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- Page 4 Essential Parts of Your Pfaff 84 Face cover Take-up lever Thread guide Top cover Thread retainer stud Spool pins Bobbin winder Balance wheel Stop motion knob Motor disengaging mechanism Stitch length control Reverse feed control Bed cover Transverse rotary hook...
- Page 7 For bobbin winding, disengage the sewing Pass the thread around the thread retainer mechanism. Hold balance wheel (8) while stud in the direction indicated by an arrow. turning stop motion knob (9) toward you Place bobbin bobbin winder (see ill.). spindle, making sure that key A at its base enters slot B in the bobbin (see ill.).
- Page 8 Hold the full bobbin so that the thread un winds toward the right and place in the bobbin case (1). Pull the thread into slot (2) and under spring (3). As you pull the thread, the bobbin should rotate clockwise (4). Leave about three inches of thread hanging from the bobbin case.
- Page 10 (see arrow in Fig. 2). On machines having no carrying case base, The sewing area of the Pfaff 84 Portable is the workplate support is pressed against the enlarged with the aid of an extension (4).
- Page 11 Upper threading is illustrated opposite. Please note that the thread is placed be tween any two of the discs of tension (20), pulled clockwise around the tension stud and drawn toward the right with a jerk (see ill.). As you do this, hold the thread steady somewhere between the spool and the ten sion.
- Page 12 The sewing foot is raised and lowered by To draw up the bobbin thread, hold operating the presser bar lifter on the back needle thread and lower the sewing foot. of the machine (see ill.). Turn the balance wheel toward you a full Presser bar lifter up turn.
- Page 14 straight-stitch seam. To Begin by sewing a this end, push the stitch width control to the right as far as it will go. The stitch length is regulated by turning the stitch length control. The number indi cating the stitch length chosen should opposite the dot on the left-hand side of the slot.
- Page 16 Balanced tensions are essential for sewing. Both tensions are correctly balanced if the needle and bobbin threads interlock in the center of the material. The bobbin thread tension is regulated by turning the small knurled screw on the bob bin case. Turn this screw right for a tighter bottom tension, or left for a looser tension.
- Page 19 Darning sheer and soft materials is greatly facilitated placing them darning Draw up the bobbin thread and hoops. hold both threads lightly with your left hand while the first stitches are being made. Trim the threads and start stitching back and forth across the hole in sewing direction.
- Page 20 Stitch close to the left edge of the zipper Attach zipper foot without quilting gauge for about 1 inch, guiding the right edge of (which can be obtained from your Pfaff deal the foot along the zipper teeth (1). Leave er). Stitch length: 1.5 to 2 the needle in the material, raise the zipper toot and close the zipper (2).
- Page 21 Flat Felled Seams 847561 Attach felling foot No. 93-847 561 -00. Stitch length: 1.5 to 2 Flat felled seams are used to durably join two pieces of fabric and are usually straight- stitched. First Seam: Lay pieces together with the right sides facing and the bottom piece pro truding about inch.
- Page 26 Inserting Patches 838 954 Attach ordinary sewing foot. Stitch width: medium Larger holes can be patched quickly. Trim Cut a patch about inch larger than the away the ragged edges around the hole, hole and place it under the hole, matching cutting exactly along the fabric yarns.
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- Page 28 Changing the Needle Position Some special sewing jobs are made with the needle switched to the right or left of the needle plate slot. This is done by moving lever (19) to the right and left, respectively. The needle position lever is indispensable for sewing buttonholes.
- Page 29 Sewing Buttonholes Attach all-purpose sewing foot No. 93-100 179-00 to its left position and put Flick the needle control in notch R 1 (see the stitch width Figs. 2 and 3), When using No. 50 embroidery thread, set the stitch length control so that the white dot is opposite the groove (see Fig.
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- Page 33 Ornamental Sewing You can make exciting fashion-stitch designs by varying stitch length, stitch width and needle position. Some of the designs you can make are illustrated on this page. Additional ornamental effects are obtained by sewing over a filler cord. Sewing Curtains 938 954 —...
- Page 35 To change the light bulb, remove the face Push the light bulb into its socket, turn left As you replace the face cover, slip tip d into cover by pulling it in the direction indicated and pull out. Insert the new bulb so that its slot c, then push against the face cover un pins slide into the socket slots.
- Page 36 (1 & 2). Pfaff 84 machines are tilted back. On port able machines, loosen the screw on the bottom of the machine base and tilt the...
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