place with a click. Loosen needle set screw B. Use system 130 R needles only. Select the proper needle size from the bobbin. Inserting the Bobbin Case Raise the needle bar to its highest point. S
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Threading the Bobbin Case Pull about four inches of the needle clamp and push...
Owner's Manual - Page 7
... Ill - Lower Tension
The lower tensjon is regulated by the small screw shown in Fig. 12.
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Upper Tension
For ordinary sewing, the upper tension should be set between 4 ond 6 on the tension dial ... clockwise, and to ward
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Regulating the Thread Tensions If the tensions ore not bolanced cor rectly, imperfect stitching will result, os illustrated in Fig. 14. II -
Owner's Manual - Page 8
... to move to one of button A.
maximum stitch length is released, the machine resumes forward sewing. To regulate the stitch length, turn the control until it moves the starting point of the needle vibration to the left -hand side of the needle hole in straight stitching. Regulating the Stitch Width
Set stitch width ever C (Fig. 17) to the desired...
Owner's Manual - Page 9
... before you replace the needle plate, make sure its straight edge and tilt it down over the guide screws. As you begin sewing.
Raise the take-up lever before you be set to three chfferent positions by its far end slips under the sewing Foot.
Never run a threaded machine un less you . o Machine feed dropped...
Owner's Manual - Page 10
... buttons ore sewn on "0". Place a button on any number other than "0".
Zigzag Sewing The machine sews zigzag stitches when stitch width lever C is centered exactly over the . left , and set the stitch width (usually about ten stitches (Fig. 21 c), flick the stitch width lever to its highest posi tion and exchange the normal sewing foot for the...
Owner's Manual - Page 11
... seams, particularly on heavier fabrics, set on light weight fabrics, such as instructed on the right side of its throw, lift the foot, and turn the fabric half a turn. Fig. 23
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Sewing Buttonholes with tailor's chalk. Set the stitch width lever on "2" and limit the stitch width, as shirting, reduce the stitch width to "1 /2" for the...
Owner's Manual - Page 12
... itself in the same way. This setting will the
material. Darning is just... with close stitches. of the begin
Be sure path of about /a inch, then fold it
under the needle while
the machine runs at ...Guide the fabric into the scroll of the hemmer foot, and pull the fabric back and forth until the beginning
of the material about two inches. Hold the darning hoops with a straight stitch...
Owner's Manual - Page 13
The hem is perfect
if no stitches show on the right side of the machine. Removing the Work
Raise both the stitch length
and stitch width controls on its edge about
t/haatinciths
(Fig. 29 C).
L. Set both the needle and presser bars to right. Unfold
the moterial - - and you will have a
blindstitched hem. Cut the threads with...
Owner's Manual - Page 14
...out of oil into the shuttle race. After oiling, run the machine for this purpose. Replace the shuttle and the shuttle race ring and lock them in place...bobbin E (Fig. 30). Clean shuttle race G with latches D.
25 In addition, there are a num ber of oilholes on the top cover of the machine should be careful that you do not drop it). Machine Care
Oiling All bearings of moving parts...
Owner's Manual - Page 15
... used is not threaded correctly.
2. Remedy: Thread the needle correctly. Replace the damaged part.
27 Push the bulb up into the bayonet socket slots. The needle thread breaks
Cause: 1. Use a finer thread. Loosen it correctly.
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Changing the Light Bulb
Trouble Shooting
Remove the face cover.
The needle is too heavy...
Owner's Manual - Page 16
When the bobbin thread is damaged.
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Remedy: Attach it gets entangled.
2. The machine skips stitches
Cause: 1.
The material is not attached properly. 3.
The needle is not wound correctly, it properly. The needle is pulled by the
operator. 5. Use the correct needle for the material. Replace it properly.
Remedy: Wind it with a high-quality needle. The...
Owner's Manual - Page 17
... oil the machine thoroughly, using a high-quality sewing machine oil.
The machine feed is too tight. Rewind the bobbin, as instructed on page 23 to reduce the belt tension.
31 The machine lacks oil. 2. Thread the needle or wind the bobbin correctly. Consult the Needle and Thread Chart on page 15. The belt tension is set too high...
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