Specification Table - Singer XL-6000 Instruction Manual

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• Sewing machine will not sew
when start/stop button is
pressed.
• Thread breaks.
• Stitch skips.
• Thread tension cannot be
properly regulated.
• Seam puckering occurs.
• Sewing machine fails to auto-
matically wind a bobbin.
• Speed controller has been
plugged in.
• Sewing machine is incorrectly
threaded.
• Thread used has kinks or
knots.
• Thread tension is not properly
adjusted.
• Needle is bent or has blunt tip.
• Needle is incorrectly attached.
• Rotating hook bobbin case
holder is incorrectly threaded.
• Bobbin fails to smoothly rotate
in rotating hook bobbin case
holder.
• Needle does not match thick-
ness of thread used.
• Thread take-up lever is not
threaded.
• Thread detecting thread guide
is not threaded.
• Sewing machine head is not
properly threaded.
• Bobbin thread is not properly
routed.
• Orientation of thread spool
cap does not match that of
thread spool.
• Stitch length is too large to
sew light-weight fabric.
• Needle has blunt tip.
• Main body of sewing machine
is not properly threaded.
• Retaining plate is not properly
thread with (embroidery)
thread
• Parts related to bobbin
winding is tangled with thread
waste or thread.
• Unplug speed controller. 9
• Check threading sequence 11,12
and re-thread machine head
correctly.
• Remove kinks or knots from
thread.
• Check relation between stitch 22
pattern selected and sewing
thread used. Then, properly
adjust thread tension.
• Replace needle with a normal 27
one.
• Correctly attach needle. 27
• Check threading route of 120
bobbin thread.
• Check how bobbin thread is
wound round bobbin.
• Check relation between 27
sewing thread and needle.
• Check threading route of 11,12,
needle thread. 121
• Securely thread thread de- 11,12,
tecting thread guide so that 121
thread passes deepest part of
guide.
• Check how machine head is 11,12,
threaded. 121
• Check threading route of 120
bobbin thread.
• Attach thread spool cap in 11,12
correct orientation with
respect to thread spool.
• Decrease (shorten) stitch 20
length.
• Replace needle with a normal 27
one.
• Check threading sequence of 13,14
machine head and re-thread it
properly.
• Open thread retaining cover 66
to check that retaining plate is
properly threaded. Re-thread
retaining plate using bobbin
winder guide.
• Remove thread waste or
thread using a pair of
tweezers.
Specification table
Standard sewing machine
Item I Specification
Dimensions 479 (W) x 324 (H) x 215 (D) mm
Dimensions when 495 (W) x 330 (H) x 235 (D) mm
attached with case
Weight 12.4 kg (when attached with case: 13.7 kg)
Rated
voltage/power con- 120/0.9A 60 Hz
sumption
Power consump- 13.5V / 3W
tion of lamp
Embroidery Unit
Item
I
Specification
Dimensions 33.5 (W) x 13.0 (H) x 32.0 (D) cm
Dimensions when
installed on sewing 59.5 (W) x 32.4 (H) x 33.5 (D) cm
machine
Weight 2.3 kg (when installed on sewing
machine: 13.0 kg)
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