Performance checklist, Departmerd – SINGER 717 Scholastic User Manual
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performance checklist
Make sure
connected.
REMEMBER TO
electricai plug is properly
Turn on power and light switch.
Turn hand wheel toward you to raise
needle above fabric or throat plate be
fore making ad|u$tments to stitch width
or need le position.
Use a ball-point (yellow band) needle to
sew nylon tricot and synthetic double-
knits.
Use high-lift presser bar setimg to place
heavy fabric m6er presser foot
Start and finish sewing with take-up
lever in its highest position.
Ad|ust stitch length, pressure, and
threap tension to suit your fabric.
IF THREAD
Is the maohme properly threaded?
Is the bobbin case properly threaded?
Is thread unwinding freely from spool?
Is the needle securely tightened in
needle clamp?
Is the needle straight?
Is the thread suitable for the size of the
needle and free of slobs and knots?
Test stitch on a fabric sample before
starting a sewing job.
Replace bent or burred needles.
Lower presser foot before setting pres-
surediaL
Tighten hand-wheel knob after winding
a bobbin.
Use the zig-zag throat plate and zig-zag
foot for all zig-zag stitching, and for
straight stitching in L (left) or R (right)
needle positions.
Remove feed cover throat plate after
button sewing and after free-motion
darning or embroidery.
Sew at a moderate speed (SLOW speed
setting) when using the straight stretch
or ric-rac pattern^
• Is the spool-pin felt being used under
the thread spool?
♦ Is the needle-thread tension too tlght7
« Is the bobbin-thread tension too tight?
• Is the bobbin-case area free of lint and
loose thread ends?
* Are the thread guides and tension discs
also free of lint?
IF FABRIC FAILS TO FEED
♦ Is the presser foot down?
♦ Is pressure dial adjusted properly for
the v>/elght and texture of your fabric?
♦ Is the stitch control dial properly set?
♦ Are you using the feed- cover th roat
plate instead of the regular throat plate7
If you have any questions, please write to:
Departmerd
of Sewing Education
The Singer Company
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10020
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