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Stitches Stationary Does Not Move Forward Under The Needle

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Owner's Manual - Page 2

...will become well acquainted with your machine. will enable YOU to master a large variety of Fabric Thread Needle 284 and 285 Bed linen FIne linen Muslin Type...sewing machine will always enjoy sewing Leather Cotton Linen Embroidery thread Heavy embroidery thread Buttonhole silk 30 40 30- 50 70-90 70 go - 90 - 100 l3OLr PFAFFHaUshautmaen GmbH KarlsruheDUrtach Decorative stitching...

Owner's Manual - Page 3

... knob 10 Motor disengaging mechanism 11 Stitch length control 12 Reverse feed control 13 Bed cover 14 Transverse rotary hook 15 Needle plate 16 Sewing foot thumb screw 17 Light switch 18 Stitch width control 19 Needle position lever 20 Presser bar lifter (on back of machine arm) 21 Needle thread tension 22 Needle set screw 23 Sewing foot ----- -,-- '-'j -.

Owner's Manual - Page 4

... control 18 1 PFAFO 285 13 Free arm 14 Free arm cover 10 (enclosing transverse rotary hook) 15 Needle plate 22 16 Sewing foot thumb screw 17 Light switch 16 12 18 Stitch width control 19 Needle position lever 5 'VV V - 20 Presser bar lifter (on back of machine arm) 14 21 Needle thread tension 22 Needle set screw 23...

Owner's Manual - Page 6

..., flick this lever down. After you have a mechanism for engaging and disengaging the motor. With the motor swung out of icr in motor have completed sewing, flick it to its top position. This is operated by toot power. 5 ( 10- of engagement, all machines fitted with built-in .

Owner's Manual - Page 10

Lift the latch and case on center stud s (see its highest place the bobbin ill.), making sure point. Release the latch and press against the bobbin case until the needle is at its slot (white arrow) points up. I Ii Ptaff 285 To Insert the bobbin case rotate the balance wheel into the machine, until you hear it snap into place. 9

Owner's Manual - Page 13

... litter on the back of the machine (see ill.). Place both threads back un der the sewing foot after it has been raised again. Turn the balance wheel toward you a full turn. Pull the needle thread to draw up the bobbin thread, hold the needle thread and lower the sewing foot. A = Presser bar lifter up...

Owner's Manual - Page 15

...the machine will go. this end, push the stitch ...width control to right as far as it will run. 14 - To the ..- ..-.-- -.&'t-(. r tcoTtthhhapheeetpeinosssgtlstiosiitttttci.ectthhhcFhetIohelreenslntgeoignnhtrctodgthhtitccnhhoaclnreoytinonsrngotsrtleohrtweloh.gneicnuTh"glloha2etes"foeet.-dpnhneaurnbamsdythibooeusntruilsddr,eninisbndeoegtif Place the material under the sewing...

Owner's Manual - Page 21

... you reach the end of the foot along the zipper teeth (1). Then stitch across this end (3) and up the other side. Leave the needle in Fig. 4. 2 3 4 20 The finished zipper closure is shown in the material, raise the zipper foot and close to 2 Baste closed zipper on the fabric, ...

Owner's Manual - Page 22

...the fabric by pressing it against the needle plate in front of fabric and are usually straightstitched. First seam: Lay pieces together with quilting gauge for sewing parallel seams over the edge of ...Insert the seam ridge into the felling foot and stitch down (see ill, at right). Flat Felled Seams Attach felling foot No. 93-847 561-00 Stitch length: 1.5 to 2 Flat felled seams are ...

Owner's Manual - Page 24

... balance wheel to 2 Pfaff 285 Twin needles for lightweight materials. --.5 7 .- - .-.- Stitch length: 1.5 to draw up the bobbin thread. 7, Cording Cording is abt. 1/4 inch. The smallest distance between a separate pair of the filler cord to lead each thread between cording seams made with the ordinary sewing foot is made with two needle threads. Cording toot No...

Owner's Manual - Page 25

... produced by guiding the material so that the wing needle enters the needle holes it has made in crease the needle thread tension. Hemstitching effect obtained with a stitch width of the fabric by the left wing needle penetrating the fabric. Turn the fabric by half a turn and sew the second seam, guiding the material so that...

Owner's Manual - Page 26

... flimsy fabrics are best overcast with Zigzag Stitches 838 934 Attach ordinary sewing foot No. 93-838 954-00 Stitch length: 2 To overcast the edges of medium width. Overcasting Edges with a zigzag stitch of light and mediumweight fabrics, set the machine for its edge. Make sure the needle takes one stitch into the fabric and the other...

Owner's Manual - Page 30

..., slightly increase the stitch length. For sewing buttonholes, you can obtain buttonhole sewing foot No. 94-847 616-00 from your dealer. 3 4 R2 Ri CPFAFFD 2 4 29 To obtain more prominent buttonholes, place a filler cord of the sewing foot. Sewing Buttonholes 4 Attach all-purpose sewing foot No. 93-1 00 179-00 Flick the needle to its left groove...

Owner's Manual - Page 31

... the buttonhole with per. Lower the foot and let the needle descend on the right of the first seam. Push stitch width control (18) to the notch R 2 and sew the second tack, holding the material to 4 fastening stitches. can be 30 Flick the stitch width control all the way to the right and make 4 to...

Owner's Manual - Page 32

... draw the bob bin thread up through both thread ends and start your machine. Move the stitch width control toward the right and make two or three tying stitches. Button Sewing 30 100139 Attach clear-view sewing foot No. 93100 179-00 Right needle position Attach embroidery and darning plate. Monogram Embroidery Use darning foot No...

Owner's Manual - Page 33

Trim the excess materiat close to the right side with closely packed zigzag stitches (stitch length: 0.2; Set the stitch length control on the right side (3). 6. Sew over the edges of the design on the wrong side with a narrow zigzag stitch (stitch length control on '1"), as follows: 2 1 Trace the design on the right side. 2. Apptique Work 93 OOI7...

Owner's Manual - Page 35

... tilted back. To this end, re move the needle, the sewing foot and the bobbin case with a soft brush. Machine Care From time to time, clean the parts in the machine arm and in the vicinity of the sew ing hook with the bobbin. On Pfaff 285 machines, loosen the set screw, lift the front of the...

Owner's Manual - Page 36

... chine has been made from high-grade ma terials, there are dependent on regular cleaning and proper oiling. The raceway in the sewing hook is an important oiling point. From time to time, put a drop of oil into the hook raceway (see ill, at left . Do not oil ...

Owner's Manual - Page 37

... you have completed your sewing machine will not normally jam, even If the machine should occur, check the following: * The needle must not be damaged and must be handled Improperly. Trouble Shooting When operated properly, your sewing job (buttonhole sewing or darning, for instance) by switching the machine back to straight stitching, flicking the needle posilion lever to its...

Owner's Manual - Page 38

... the Needle Changing the Needle Position Changing the Sewing Foot 34 32 31 35 17 28 17 Cleaning 36 Cording Darning 23 18119 Darning Foot Drawing Up the Bobbin Thread 18 12 Dropping the Machine Feed 18 Electrical Equipment 4 Engaging and Disengaging the Sewing Mechanism 7 Essential Parts of Pfaff 284 2 Essential Parts of Pfaff 285 3 Flat...