Adjusting For Your Fabric - Singer 457 Instructions Manual

STRAIGHT STITCHING (Continued)
Needle Bar
Changing the Needle
ADJUSTING FOR YOUR FABRIC
As you get ready to sew, take ad-
vantage of the flexibility of your
sewing machine. With a choice of
needle sizes and four easy-to-use
selectors for stitch length, pressure,
feed height, and needle-thread ten-
sion, you can adjust the machine to
sew perfectly- on a wide variety of
fabrics. The table on page 15 will
guide you in selecting the correct
thread and needle sizes and stitch
length according to the weight of
your fabric .
1 . Turn hand wheel toward you until
needle is at highest position.
2. Loosen needle-clamp screw and re-
move needle .
3. Insert new needle in clamp with
the flat side of the needle to the
back, and the long groove toward
you ; push it up as far as it will go.
4. Tighten needle clamp screw .
This machine uses needle catalog
2020 (15x1) available in sizes 9,
11, 14, 16 and 18.