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- Page 2 LET'S SEW Perforating Plain Paper Your new, wonderful machine was delivered ready for ZIGZAG stitching. Certain kinds of STRAIGHT stitching can also be done with the same NEEDLE PLATE and PRESSER FOOT which were on the machine when you received it. A NEEDLE was also properly installed, along with a partially filled BOBBIN underneath.
- Page 3 PAGE 1 Contents of This Book Indexed As you have time, study all these instructions carefully to obtain the wonderful performance your machine was designed and built to give. Constant reference to these instructions will reward you with trouble-free sewing satisfaction. Subject Page Subject...
- Page 4 PAGE 2 To Sew Fancy Stitch Patterns AUTOMATICALLY Use the Cams — Look over your large assortment of molded plastic cams. Their color or colors do not affect function. A basic design such as diamond, half-moon, triangle (as examples), is embossed on the top, flat side of each.
- Page 5 PAGE 3 BE SURE – For Zigzag Stitching — Use This Needle Plate and Presser Foot These two parts are slotted crosswise to allow for needle swinging sideways while moving up and down. Slots are about ¼ inch wide. Later On — For Straight Stitching some Fabric — The presser foot and needle plate with the small round hole instead of a wide slot —...
- Page 6 PAGE 4 To Sew Backward — Zigzag or Straight Stitching — Reverse stitch push-button marked “R” is in the base of the machine directly below the Stitch Length Dial. To sew backward, push the button down and the feeding teeth will move the material in reverse to normal sewing direction as long as the push-button is held down.
- Page 7 Make Flower Petals (C) Turn the drop feed knob to DN. Set the ZZ Width Dial’s white area to extend from 1 to 4. Sew three or four stitches holding the Zigzag lever to the LEFT.
- Page 8 PAGE 6 Match Needle Size and Thread To Your Fabric — Sew Like “A Pro” Approximate Stitches Per Inch — Also Important! Machine Silk Needle Stitches Cotton Mercerized Fabric Per Inch Thread Thread Nylon Extremely heavy tarpaulin, sacking, Heavy Duty canvas, duck, etc Heavy upholstery fabric, ticking,...
- Page 9 PAGE 7 Selection of Needle A high proportion of home sewing is done with a No. 1 size needle. For best results on all fabrics from sheer chiffon to canvas, see the chart on page 6. — Putting Needle in Machine Turn the machine wheel until the needle bar (A) is at the top position.
- Page 10 PAGE 8 Removing Bobbin Case From Machine— Lift the hinged plate at the left end of the machine bedplate. Look down and slightly to the right: will assembly pictured (right). With the fingernail of your left hand, first, finger under rear edge of the latch (D), pull straight out and use the raised latch as a finger grip to remove the bobbin case containing the bobbin.
- Page 11 PAGE 9 Installing Filled Bobbin and Threading The Bobbin Case Hold the bobbin case with the slot in its edge up (left). Hold the bobbin with fingers of the other hand so that the end of the thread points in a CLOCKWISE direction. Insert the bobbin into the case and pull the thread into the case edge slot (RIGHT).
- Page 12 PAGE 10 Adjusting the Tensions for Properly Balanced Stitching The shaded portions of the drawings below represent the fabric enlarged many, many times to illustrate the lock-stitch principle — how and where both threads should entwine WITHIN the fabric thickness. Hold the finished side of the material upward when inspecting stitching.
- Page 13 Tear away the paper after buttonhole is completed. STEP 1. Set the Needle Path Selector at the LEFT position. Set the ZZ Width white area at 5 on the left side, and about 2 on the right. Set the Stitch LENGTH dial at /\/\/\/\/\ —...
- Page 14 PAGE 12 Your Machine Will Sew On Buttons — (Another operation which takes longer to explain than to do) Put the Button-Sew-On Foot onto machine. Turn the Feed Knob to DN. Set the Needle Path Lever in the LEFT position. Set left of the ZZ Width Control at 5. Place the fabric and the button so its LEFT hole is directly under the needle and gently lower the foot to hold the button.
- Page 15 PAGE 13 Know Your Machine — Its Functional Controls and Components 18 Presser Foot 19 Foot Holding Screw 20 Needle Clamp and Screw 21 Thread Guide to Needle 22 Rectangular Thread Guide 23 Tension Regulator 1 Presser Bar 10 Feed Teeth Knob 24 Light Switch 2 Thread Guides 11 Stitch length Dial...
- Page 16 PAGE 14 Standard Equipment Accessories 1. Plastic Oiler 8. Quilting Rows Spacer 2. Needles (5) 9. Stitching Guide - assures even seams 3. Bobbins (3) 10. Thumb Screw for Stitching Guide 4. Felt Washers (2) - slide over spool pins 11.
- Page 17 PAGE 15 To Change Needle Plate — Be sure the Presser Foot is UP and the needle at the top position. Raise the hinged cover plate (attached to the needle plate) and leave UP. Carefully remove the screws holding the needle plate and —...
- Page 18 PAGE 16 — Use The Narrow Hemmer To Sew Like A Pro Practice first with scrap material. With fingers, crease a fine (⅛ inch wide) DOUBLE fold from the starting edge for about two inches. Take a couple of fine hand-needle stitches to hold the fold at the starting edge, leaving at least two inches of threads dangling.
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- Page 20 PAGE 18 To Oil Machine — Have Take-up Lever In LOWEST Position Use only Sewing Machine Oil available from your dealer — avoid other grades. Never over-oil. ONE DROP at the points indicated by the arrows above is sufficient. Oil the machine when starting a sewing project —...
- Page 21 PAGE 19 To Clean and Oil Shuttle—Lift and Tip Machine Backward Occasionally the shuttle assembly gets clogged with lint, loose threads or fabric dressings. Running the machine threaded without fabric under the presser foot can also clog and tightly jam the shuttle. Cleaning this assembly is simple.
- Page 22 PAGE 20 Fix-It-Yourself Hints To Avoid Costly Home Calls Long experience has established the absolute fact that their users rather than the sewing machine necessitate approximately three-fourths of all service calls. To know the cause of any trouble usually makes correction of it relatively simple. Damaged, defective, or the wrong needle for the job;...
- Page 23 PAGE 21 Trouble Probable Cause Correction Skipping Bent needle Discard and replace Stitches Needle placed incorrectly in clamp See instruction page 7 Too fine a needle for thread being See needle and thread chart, page 6 used Irregular Upper thread tension too loose Tighten upper tension Stitches Improper threading...
- Page 24 PAGE 23 Trouble Probable Cause Correction If Machine Thread or lint in race. Understandably, many users think their Binds or Likely machine was run machines have broken down the first time Locks without sewing fabric. they experience a clogged shuttle, or hook, as sometimes described.
- Page 25 White warranties. To obtain the best performance from your new White be sure the cabinet or portable case or other items used with it are White designed, engineered or approved products. WHITE SEWING MACHINE CORPORATION CLEVELAND 11, OHIO WHITE SEWING MACHINE PRODUCTS LTD.