SINGER M100A - Manual (Page 14)

12 DIRECTIONS FOR USING
To Commence Sewing.
With the left hand, taVe hold of the needle thread (leaving it slack
between the hand and the needle), turn the balance-wheel over toward
you until the needle moves down and up again to its highest point, thus
catching the shuttle thread ; draw up the needle thread, and the shuttle
thread will appear ; then draw the shuttle thread up through the hole in
the throat-plate, lay both threads back across the feed points, and catch
them behind the thread-cutter, place the material beneath the needle,
lower the presser-foot upon it, and commence to sew, turning, the wheel
over toward you.
TO TURN A CORNER,
stop the machine without raising the needle more than half way out of
the goods. Raise the presser-foot and turn the work in the manner
desired, the needle as a pivot.
FOR SEWING FLANNEL OR BIAS SEAMS,
use a fine stitch and as light a tension as possible so as to leave the
thread loose enough to stand the strain of stretching the goods,
A STII'CH 'rO RAVEL EASILY
can he had, if desired, by leaving the upper tension so light that the
under ihreail w i l l not draw into the goods, hut lie straigliL
To Remove the Work.
Let the take up rest at its highest point; take hold of the upper thread
between the take up lever and the eyelet on the face-plate and draw down
about two inches of slack ; then raise the presser-foot, and draw the
fabric to the left, about two inches, and cut the threads by drawing them
behind and then down across the knife-edge of the thread-cnttcr, leaving
the ends caught behind the same.
I^This ingenious but simple device saves " hunting-up the
scissors” every few minutes, and is a highly-valued addition to the special
aitadiments of the Singer machine.
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To Regulate the Tensions.
The tension on the shuttle-thread is regulated by the small screw
near the delivery eye—turn toward you to increase, and from you to
diminish; when once properly adjusted, it will seldom require to be
changed for any kind of thread commonly used, as a perfect stitch can
usually be obtained by regulating the tensions on tlie upper or needle