Empisal Heidi 328B User manual

This booklet has been written to help you use and enjoy your
sewing machine. Before you start to use this machine, please
take a few minutes to read this booklet. You will find it will
be time well worth spent in understanding your machine.
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KNOWING YOUR SEWING MACHINE
Nanres of parts
How to connect the machine to
the power supply.
How to use the foot control
Sewing lamp. .
Thread and needle chart . .
Changing the needle.
To select a suitable needle.
Raising or lowering the presser foot . .
Regulating the presser foot pressure
(Patch-O-Matic) . . .
Removing and attaching the presser foot
Removing or attaching the foot holder
Regulating the thread tension
Stitch length dial, reversing button
and dropping the feed dog. . .
The pattern selector.
* Selecting stretch stitch.
Removing the bobbin case and bobbin. .
Winding the bobbin
Threading the bobbin case.
Threading the needle thread
Drawing up the bobbin thread
BASIC SEWING
Straight stitch and zigzag stitch
* Start'ing to sew
* Changing sewing directions .
* Fastening seams
UTILITY STITCHING
Sewing with a twin needle. . . .
Triple stretch st;tch.
* Tr iple stra igh t stretch stitch
' Triple zigzag stretch stitch
Tncot zigzag stitch/ .
Smocking stitch .
Overlock stitch .
Double action stitch.
Double overlock stitch .
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Sewing buttonholes
Sewing zippers
Hemming
Sewing blind hems
Embroidery
Patterns used to bring the clothes personalised touch
MACHINE CARE AND TROUBLE SHOOTING
How to oil the machine .
Cleaning the feed dog .,..
Cleaning the shuttle race
Free-arm eewing .....,
Trouble shooting:
Causes and remedies
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1. Pressure regllator (Patch-GMatic)
2. Thread take-up lever
3. Bobbin winder thread guide
4. Top cover
5. Pattern selector dial
6. Spool pins
7. Bobbin winder stopper
8. Bobbin winder spindle
9. Balance wheel
10. Stitch length dial
1 1. Reversing button
12. Belt cover
13. Switch
14. Thread tension dial
15. Needle bar
16. Needle clamp and screw
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18. Needle plat
19. Shuttle cover
20. Feed dog
21. Presser foot
22. Presser foot thumb screw
23. Presser bar
24. Face plate thread guides
25. Face plate
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HOW TO CONNECT THE MACHINE TO THE POWER SUPPLY
1. Fit the machine plug into the machine"
2. Plug the machine to the power supply.
Note:*Belcre plugging in the machine, ensure that the voltage and
number of cycles indicated, is conformed to your electrical
power supply.
HOW TO USE THE FOOTCONTROL
Sewing speed can be varied by the foot control. The harder you
press on the controller. the faster the mach ine runs.
Note:*By releasing the controller, the machine stops running auto-
matically.
*Before using the machine, practice controlling the speed
with-out threading.
SEWING LAMP
The sewing lamp is located behind the face plate.
Bulb type (Ai : . To remove Unscren
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Bulb type (Bl : o To remove ... Pusn and :\.,,;st counter-clockwise
a To replace ... Push anc I\i, st ciockwrse
Note:*Before replacing a bulb, disconnec: lne mach ne f ron^ the
power supply.
*Bulbs are available from sewing machine retailers, (Use a 15-
Watt bulb) Caution!
Before leaving the machine, changing parts or doing any other work
on it, always disconnect the plug from the wall socket.
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FABR ICS THREADS
Sheer cottons, Silk,
Synthetics, Georgette
NEEDLE SIZE
LIGHT
WEIGHT 9or 11
MEDIUM
WIGHT Med;um \te ght Cottons, Sr'":hetrcs.
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50 silk
50 to 80 Cotton
50 to 60 Synthetic
Cotton Covered Polyester 'l l clr 14
HEAVY
WEIGHT Heavy Weight cottons, Denim
Tweed, Gaberdine, Drapery
50 sitk
40 to 50 Cotton
40 to 50 Synthetic
Cotton Covered Polyester 14 or 16
THREAD AND NEEDLE CHART
*ln general, fine threads and needles are used for sewing thin fabrics, and thicker threads and needles are
used for sewing heavy fabrics. Always test thread and needle size on a small piece of fabric which will
be used for actual sewing.
*Use the same thread for needle and bobbin.
*When sewing stretch, very fine fabrics and synthetics, use a BLUE SHANK needle. The blue shank
aeedle effectively prevents skipped stitches.
'iVrrer^ seyving very fine fabrics, sew over a piece of paper to prevent yarn distortion.
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Fine Silk
Fine Cotton
Fine Synthetic
Fine Cotton Covered Polyester

CHANGING THE NEEDLE
l. Turn the blance wheel towards you until the needle is at is
highest position.
2. Loosen the needle clamp screw by turning its top edge
towards you, Remove the needle from the clamp.
3. Place the new needle into the needle clamp with it's flat
side facing away from you.Push the needle up into needle
clamp as far as possible.
4. fighten the needle clamp screw firmly.
TO SELECT A SUITABLE NEEDLE
Stem
Blue shank ^eef, e
! A number indicating the size
of needle is marked on the
stem.The hrgher the number,
the thicker the needie.
I A BLUE SHANK needle is
supplied with the machine.
'Do not use any needle whictr
is bent or blunted.
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RAISING OR LOWERING THE PRESSER FOOT
1. By raising or lowering the presser foot lifter, the presser foot
is raised or lowered repectively.
2. For additional clearance, the foot lifter can be raised higher to
sew on heavy fabrics.
BEGULATING THE PRESSER FOOT PRESSURE
(Patch-GMatic)
To release the pressure. push ring (A) downwards. This causes the
regulator to spring up to its highest position. The material is now
free from any pressure of the presser foot.
For sewing thin or light materials, push regulator (B) down just a
little to provide the light pressure required.
lf you are sewing thick or heavy niaterials, push the regnrlator (B)
further down to increase the pressure on the material.
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