SINGER W117 - Manual (Page 18)

SIMPLE CORRECTIONS FOR
MINOR DIFFICULTIES
This sewing machine was carefully adjusted and tested
before being delivered, and with proper care and attention
according to the directions in this book should give you no
trouble. To be sure of getting the proper supplies for it, such
as needles, oil and bobbins we recommend that you buy them
from us, always giving the name of your machine and its
serial number.
If your machine should actually need replacernent parts
or repair service we suggest that you get in touch with us.
Do not permit just anybody who comes along to tamper with
or attempt to fix your machine. Unskilled agents and un­
trained repair men often do far more harm than good in
attempting to adjust a sewing machine.
For the most part sewing machine troubles can be reme­
died by minor adjustments easy to perform. Should your
machine start misbehaving, check over the following list of
minor difficulties and simple corr_ections for them, before
calling for help.
If It Skips Stitches
The trouble may be caused by— ■
1. Crooked Needle: i ■ ■
May be hardly perceptible yet sufficient to cause skipping.
Unthread the needle, remove presser foot, turn machine
bv hand. Needle should maintain a constant position in
relation to the needle hole as the needle passes down
through the needle plate hole.
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Replace with a new needle and make certain this is not
the cause of trouble.
2. Incorrect Needle—or too fine a needle: „
It is very important that you have the correct needle. Be
certain to follow the table in this instruction book in
selecting the proper size needle for size of thread and
material being used.
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3. Needle incorrectly set: . .
The needle must be pushed up as far as it will go into
the needle clamp with the flat side of the shank to the
right and fastened securely with thumb screw.
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w pdle rubs Presser Foot:
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. „.-»«.ipr foot holder on the presser bar so th:
Adjust pres «r cubbing, the right side of tV
needle i® „rake this adjustment, loosen the sma
presser to presser foot holder to presser ba
screw rna proper position and finuly tightc
The Se should be a trifle closer to the rigb
sMlVf the foot.
jf It Breaks Thread
The trouble may be caused by—
■a7w,ntr Needle being used:
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1^/fs Important before trying anything else to put in i
new straight ■tieedle, proper kind and size.
the proper needle and thread according to thi
table elsewhere in this instruction book.
, pr-ie in the Needle Plate Choked with Stray Threads:
P 11 threads from the tcnderside of needle plate witl
screw driver or long needle, or better remove plate anc
clean.
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A Machine Improperly Threaded:
rheck over carefully the instructions on threading the
«^arhine and observe especially the threading of the
Sieck spring on top of the face plate.
Refe^to'1n°s*tr^tionf elsewhere in this book on the proper
adjustment—both upper and lower tensions.
R Needle too Close to Presser Foot:
Adjust foot as described “Needle Rubs on Presser Foot”
under “Skips Stitches",
7 Examine needle hole in needle plate. If it has become
' rough or burred from needle striking it, needle plate
should be replaced with a new one.
If It Breaks Needles
The trouble may be caused by—
1 Pulling of the material when sewing will break needles.
Guide the material only—do not pull.
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