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ZIG ZAG
\,__ CRAFTMANSHIP
INSTRUCTION MANUAL 1, MACHINE AND FEATURES 1
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2M. Neate Champ Thanh Sone
se 1. Teal Toke Up Soran ior sauaae
Up Lever, 15, Needle Plate Se
Upper ‘Thread Guide 16. Slide Plate ‘2. Noodle Bar Theeod
4 Seale Ih Nee Br 3. Prem Br
Sth Legh nica le hid Toon Gude Fab Feed
& stn Lone Incr ih due Pie
2 Sich Lenk Bal 20 Ze far Inder Wine Bacis
= fe Stich Control ig Zag Indicator 2 Presser Bar Litter
arb whel 2 oe Lee 8 Ree Baton 8 Man Bel
16 hatin Za 28 Kepintng bere i heme 5 Be
ed Guide Zig Zag Disc Chamber
36. Motor Pally
Battane BR Top Cover
26, Thrend Catter
Sewing Light Switch 2. BELT ADJUSTMENT
Loken motor bracket serew (A), STi
Do mot tighten belt too
3. REPLAGING NEEDLE
1, Rate the needle har to itr high
ion. (Turn the fly wheel by
oward you)
2 Loosen novdle slump sorew (A
remove old needle
Tinea er sce +B
ide of the needle towar
the fly wheeh
CAUTION + Be sure the needle js ll
he way up. It should rest age
se ite
‘tis sh
eee atop zie (C
4, Tighten the needle clamp serew secure
cAUTE
heck needle anid make
os heat or dal
4. REMOVING BOBBIN CASE
1. Rake the needle bar to iis. highest
position (Turn the fy whee! toveard
you by hank)
Open With the left thuesl
and forefinger, open the Tatch (A) of
the bobbin case (Bh
% Remove bobbin cage from the spindle
post (C). (Pull to the left)
NOTE ; With the latch held open, the
Bobbin is locked inside the bobbin case
‘Te remaye bobbin from the bobsin cas
5. WINDING BOBBIN
Hold the fy wheel (A) Figg. 7 with
1 the cluteh (B
the left hand and. tu
Fig.7 toward you to releate the clutch
By doing this, the Ay wheel wns
freely.
NOTE = If the needle moves, the
clutch is not completely released,
Place thread on the spool pin and guide the ne upper thread
guide (C) Fig, & Then bring the thrend across the machine and under the
Ipobbie winder thread guide (D) Pig. &
Wind the thread several times om the bobbin (E) Fig. 8 Now place the bobbin
fon the spindle (F) Fig. 9. of the bohbin winder.
NOTE
This te done by holding the rubber ring (G
turning the bobbin with the left hand mtil the lock spring slips inte the slot of
the bobbin,
Push the latch (H) Fig. 9 of the bobbin winder down until the rubber ring (G)
Fig. 9 is brought in contact with the fy wheel
Turn the fy wheel slovely toward you; then operate the machine ax in sewing
When the bobbin ix full, le will stop.
Remove the bobbin {rom the spindle, then reengage the machine by holding
the fly wheel with the left hand and with the right hand turn the clutch away
fzom you.
NOTE : Make sure you tighten firmly
cad Hr
The lock spring of the spindle must ft into the slot in the bobbin
Fig. 9 with the right hand and 6. ADJUSTING BOBBIN WINDER
1, If the thread winds unevenly on the bobbin as shown in Fig. 11 and 12, loowen
screw (A) Fig. 15 and adjust the bobbin winder thread guide bracket (B)
Fig. 13,
2. TE the thread winds ax in Fig. 11, move the bracket slightly to the left, If the
thread winds as in Fig. 12, move the bracket slightly to the right.
7, THREADING CASE
4, Hold the bobbin case between the left thumb aud forelinger with the slot up.
‘5 or 6 inches of thread trailing in the palm, hold the bobbin batweeh the
thumb and fit two fingets of right hand,
2 Insert the bobbin into the bobbin case, then pull the trailing thread into the slot,
‘vp to the left until st enters the delivery eye under the tension spring, There
should be a slight tension on the thread ax it pulls through the delivery eye.
6. REPLACING BOBBIN CASE
L. Turn fly wheel toward you by hand
until the needle bar i wt ts highest
position, and open the ide plate, Draw
about S inches of thread from 1
bobbin ond ket it hang Loosely from the
hobbin case
2% With the left thumb and forefinger,
hiold the latch (A) of the bobbin case
(B) and place it on the spindle post (©),
NOTE: The protruding finger (D)
‘must slide into the delivery eye (E) at
the top of the shuttle
Release the latch and press the bobbin
‘case to the right until it catches the
szroove on the spindle post
9. THREADING MACHINE
1. Tarn the fly wheel toward you and
raise the take up lever (Eto itt highose
position. Place thread on the pool pin
and ring the thread through the upper
thread guide (A & a}.
2 Bring the thread down through the
thread guide to the tension dite (Bb)
from right to left and up. Then pull
the thread up through the thread take
up spring (C).
3. Bring the thread through he thread
tension guide (D) and thread the tke
up lever (F) from right to. lef
4, Tring thread down through the thread
guide (F) at the opening in the face
plate, and through the needle bar thread
guide (G) from behind. Thresd the
needle from left to right, leaving about
5 or 6 inches of thread, 10, PREPARING TO SEW
Hold the loose end of
fin your left hand, and turn the fly
wheel toward you by hand until the
rneadie moves down through the needle
plate and up aiuin to its highest posi
tion, Pull the needle thread gently, and
‘the bobbin theea will come up with i
throveh the hole in the needle plate
Then place both ends of the thrend
back between the tour of the presser
foot.
NOTE + the heli theese dacs not
a
“
Fie, check to see if there is at lea
‘ar 4 inches of bobbi
loosely from the bobbin case.
thread
Pall the two threads at lenst 5. inches
Ibchind the premer foot. Place materia
under presser foot, and lower the fot
with the preser bir lifter. Regulate
the stitch to the desired size and sew.
‘TO REMOVE MATERIAL, raise the
‘needle to its highest position and raise
the foot with the presser bar lifter,
then pull the fabric back snd to the
Teft. Cut the thresd with the thread
utter behind presser har, leaving « few
inches of thrend behind the presser foot
11. ADJUSTING UPPER THREAD TENSION
©
‘The correct stitch can usually be obtsined by varying the upper threud tension
NOTE; TENSION ADJUSTMENT SHOULD BE MEDE WITH THE
PRESSER FOOT DOWN,
To increase the tension, tum the tension dial clockwise (Fig. 20). To decrease
the tension, turn the tension dial counter clockwise (Fig. 20). When the ten
| properly adjusted, the upper and lower theeads will cross in the center of the
siaterial (Fig. 21-A)
When the upper thread tension is too tight, or the bobbin tension ie too |
the lower thread will lay flat elong the top of the material (Figs 21-B).
‘When the upper thread tension is too loose or the bobbin tension too tight, the
upper thread will lay flat along the bottom of che material (Fig. 21-C).
The tension should be adjusted litte by litle until the desired tension is obtained
NOTE
Buch machine varies, and the proper upper tension seiting may be
anywhere heween one and six.
Adjust upper throad tension until proper tension is obsained for your
particular machine.
:
e
Fly. 20 Fig. 2
12. ADJUSTING BOBBIN THREAD TENSION
The bobbin threed tension on your machine is correctly adjusted before leaving
the factory. Therefore, i is seldom necessary to alter the bobbin thread tension.
‘Should it become necessary to do so, Adjusting Screw
the adjusting serew of the tension
spring on the outside of the bobbin
ace can be tightened or loosened to
increase or decrease the tension of the
‘bobbin thread,
To increase the bobbin thread tension,
turn the adjusting serew clockwise. To
lecrease tension of the bobbin thread,
tum the adjusting screw counter
clockwise 13. ADJUSTING FABRIC FEEDERS
By using the puch buttons you can adjust the fabric feeders for sewiing differen
srurarials und other special sewing, aac ax embroidering or daring
linarg sewing, press “UP" bution all the way down. (This
sors 10 the Up position)
types 0
ts
fabric
For sewing very light fabrics, press “DOWN”
2 the
Dutton half way down so that the
feenter line of the “UP" button appears oa the plate
& ‘To lower the fabric feeders below the surface of the needle plate, press the
“DOWN” button all the way down. The fabric feeders ars now in the dawn
position, and you will be able to move your material freely in
such as when you desire to embroider or dam, When embroidering and darning,
remove the prescer foot snd re an embeoidlery hoop.
1¥ direction,
UB Pos
Normal Fabrics
“MEDTENE Position
Lightweight Fabrice
DOWN” Position
Embroidering & Darning
mine
14. ADJUSTING PRESSURE OF THE PRESSER FOOT
To release the pretune on the material, preas down on the curled ving (A). (Thin
sail allow the buildin daruer (8) 40 raise, thus releasing the pressure on the
2 To vase the pressure on the material, press down on the builtin darner (B).
NOTE
1 For darning and cmbroide
The builtin daener will stop at any position you desice
nal sewing, builtin darner all the way down,
ng, release the bviltin darner,
CAUTION: Even though the presser foot is removed, make sare the presser
bar lifter 3 in the down position
Adjust the builtin darner to the proper position according to the thickness of
he material you are using
Fig. 25
15. REGULATING STITCH LENGTH
1, FORWARD—The numb
of stitches: per fnch
Fig, 26
ichina the stitch lengthy indicator (A
To xew at the desired atte le
length inekcater (A) iv direcdly i
ture the: stitch Feng dial (1
indicator plate (C
For normal sewing, tum the stitch length dial a0: $12 in neal, This ye
pave 12 stitches per inch
TONHOLES—To adjust the stiteh length for making buttonholes, ket the
Tength indicator (A) 10 the Jotlers BEL in red on the atieck leugel indicator
plate (C). This setting may ul be used when you desire to make satin stitch
j RSE SEWING—When you derive to sew in revere, push down on thy
sgerae lever (D) Tecer (D) i pushed all th
sas when Fou wore sewing forwatc
iC comes up and the machine
When the re vay down, th
reverse stitch length -will Be the sane as fi
‘OTE ; When you release the reverse lever
wall sew forward aj
CAUTION + Do not set th
this posi
stitch Jength indicator (Aion 6” When sce th
machine to hoeske the th 16. ZIG ZAG SEWING
Pie
REGULATING WIDTH OF STITCH
levee (A) controls the width of the stitch. When you
The vig vag regul
yush down on the rig aaz requlating lever, you will notice that the zig 2ag indicato
4 indicator window (C
4 on the 2i
nbers }
1B) moves from “0” to the
Whee the slg aig tadledtor fe at iho position
stitch, As the ig zag indicator moves (by pushing down. on
ig 224 regulating
lever toward the numbers 1, 2 3 4, the with of the stitch will become
‘The larger the number the wider the stitch
The zig wag regulating lever returns to the Borizantal position whe
Ive not necessary co press in on the 2 lock end re
ae wa eo
Fie. 80 Ply.
To lock the rig 2g regulating lever sa
that the machine sows a uniform stitch
width, ‘first press the zig zag rogulating
lever down until the sig zag indicator is
behind the number on the sig 2ag indicator
window that you desire
While holding the zie ax cegulating
lever, press the vig zag lock and release
button all the way in, Now release the
vig mag lock and release button. (Fig. 32)
CAUTION : Do not release the sie zag,
regulating lever until after you have
Felessed the cig ze lock and release
notice that the sig zag indicator
a the number which the zig 24g
indicator was set behind. If the sig 20g
indicator is locked behind any number
larger than "0" up to "344", you will
that when the zig zag regulating lever is
pressed down, the sig sag indiemtor will
move from that number to #4. When the
ig mig regulating lever is released, the sig
rag indieator will retarn te the number
behind which it was locked. To release
the zig zag regulating Lever, press the zig
zag lock and release button.
CAUTION: When you press the aig
zag lock and release button, do not hold
the rig rag regulating lever. (Fig. 33)
CKING ZIG ZAG REGULATING LEVER
Fig. 33 MAKING PATTERNS
By pressing the aig zag regulating Jever down as you are sewing, the pattern
formed. will be as in Fig. 4, Whon you slowly release the 2ig ang regulating lever
‘ick to Its horizontal postion, you will form the pattern as in Fig: 38 By
moving the sig zag regulating lever slowly from "0" to "4" and slowly back to “0
ss the machine is sewing, you will form the pettern as in Fig, 36.
“You can form the pattern as in Fig, $7 hy holding the aig 25i¢ regulating lever
all the way down,
NOTE: The sig mg indicator will be on 44 You may lock the zig zag ex
lating lever im thie position (Page 12)
‘You can form the pattern as in Fig. 28 by pressing down on the zig me
regulating lever until the aig zag indicator ie on #2 (You may lock the stitch,
in this position. See Paye 12)
Tn order to form the pattern as in Fig. 39, first lock the aig: zag indicator on.
2, then press the zig eng regulating lever all the way down so that the zig 298:
indientor is on @4. Sew the desired number of stitches end while the machine
is still running, quickly release the rig zag regulating lever. The machine will
now sew a 42 sig ang stitch Sew the number of stitches desived and quickly
press the rig sag regulating lever all the way down. Sew the number of
stitches desired and repeat.
‘You can form the pattern x5 in Fig. 40 by slowly presing down on the 2g 2a
regulating lever as the machine is running until the zig rag indicator is on $4,
then quickly aelease the sig zag regulating lever and again slowiy paces down on
the nig zag sogutting lever, Repent as often ss desired.
In order to form the paticen sip Fig. 4, frst prose the xg zag regulating lever
all the way down, and while running the machine slowly release the ig zag regula
fing lover until the sig 20g indicator is on “0”. When the xig aug indicator reuches
"0", quickly press the zig 2ng regulating lever all the way down. Repeat as often
a dsized.
In onder to make the pattern as formed in Fig. 42, with the 2g sas indicator
ich for the length desired; then while the mackine is sil
rruoningy quickly press the rig zag reyulating lever all the way dowa. Sew the
number of stitches desired and then quickly release the sig aag regulating lever.
Repeat as often ax desired
fon “0°, sew a st
NOTE: The above patterns are just few of the numberous patterns that you
will be able to make with yoist machine. By varying the speed with which
you press down on the 2ig sag regulating lever and releasing the rig cag
‘regulating lever at the same time varying the stitch length and ; the number of
stitches made, you will be able to create hundreds of different pattems.
CAUTION: When the machine is not sewing, donot prose the sig zag regulat:
ing lever down unless the needle is raised out of the material. When making
patterns, for hest results, the machine should be sewing at a moderate rate of
pete.
u CAM PATTERN DESIGNS
‘This machine has 2¢ designs and can sew various patterns by in
in the machi
Moveover, very beautiful pattems can be obiained by using colorful threads
The folloscinge cha
Vb ee ae
ine and by changing the stitch length,
show some typical patterns obtained hy sexpective cams.
jg 24 cams in diferent stitch length wil
ful thea
ck tig mag regulating Tever (A) on #4
he
cover |B) and thon insert a cam you desire into the cam shaft
ne the cover
8. Press the sig ang locke & relosse bution (D
4 Neat nu she machine and you will obtain the design on material at shown on
next page
Fig. 4
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Fig. 17. CLEANING SHUTTLE AND RACE ASSEMBLY
In onder to obtain the best possible performance from your machine, itis necessar
from time 10 time to clean and oil the shuttle and race aasembly
REMO SHUTTLI
Remove needle, prewer (oot and needle plate. (See Page 2)
Raise the needie bar to its highest position and remove the bobbin case
Loosen thumb screw {A} loested on Tace cover (B) snd remove shuttle cover from
the rice assembly
Take hold of the holder post (C) of the shuttle, and remove the shuttle fi
com the
race_qscembly.
Carefully clean the race assembly, making sure that you
Tins that may become trapped in the shutile and race assemb
clean the fabric feeders (Dy. This can be done it
1 thread or
thorenchly
ACING SHUTTLE IN
Yesise the needle bar to 1G higher posi
witht the left thumb and ferefngery take old
the shatde By the holder post. wen the
other te open end
Shute driver (E.G
“Take the race cover ih Your left hand
the tage cover over the race amembly making eure
that the two small pasta on the race asseut
finto the small Roles'an the race caver
thuust screw
CAUTION: Do not tighten the thumb grew
Tha serew driver, Tighten it snugly” with
the thumb and forchnger
i
18. OILING THE MACHINE
wehinery, it ls necesary for mie
to properly oil sind
be intervals. Ev
se, it ie important to cil your
imchine since the off wil dry alter standing
over a period of time
The sncenside of the machine should be
oiled at the arrow points as shown in Fig.
NOTE: Before oiling, clean way all
Tint of foreign matter, One or two
dope are sulloient at each point
The machine should be oiled at the
ow points at shown in Fig. 51. These
ts are accesible by opening the: face
plate
To oil the top parts of your machine,
remove the eo screws (A dB) located at
cach end of the top cover (C). Remove
top cover aad oil the parts Jocated at the
arrow points as in Figs 52,
NOTE: Alter you have cleaned and
run the machine
