Skipped Stitches; Breaking Needles; Breaking The Upper Thread; Breaking The Lower Thread - Singer 1305 Use And Care Manual

SKIPPED STITCHES.
May be caused by a bent
or blunt
needle; or by incorrect setting o the needle; or the wrong
size needle;
or by a thread too heavy for the
size of the
needle.
SEE TIAT THE PRESSER FOOT is snug against the presser
bar and securely clamped by the
screw so that the
needle
will pass through the opening in the foot without any
interference.
BREAKING NEEDLES.
Usually due to pulling on the work,
causing the needle to get out of line nd
strke
the throat
plate, thus breaking or bending the needle.
May be due to
presser coot or attachments nt being securely fastened to
presser bar.
Be sure to use correct size needle and threed
For msterial.
BREAKING
THE UPPER THREAD.
May be caused by;
(I)
Incorrect threading.
(2)
Not bringing up under thread correctly.
(3)
Upper tension too tight.
(4)
Needle imperfect, or set incorrectly.
(5)
Needle rubbing against attachments or presser foot.
(6)
Needle eye too small for thread.
(7)
Starting the machine at full speed.
(8)
Starting without take-up lever
at
highest point.
BREAKING
THE LOWER THREAD. May be caused by:
(I
) incorrect threading of bobbin case.
(2)
Too tight a tension.
(3)
Bobbin wound too full to revolve freely.
(4)
Not bringing up under thread correctly.
(5
l-lole n the needle plate rough, csused by needle
striking the piote.
6)
Dust or lint in bobbin.
UNEVEN STITCHES.
My be cnusedh b
Presser foot not resting evenly on material.
Feed not high enough.
(3)
Too short a stitch.
i4)
Pulling the cloth.
ç5)
Too
fine
a needle w:th too coarse or poor a thread.
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