Sears 385.12514 - Manual (Page 4)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1. KNOW THE MACHINE
A Portable Case or Cabinet ts Available...................... ..............3
Locate and Identify the Parts............... ................................3 ~ 4
Identify the Accessories ............................................................ 4
SECTION 2. PREPARE THE MACHINE FOR SEWING
Set Up the Machine ...................... ..................................... 5™ 7
» Plug in the Machine and Switch on the Power....................... 5
• Foot Control Use........................... ................................. 5
• Setting Spool Pins .................................................... ......... 6
• Adjust the Presser Foot Lever........... ....................................6
» Thread Cutter .................................................................... .....6
• Free Arm Sewing; the Removable Extension Table...............7
« Accessories Storage Box.................... ....................................7
• Change the Presser Foot.......................................................7
Choose the Needle and Thread....................................... 7-8
• To Change the Needle............................................................7
• Check the Needle..... .............................................. ...............8
• Fabric, Needle, Thread and Stitch Lertgth Chart....................8
Prepare the Bobbin ........................................................... 9 ~ 10
• To Remove the Bobbin Case from the Machine.................. 9
• Wind the Bobbin............................................................ ...9-10
• insert the Bobbitt into the Bobbin Case ...............................10
Prepare the Top Thread. ................. ................................ 11 ~ 12
• Thread the Needle ................................. 11
» Pick Up the Bobbin Thread ........................................ 12
Adjust the Top Thread Tension .................................... „,.13- 14
Reverse Stitch Control.............................................................14
Stitch Selector...................................................................... 15
Stitch Length Control............................................................ 16
Adjusting Stretch Stitch Balance ............................................. 16
Starting To Sew............ ........................................................... 17
SECTION 3. LEARN THE STITCHES
Straight Stitches.............................. .......... .......................18 - 22
• Straight Stitch .................... ................................................. 18
• Use the Seam Guides ............................................... 18
® Turn a Square Corner.......................................... 18
• Topstitching ................................................................ „..„19
• Left Needle Position............................................ 19
• Sew tn a Zipper............................................................20 - 21
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» Use the Darning Plate....... .........................
® Darning ........................................ .............. ..
Zigzag Stitches............................................. .
o Basic Zigzag ................................................
o Satin Stitch.................................... .
® Applique.........................................................
• Bar Tacking.......... ..... ....................................... —
» Sew a Button............. .......................... ...... ...........
• Overcasting Stitch............. ........................... .
« Three-Step Zigzag................................................
• Lace Work......... ..............................................
» Blind Hemming................. .................. -...... .........
e Shell Stitching........................................................
• Box Stiching................................... .....................
Stretch Stitches................... .....................................
0 Straight Stretch.............................. ............................
• Rick-Ruck Stretch................................ ...................... .
• Smocking...... ..................................................................
» Overcast Stretch Stitching......... .........................................
» Serging or Pine Leaf Stretch Stitching................................
• Elastic Stretch Stitch................................... .....................
Buttonholes .................... ..................................................34
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SECTION 4. PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS CHART
What to Do When..........................................
SECTION 5. CARE FOR THE MACHINE
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Replacing the Light Bulb...........................................................38
Cieantng the Machine ......................................................38 - 39
« Clean the Feed Dogs.................... ........................................38
o Clean the Shuttle Race.....................................................„...39
Oiling the Machine ................................ .................................. 40
9 Oil behind the Face Cover Plate and Under
Arm Cover Plate................................ .............................. ....40
o Oil the Underside...... .................................... ......................40
PARTS LIST. .41