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  • Page 1 Model W6 N 8000 Instruction Manual...
  • Page 3 INSTRUCTION MANUAL This sewing machine is intended for household use. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS When using a sewing machine, basic safety precautions should always be followed, including the following. Read all instructions before using. DANGER - To reduce the risk of electric shock: Never leave unattended when plugged in.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS MAIN PARTS ............4 FREE ARM SEWING ......... 28 CONNECTING THE MACHINE ......6 OVERCASTING-OVERLOCKING ..... 29 FOOT CONTROLLER ......... 6 A. USING THE OVERCASTING FOOT ........29 B. USING THE REGULAR FOOT ..........29 EXTENSION TABLE ..........7 C. NOTE: ................29 a. REMOVING THE EXTENSION TABLE ........7 BLIND HEM STITCHING ........30 b. OPENING THE ACCESSORY CASE........7 ELASTIC STITCH SEWING ......31 ACCESSORIES...........
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  • Page 6: Main Parts

    MAIN PARTS 1. Handle 2. Top Cover 3. Thread Take-Up Lever (Inside) 4. Thread Cutter Button 5. Speed Control Button 6. Needle Up-Down / Slow Button 7. Reverse Button 8. Start/Stop Button 9. Extension Table 10. Thread Cutter 11. Presser Foot Lifter 12. Foot Controller 13. Forward/Reverse Adjusting Screw 14. Power Line Cord 15. Controller Jack 16. Terminal Box 17. Power Switch 18.
  • Page 7 24. Light Cover 25. Pressure Regulator 26. Holder for Loupe 27.Thread Cutter 28. Buttonhole Lever 29. Needle Threader Lever 30. Presser Foot Holder 31. Presser Foot Thumb Screw 32. Presser Foot 33. Fabric Feed Dogs 34. Drop Feed Lever 35. Needle Plate 36. Bobbin Cover 37. Bobbin Cover Latch 38.

  • Page 8: Connecting The Machine

    CONNECTING THE MACHINE DANGER: To reduce the risk of electric shock. Never leave unattended when plugged in. Always unplug this machine from the electric outlet immediately after using and before maintenance. WARNING: To reduce the risk of burns, fire, electric shock, or injury to persons. Do not unplug by pulling on cord.

  • Page 9: Extension Table

    EXTENSION TABLE a. REMOVING THE EXTENSION TABLE Hook your finger to the left bottom side of extension table and slide it to the left. To attach, insert to the right. b. OPENING THE ACCESSORY CASE Front Case (c) Hook your finger to the left side of accessory case and pull toward you. Rear Case (d) Hook your finger to rear left side and pull ACCESSORIES Accessories are provided in the accessory...

  • Page 10: Dust Cover

    DUST COVER Cover the machine with dust cover when it is not to be used. CAUTION: Always remove the roupe if attached to the machine. You can store this manual by opening the lid (a). Do not remove the cushion located inside of the cover. CHANGING THE PRESSER FOOT The presser foot must be changed according to the stitch you sew, or work you do.

  • Page 11: Inserting The Needle

    INSERTING THE NEEDLE Select a needle of the right type and size for the fabric to be sewn. CAUTION: To prevent accidents. Turn off the power before removing the needle. 1. Turn the hand wheel toward you until the needle is at its highest point. 2. Loosen the needle clamp screw. 3.

  • Page 12: Function Of Each Part

    FUNCTION OF EACH PART A. START/STOP BUTTON The machine will start running when start/stop button is pressed and will stop when pressed the second time. The machine will rotate slowly at start of sewing. MONITOR LAMP Green Light “ON” Ready to sew or bobbin winding. Red Light “ON” Presser foot is not in down position or buttonhole lever is not lowered. If the red light is on, the machine will not start even when start/stop button is pressed.

  • Page 13: Thread Cutter Button

    E. THREAD CUTTER BUTTON Press this button after sewing to cut the upper and bobbin threads. The machine will cut both threads automatically. CAUTION 1. Do not press this button when there is no fabric in the machine or no need to cut the threads.

  • Page 14: Pressure Regulator

    J. PRESSURE REGULATOR The correct pressure allows fabrics to feed properly while sewing. The setting of the presser foot pressure is determined mainly by the weight of the fabric being sewn. For lightweight fabrics such as sheers, batiste, voile, etc, the pressure is decreased. For heavyweight fabrics like denim or canvas, the pressure in increased.

  • Page 15: Loupe

    L. LOUPE The roupe is used for magnify around the needle area. 1. Hold the tab of loupe and insert the shaft into the holder of left under side of light cover. 2. Adjust the position of loupe to magnify around the needle.

  • Page 16: Home Screen

    HOME SCREEN When you turn on the power, the display will indicate the home screen. All operating is started from this screen. A. Utility Stitch Button To select utility stitch, touch this button first. See page 16, B. Decorative/Letter Stitch Button You can combine decorative and letter stitches. See page 46. C. Memory Read Button This sewing machine can memorize combined decorative/letter stitches. To read the memorized decorative/letter stitch, touch this button. See page 51.

  • Page 17: How To Use The Guide Button

    Twin needle mode will limit the stitch width to avoid that the twin needle hits the needle plate. See page 42 for twin needle sewing. To turn on the twin needle mode, touch the lower ON button. The twin needle icon will appear on the top right side of display. To turn off the twin needle mode, touch the OFF button.

  • Page 18: To Select A Utility Pattern

    TO SELECT A UTILITY PATTERN This machine can sew 64 utility stitch patterns. See inside of top cover. DIRECT SELECTION BUTTONS You can select basic utility stitch by touching these buttons (A). Selected stitch will be indicated in the screen. SELECTING OTHER UTILITY STITCH 1. Touch the Utility button at home screen. First stitch selection screen will appear. There are four Stitch selection screens.

  • Page 19: Stitch Setting Screen (Stitch Width/Length)

    STITCH SETTING SCREEN (STITCH WIDTH/LENGTH) When you select the stitch, display will indicate stitch setting screen. A. Stitch Number B. Stitch Pattern According to the setting (width, length, mirroring and elongation), stitch pattern will be reshaped. C. Suitable Presser Foot According to the setting, another foot may be recommended.

  • Page 20: Stitch Setting Screen (Mirror/Elongate)

    STITCH SETTING SCREEN (MIRROR/ ELONGATE) When you touch the Mirror/Elongate button, editing screen will change to mirror/elongate mode. A. Stitch width, length and thread tension. B. Mirror button By touching this button, stitch will mirror as following. a Mirror Original (green color) Mirror b. Reverse Original (green color) Reverse c Mirror and reverse Original (green color) Mirror reverse Mirror and Reverse...

  • Page 21: Stitch Setting Screen (Thread Tension)

    STITCH SETTING SCREEN (THREAD TENSION) This machine adjusts the thread tension automatically when pattern is selected. However you can change the thread tension by touching the thread tension button. A. Stitch Width and Length B. Thread tension To increase the tension, touch the [+] button. To decrease, touch the [-] button. The value will change and arrow will move up or down.

  • Page 22: Bobbin Setting

    BOBBIN SETTING A. REMOVING THE BOBBIN 1. Pull the bobbin cover latch to the right and remove the bobbin cover. 2. Lift up the bobbin from the machine. B. WINDING THE BOBBIN 1. Open the top cover. 2. Place the bobbin on bobbin winder spindle so that the groove on the bobbin fits to the spring on the spindle.

  • Page 23: Inserting The Bobbin

    7. Hold the thread by your left hand and wind the thread to the bobbin 4-5 times clockwise. 8. Hook the thread under the front wing of bobbin guide from left to right and cut the thread. 9. Start the machine by pressing the start/ stop button or pressing the foot controller pedal.

  • Page 24: Threading The Machine

    THREADING THE MACHINE A. PREPARING TO THREAD MACHINE 1. Raise the presser foot lifter. 2. Press the needle up-down button and set the needle in up position. (Keep this position until needle eye threading.) B. SETTING SPOOL OF THREAD ON SPOOL PIN Open the top cover and set spool as below.

  • Page 25: Threading The Needle Eye

    D. THREADING THE NEEDLE EYE CAUTION: To prevent accidents. Do not rotate the hand wheel when threader lever is lowered. Note:The needle threader is used for needle sizes 11/80 - 16/100 and thread sizes 50- 100. 1. Pull thread from needle bar therad guide until front of extension table. Lower the presser foot.

  • Page 26: Starting To Sew

    STARTING TO SEW The machine will be set to sew straight stitch when power switch is turned on. CAUTION: To prevent accidents. While sewing, special care is required around the needle. As machine automatically feeds the fabric, do not pull nor push fabric. A. START AND END OF SEAM 1. Check the presser foot [Regular Foot (A)].

  • Page 27: Reverse Stitching

    B. REVERSE STITCHING Reverse stitching is used for reinforcing the ends of the seams. 1. Place the fabric in position where back stitching is to be made and lower the presser foot. 2. Press and hold the reverse button. Sew 4-5 reverse stitch. 3.

  • Page 28: Turning Corners

    D. TURNING CORNERS 1. Stop the machine when you reach a corner. The machine will stop the needle into the fabric. 2. Raise the presser foot. 3. Use the needle as a pivot and turn fabric. 4. Lower the presser foot and resume sewing. E. SEWING HEAVY FABRIC When sewing heavy fabrics, the toe end of presser foot tends to lift up and sewing cannot be started smoothly.

  • Page 29: Straight Stitch Sewing

    STRAIGHT STITCH SEWING Straight stitch patterns should be selected to suit the type of fabric being sewn. 1 Straight stitch (center needle position) 2 Straight stitch (left needle position) 3 Straight stitch with auto-reverse stitch (center needle position) 4 Straight stitch with auto-reverse stitch (left needle position) Regular Foot (A) A. Straight Stitch 1. Position the fabric under the presser foot and lower it. 2.

  • Page 30: Zigzag Stitch Sewing

    ZIGZAG STITCH SEWING Your machine can sew zigzag stitches of various widths and lengths by changing the settings of the stitch width and stitch length. 12 Zigzag Stitch: Regular Foot (A) 13 Satin Stitch: Satin Foot (B) Zigzag stitches are very good for joining two pieces of fabrics and sewing various decorative patterns. SATIN STITCHING When machine is set to satin stitch, it will preset to closer stitches than the normal...

  • Page 31: Overcasting-Overlocking

    OVERCASTING- OVERLOCKING 12 17 18 19 20 21 A. USING THE OVERCASTING FOOT S titch Width 5.0-6.0 1 7, 18, 19, 20, 21 Stitch Width 5.0-7.0 Overcasting Foot (C) Press fabric against the guide plate of the overcasting foot so that needle falls near the edge of seam. a.

  • Page 32: Blind Hem Stitching

    BLIND HEM STITCHING This stitch will sew without stitches showing on right side of fabric. 24 Blind hem for regular fabric. 25 Blind hem for regular or stretch fabric. Blind Foot (D) 1. Fold the fabric as shown on drawing. a. Medium, Heavy weight fabric b. Light weight fabric c. Wrong side of fabric d.

  • Page 33: Elastic Stitch Sewing

    ELASTIC STITCH SEWING 8 15 It assures you of a stitch that is strong and flexible and will give with the fabric without breaking. Good for easy to ravel and knit fabrics. It is good for joining durable fabrics such as denims. 5 Stem stitch for stretch fabrics (Center needle position) 6 Stem stitch for stretch fabrics (Left needle position) 7 Straight stretch stitch (Center needle position)

  • Page 34: Applique

    APPLIQUE Regular Foot (A) 1. Fix applique on fabric with fabric glue, fusible iron-on or basiting stitches. 2. Sew edge of applique, while dropping the needle as close to the edge as possible. The straight stitch is almost entirely sink-stitched and a hand-made effect is obtained. a. When sewing sharp angles Bring needle to lowest position and raise the presser foot.

  • Page 35: Quilting

    QUILTING A quilt always consists of three layers of material. The top middle and bottom. The top layer is formed by multiple geometrically shaped pieces of materials joined together. No. 1 Straight stitch (Center Needle Position) Straight Stitch / Quilting Foot, Quilting Bar CAUTION: To prevent accedents. When you use Straight stitch / Quilting foot, do not move the needle position from center. A. Joining the pieces of fabric Join the pieces of fabric using Pattern No.

  • Page 36: Inserting Zippers Centered Insertion

    INSERTING ZIPPERS CENTERED INSERTION 1 Straight stitch (center needle position) Zipper Foot (E) CAUTION: To prevent accidents. Zipper foot should be used for sewing center needle position straight stitch only. It is possible that needle could hit the presser foot and break when sewing other patterns. 1. Baste the zipper opening to the seam line.

  • Page 37: Lapped Insertion

    INSERTING ZIPPERS LAPPED INSERTION 1 Straight stitch (center needle position) Zipper Foot (E) CAUTION: To prevent accidents. Zipper foot should be used for sewing center needle position straight stitch only. It is possible that needle could hit the presser foot 5 mm and break when sewing other patterns. 1. Baste the zipper opening to the seam line.

  • Page 38: Buttonhole Sewing

    BUTTONHOLE SEWING 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 50 Bar-tack Buttonhole (Narrow) for light to medium weight fabrics 51 Bar-tack Buttonhole (Wide) for large buttons 52 Keyhole Buttonhole for heavy weight fabrics 53 Keyhole Buttonhole with reinforced bar tack 54 Tapered Keyhole Buttonhole 55 Round Ended Buttonhole (Narrow) for light to medium weight fabrics 56 Round Ended Buttonhole (Wide) for large buttons 57 Round Ended Buttonhole with cross bar 58 Both Round Ended Buttonhole 59 Decorative Buttonhole...
  • Page 39 7. Machine will sew the buttonhole in the order as shown and stop automatically after sewing. 8. Press the thread cutter button and raise the presser foot to remove the fabric. To sew over same buttonhole, raise presser foot to return to original position. 9.

  • Page 40: Bound Buttonhole

    BOUND BUTTONHOLE A bound buttonhole provides a professional tailored touch to womenʼs dresses, suits and coats. No. 62 Bound Buttonhole Buttonhole Foot (F) 1. Cut a patch of fabric 2.5 cm wide, 1cm longer than the finishied buttonhole. Baste a patch so that the center line of patch will align with the center line mark of buttonhole. a. Right side of fabric b.
  • Page 41 7. Turn the patch and press the side seam allowance. 8. Fold each side of the patch to form pleats that meet at the center of the buttonhole and cover the opening. Press the patch. 9. Turn the fabric to right side and baste along the center of each fold.

  • Page 42: Sewing On Buttons

    SEWING ON BUTTONS No. 49 B utton Sewing Foot 1. Lower the feed dogs by moving the drop feed lever to the left. 2. Attach the button sewing foot and align two holes of button with slot of presser foot and lower foot to hold the button securely.

  • Page 43: Automatic Bar-Tack / Darning

    AUTOMATIC BAR-TACK / 63 64 DARNING You can sew automatic bar-tack and darning using the buttonhole foot. 63 Bar-tack, to reinforce areas that will be subject to strain, such as pocket corners. 64 Darning, mending and other applications. Buttonhole Foot (F) 1. Adjust slide on base according to the length of bar-tack / darning. a= Length of bar-tack / darning 2. Pass upper thread through the hole of buttonhole foot and bring upper thread to the left.

  • Page 44: Twin Needle Sewing

    TWIN NEEDLE SEWING Interesting decorative stitches can be All patterns except produced by using twin needles and Buttonholes, bar-tack threading the machine with two different and darning colors of thread. Always make test samples to help you determine the settings best suited to a specific purpose.

  • Page 45: Narrow Hemming

    NARROW HEMMING No. 1 Straight Stitch (Center Needle Position) Narrow Hemming Foot 1. Fold edge of fabric over about 3 mm (1/8 inch), then fold it over again 3 mm for about 5 cm (2 inches) along edge of fabric. 3 mm 2. Insert needle into the fold by rotating the hand wheel toward you, and lower the 5 cm presser foot. Sew several stitches and raise the presser foot.

  • Page 46: Darning/Free-Hand Embroidery

    DARNING/FREE-HAND EMBROIDERY No. 1 Darning/Embroidery Foot A. ATTACHING THE DARNING/ EMBROIDERY FOOT 1. Lower the feed dogs by moving the drop feed lever to the left. 2. Remove the presser foot and holder. 3. The arm of darning/embroidery foot should ride onto the shaft of the needle clamp screw.

  • Page 47: Using The Even-Feed Foot

    USING THE EVEN-FEED FOOT The Even-feed foot accessory equalizes the feeding of the upper and lower layers of fabric and improves the matching of plaids, stripes, and patterns. This foot helps to prevent uneven feeding of very difficult fabrics. No. 1, 2, 12 Even-feed foot A. ATTACHING THE EVEN-FEED FOOT 1. Remove the presser foot and holder. (See page 8) 2.

  • Page 48: Decorative And Letter Stitch Sewing

    DECORATIVE AND LETTER STITCH SEWING This machine has 108 decorative patterns and 3 style letter patterns. See inside of the top cover. You can combine and sew them easily. TO SELECT DECORATIVE AND LETTER PATTERN 1. Touch the Decorative/Letter Stitch Button at home screen. 5 group selection buttons will appear on the screen. 2. Touch the desired group selection button. First screen of this group will appear on the screen.

  • Page 49: To Check Selected Patterns

    TO CHECK SELECTED PATTERNS As the length of the string increases, patterns will disappear from view on screen. You can check patterns by moving the cursor upward using the cursor buttons. A. Touch the cursor up button and cursor will shift to upward. The cursor position will be highlighted. B. When the cursor reached to the top of screen, hidden previous pattern will appear again.

  • Page 50: To Edit Each Pattern

    TO EDIT EACH PATTERN You can change the settings (mirror/reverse, elongation and stitch width/length) of each stitch pattern. Also, you can change the thread tension of all combined patterns. And you can add auto tack and cut function. See inside of top cover to know the pattern which able to mirror/reverse, elongation. Note: Letter stitches cannot change settings (mirror/reverse, elongation and stitch width/length). 1. Touch the Edit button on the selection screen. LCD will change to the editing mode (width/ length).
  • Page 51 B. MIRROR/REVERSE, ELONGATION Touch the mirror/reverse, elongation button. MIRROR/REVERSE You can sew the pattern in mirror/reverse. When you shift the cursor, if the mirror/reverse button is appeared, this pattern can sew in mirror/reverse. By touching this button, mirror/reverse condition will change as follow chart. ELONGATION The elongation button as right chart is appeared, this pattern can sew elongation. By touching this button, elongation length will change to 2-5 times long. These button will not appear if the cursor positioned pattern is not have mirror/reverse or elongation.

  • Page 52: Recalling Selected Patterns

    RECALLING SELECTED PATTERNS If you change the pattern to utility stitch, machine will retain the stitch sequences until the machine is turned off. To recall these patterns, touch the decorative/ letter stitch button. Machine will recall the selected patterns. Tack and cut function will be canceled if selected. To delete the all sequences, touch the delete button long time (See page 47). NOTE: When you turn off the power, all sequences will be cleared.

  • Page 53: Saving Selected Patterns

    SAVING SELECTED PATTERNS You can save selected stitch sequences into memory. There are four separate memory folders for saving stitch sequences. Memorized patterns remain in the memory if you turn off the machine. To memorize 1. Touch the memory button after you have selected patterns. There are four file buttons. If file is empty, button is colored gray. If file is storing patterns, button is colored green and memorized patterns are indicated. 2. Select one of file by touching the file directly.

  • Page 54: Sewing The Selected Patterns

    SEWING THE SELECTED PATTERNS 1. Attach the Satin Foot when sewing decorative & letter stitches. 2. Machine will start sewing from highlighted pattern. You must shift the cursor to the pattern where you wish to start sewing. (When the “—” mark cursor is indicated on the bottom of selected patterns, machine will start from first pattern.) 3. Lower the presser foot and start sewing. Machine will indicate the sewing pattern on the top left side of screen.

  • Page 55: Sewing Pattern From Beginning

    SEWING PATTERN FROM BEGINNING A. When you stop sewing at the middle of selected patterns, scren will indicate arrow mark “ ” on the left bottom side. This mark means that sewing is interrupted. You can continue sewing by starting the machine again. B. When you have stopped sewing at the middle of selected patterns, and if you have raised the presser foot lifter, the arrow mark will change to “...

  • Page 56: Adjusting The Forward And Reverse Stitches

    ADJUSTING THE FORWARD AND REVERSE STITCHES Depending on the type of fabric you sew, it may be necessary to adjust the forward and reverse stitches. This adjusment is needed when the decorative or the letter stitch pattern is misformed. Turn screw which is located bottom of the machine in either direction as may be required.

  • Page 57: Maintenance

    MAINTENANCE DANGER: To reduce the risk of electric shock. Disconnect the power line plug from electric outlet before carrying out any maintenance. CLEANING If lint and bits of thread accumulate in the hook, this will interfere with the smooth operation of the machine. Check regularly and clean the stitching mechanism when need.

  • Page 58: Helpful Hint

    HELPFUL HINTS PROBLEM CAUSE CORRECTION Page Machine not properly threaded. Re-thread machine. Upper thread Thread entwined around bobbin. Remove entwined thread. breaks Needle inserted incorrectly. Re-insert needle. Thread tension too tight. Readjust thread tension. Thread of incorrect size or poor quality. Choose correct thread. Lower thread Bobbin threaded incorrectly.

  • Page 59: Messages On Screen

    Messages on SCREEN 1. Winding the bobbin. 2. Lower the buttonhole lever. 3. After sewing buttonhole, raise the presser foot lifter and set the frame of buttonhole foot to starting position. 4. Release the foot controller pedal. 5. Lower the presser foot. 6.

  • Page 60: Information For Embroidery Unit

    INFORMATION FOR EMBROIDERY UNIT This sewing machine can sew beautiful embroidery by attaching the embroidery unit selling separately. There are a few type embroidery units. See specification each unit to choose. Each unit can sew many embroideries such as one-point embroideries, large-size embroideries and can sew letter embroidery. •...

  • Page 61: Pattern Chart

    PATTERN CHART UTILITY PATTERN DECORATIVE PATTERN Bold part of decorative stitch pattern is one unit of pattern. LETTER GOTHIC SCRIPT OUTLINE...
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