Adjusting thread tensions – SINGER WSL216 User Manual

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DOUBLE-CHAIN STITCHES

Double-chain

stitching

can

performed either with trimming

the fabric or without trimming.

Double-chain stitches with

trimming fabric

MACHINE SETTING

1. Open the front cover and the

side cover.

Manually turning the hand

wheel towards you, set lower

thread guide at its lowest point.

Set the stitch selector lever at
its extreme left-end position for
double-chain stitching.

3. Close the front cover and the

side cover.

1. Set the stitch length control at 3. Raise

the presser foot, place a spare piece of

fabric under the foot, and lower the foot.

Attention: This model does not produce

chain stitches without fabric.

Be sure that fabric be placed

under the needle before start
ing to run the machine. The

upper looper thread is not used

to form double-chain stitches,
so remove the thread from

upper looper.

Start sewing at low speed, lightly guiding

the fabric by hand as machine feeds it.

2. On reaching fabric end, stop machine and

bring needle bar to its highest point by

manually turning hand wheel towards

you. Raise Presser foot. Pressing down

and holding tension release lever, remove

the fabric by left hand.

For double-chain stitches without trim
ming fabric, see page 24 - 25.

ADJUSTING THREAD TENSIONS

Thread tensions will vary according to the

type and thickness of both thread and fabric.

Turning tension dial upwards gives a tighter

thread tension.Turning tension dial down

wards gives a looser thread tension. The

higher the number, the tighter the tension.

* Set up each thread tension according to the chart provided below

Test each thread tension on a spare piece of

the fabric you propose using.

Try test -sewing with a piece of actual fabric you use and find the best

dial settings.