SINGER M100A User Manual
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DIRECTIONS FOR USING
To Commence Sewing.
With the left hand, taVe hold of the needle thread (leaving it slack
between the hand and the needle), turn the balance-wheel over toward
you until the needle moves down and up again to its highest point, thus
catching the shuttle thread ; draw up the needle thread, and the shuttle
thread will appear ; then draw the shuttle thread up through the hole in
the throat-plate, lay both threads back across the feed points, and catch
them
behind
the
thread-cutter,
place
the
material
beneath
the
needle,
lower the presser-foot upon it, and commence to sew, turning, the wheel
over toward you.
TO TURN A CORNER,
stop the machine without raising the needle more than half way out of
the
goods.
Raise
the
presser-foot
and
turn
the
work
in
the
manner
desired,
the needle as a pivot.
FOR SEWING FLANNEL OR BIAS SEAMS,
use a fine stitch and as light a tension as possible so as to leave the
thread loose enough to stand the strain of stretching the goods,
A STII'CH 'rO RAVEL EASILY
can he had, if desired, by leaving the upper tension so light that the
under ihreail w i l l not draw into the goods, hut lie straigliL
To Remove the Work.
Let the take up rest at its highest point; take hold of the upper thread
between the take up lever and the eyelet on the face-plate and draw down
about two inches of slack ; then raise the presser-foot, and draw the
fabric to the left, about two inches, and cut the threads by drawing them
behind and then down across the knife-edge of the thread-cnttcr, leaving
the ends caught behind the same.
I^This
ingenious
but
simple
device
saves
"
hunting-up
the
scissors” every few minutes, and is a highly-valued addition to the special
aitadiments of the Singer machine.
”
To Regulate the Tensions.
The tension on the shuttle-thread is regulated by the small screw
near
the
delivery
eye—turn
toward
you
to
increase,
and
from
you
to
diminish;
when
once
properly
adjusted,
it
will
seldom
require
to
be
changed for any kind of thread commonly used, as a perfect stitch can
usually be obtained by regulating the tensions on tlie upper or needle