SINGER W117 - Manual (Page 8)

running properly. To correct, take out bobbin case and run
the machine in the wrong direction, turning wheel by hand
and it will cut thread out; or better still remove shuttle and
clean the race and driving pins.
To Avoid Breaking^ Needles
Never pull the work, causing needle to strike the needle
plate. A needle may also be broken by sewing heavy seams
oT* very thiclc goods without sufficient pressuie on the presser
foot for such heavy work. To increase this pressure, turn the
thumb screw on top of the presser bar.
To Set the Needle
The needle bar should be raised to its highest point.
Loosen the thumu screw of the needle clamp and press it to
the left This will permit the shank of the needle to pass up
Kofween the clamp and the needle bar as far as it will go
tfth the flat side of the
the
needle clamp screw securely. Use a screw driver.
t L needle when descending should pass in the center
of the needle plate hole from front to rear, but close to
right side of needle hole. If it does not the needle is either
bent or improperly set
Proper Needles and Thread
It is important to use perfect needles that are not bent
nor blunted! When ordering needles for this machine men­
the name and give the head number. For ordinary fam-
S sewing!”se needle size No. 1. This will carry thread No.
60 to No. 90.
Needle and Thread Sizes
Needle Sizes
0
Cotton Thread
80 to 100
60 to 80
40 to 60
30 to 40
The Narrow Hemmer
Other Threads
Mercerized
Nylon A
Silk A
Mercerized
Mercerized
Heavy Duty Mercerized
Heavy Duty Mercerized
ilfure »
For plastic film, use No. 0 needle and mercerized thread.
Twelve
. ■ h«« ever equaled the dainty finishing that it h
Nothing h« ever Narrow Hemmer.
iTofaifd^ifdes" ^ to"tor"n “Stcia^tr
row hem m Serial in Hemmer crease over % incl
Before i"®®’^^^"f;^nce of about 2 inches, insert edge ii
of its edge for a ^he scroll, folded edge on top
Hemmer guiding .. jg under needle; lower presse
draw to stitch. Should stitching appear too far fror
bar and begin push Hemmer slightly toward the right
turned edf too close to edge, or not catching a
iriovi toward th. Lit.
foyial so that neither too much feeds into th
Guide and uneven hems; neither too little, nc
iLwing^for"l second turning, thus leaving a raw edge. Th
tcroTl Xuld be kept just full.
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