Frister Rossmann 503 User manual

Frister*Rossmann
FREEARM
LIGHTWEIGHT
SUPER-AUTOMATIC
WITH BUILT-IN
PRACTICAL
STITCHES
AND STRETCHSTITCHES
INSTRUCTION
MANUAL

Table of contents
Adjustingmachine
for good
stitches 32
Adjusting
tensions 10
Applique 27
Attachments
supplied
with yourmachine 30-32
Blind
stitching 21
Buttons
Buttonholemaking 22-23
Changingthe presser
foot 't2
Connecting
machine
Darning
Double
needle 2A-29
Elasticstretch
stitching
Fancy
hemming 19
Fastening
aseam 15
Fault
findings 36-37
Feed
dog
control 11
ldentification 2-3
lnserting
and
removing
the material 13
Insertingbobbininto bobbincase
Installingf
lat table 12
Leathersewing 32
Needle
andthreadtable
Needle
position control 15
Oiling
and
cleaning 33-35
Overcaststr6tchstitching
Partslist 38-39
Picking
upbobbin thread
Placementof needle
Pressure
adjustment
Removing
bobbincasefrom shuttle 7
Reversestitching 14
Setting
specialstitch seloctor 16-18
Settingstitch length 14
Setting stitch width 16
Sewing
light
Smocking
stretch
stitching
Straight
or three
cornered
tear
Stretch
stitching
Threading
uppermachine
Winding
the bobbin
Writing andmonogramming
Zigzagand
straightstitchingplate 11
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This booklet has been written-for you,
to help you use and enjoy fuli.y your
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Before you start to use this machine,
please take a few minutes to studv
this booklet. You will find it witl
be time well spent in understandinq
your machJ-ne.
If you have any questions regarding the
use of your sewing machine please d.o
not hesitate to contact your supplier
or ourselves.
Frister + Rossmann
Limited.
Mark Way,
SWANLEY.
Kent.
BR8 8NQ
Sewing Machines,
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Zipper
sewing 31

-
ldentif
ication
Bobbinwinder
tension
disc
Presser
foot[n6[-
Thread
take-uP
Thread
guide
Thread
tension
assembly
Thread
guide
Needle
clamP
Presser
footthumb
screw
Presser
foot
Needle
plate
Feed
dog
Shuttle
cover
Changeahle
needleplate
stitch
selector
Thread
spool
pins
Bobbinwinder
mechanism
Stitchwidth lock
Handwheel
Stitchwidthcontrollever
Needle
position
control
Stitch
length
control
Reverse
stitch
push
-button
Feed
dogcontrol
knob

Sewing
light
The
sewing
light
is
placed
inside
the
face
cover
plate
as
shown,
and
illuminates
the
sewing
areaonly.
lt
may
beturnedonor off by pushing
light
switch,which
is
located
on
the
backof facecover.
..DISCONNECT
FROM
MAINS
SUPPLY
BEFORE
CHANGING
BULB".
Tochangebulb,
open
theface
cover
plate
byswingingit towardsleft,
twist old bulbawayfrom you
and
remove.Then
insert
new bulb.
Placement
of needle
Raiseneedle
barto its highest
position
byturninghandwheeltowardyou.
Loosen
needleclampscrew. Hold
needle
so
that the flat sideis away
from you, slipblunt
endof needleas
far
asit will go
intoneedleclamp.
Tighten
clamp
screw.
Connectingmachine
WARNING
- THISAPPLIANCE
MUST
BE
EABTHED
IMPORTANT.
Thewires
in
this
mains
lead
are
coloured
inaccordance
with the
following
code:
Green
-
and
-
yellow: Earth.
Blue:
Brown: Neutral.
Live.
As the colours
of the wires in the
mainslead
of this appliancemay
not correspond
with thecoloured
markings
identifyingthe
terminals
in
your
plug,
proceed
as
follows:
Thewire
which
iscoloured
green
-
and
-yellow must be
connected
to
the
terminal
inthe
plug
whichis
markedwith the letter E
or by the
earthsymbol 4 or coloured
green
or green
-
and
-
yellow.
The
wirewhich
is
coloured
blue
must
beconnectedto the terminal
which
ismarked
with the
letterN
or colouredblack.
Thewire which iscolouredbrown
mustbe
connected
to the terminal
which
ismarked
with the letterL
or coloured
red.
Needle and thread table
UseSystem
705 needles.Thesizeof
the needleshouldconformto the size
of the threadandboth shouldbe
suitable
to the
material.The
same
sizethreadshouldbe
used
in the
bobbin
ason theupper
partof the
machine
forordinarysewing.
Thread
Size Needle Size
Continental
American
Fita 3 ampfusewhenusinga 13
amp
(BS
1363)fused
plug.
lf any
othertype
of plug
isused
protect
with a 5 amp fuse
eitherin
the
plug
or adaptor or at the distribution
board.lf in doubt
consult
a
competent
electrician
beforeuse.
Push
foot control
plug
into the
connectorsocket
at the right hand
side
of machine
column.See
i
IIustration.
Neverusea bent
needle
norone
with a blunt
point.
For
successfulsewingof stretch
fabricsuse
the stretchstitch foot
with gold
shank
and
stretch
stitch
needleswith blue
shank.
Fabric
Flat sideaway from You
cotton60-100
Synthetic
tvt.9!'n1qtry!dery
Cotton
Synthetic
silk
A
Machineembroidery
Frister
+Rossmann All stretchfabrics.
Blueshankneedle
70
(7\
or
80(8)
11
or
12
Sheercottons,silk
synthetics,finelaces,
batiste,dimity.
Cotton
60- 80 80 (8)
Mercerized
50- 60 or
Synthetic 90 (9)
Cotton
30- 60
Mercerizedheavy
duty
Mediumweight cottons,
mediumweight
synthetics,
poplin,
seersucker,
gingham,
velvet,
light
weightwoolens,linen.
12
or
14
100
(10) 16 Heavy
weight cottons,
mediumto heavy
weightwoollens,
denim.
4(Note: Newmachinesarefittedwith American
needlesizes.)

Winding the bobbin
1.
Place
thread
onsPool
Post.
Draw
thread
asshown.
2.
Wind thread
around
bobbin
afew
times.
3. Place
bobbin
ontobobbin
winder
shaft. Push
bobbin
winderlatch until
it clicks.
o
4. Release clutch
bypulling
hand
wheelasshownin Fig.4. Start @
machine,holdingonto endof thread.
When
bobbinisslightly
f
illed,
release
endof thread.
5.When
bobbinis
full,winding
machanismstops.
6. Push in
handwheelto returnto
stitching
position.
Remove
bobbin. 6
Removingbobbincasefromshuttle
1.Raiseneedleto itshighest
position.
2.Openshuttle cover.
3.
Pull
out
latch
of bobbincase.
4. Pull bobbincasestraight
out.
Inserting
bobbin
intobobbincase
- case
1
.Guidebobbin
onto
center
pinof
bobbin
case.
2.Pullthreadthroughslot.
3.Pullthreadundertension
spring.
4. Holding
latch.
position
caseinto
shuttle,
release
latch.
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o
@o
intoshuttle
m
@
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Threading
uPPer
machine
Raise
take-up
leverto its highest
position
byturning
handwheel.
Guidethreadthroughthreading
points
as
illustrated.
Draw sufficient
threadthrough
eyeof
needle.
Picking
upbobbin
thread
1.Raise
presser
footlever.
Hold
needlethreadloosely
in left hand
and
rotatehandwheel
towardyou
one
complete
turn.
2.Bring
bobbin
threadup
bypulling
upper
thread.
3.Place
threads
backunder
oresser
foot.
Pressure
adjustment
Pushdownouterringof presser foot
knob
(See
illustration).This
will
release
pressure
of presser foot. To
increase
pressure,push
down inner
pinuntil suitable pressure
isobtain6d.
Forordinarysewing,the inner
pin
shouldbeabouthalf way down. When
sewingmultiplethicknessor heavy
material.
reduce
the pressure.
Increaseit whensewing sheer
fabrics.
!nsufficient
pressure
maycause
skippedstitchesor difficulty in
guiding
thefabric. lf feeddog
or
presser
foot marksappearon the
fabrics,
reduce
the pressure.
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Adjusting
toptensions
A oerfect
stitchwill have
threads
locked
betweenthe two layersof
fabric
with noloopson topor bottom. o
Feed dog control
Thefeeddogcontrol
knobissituated
onthebottomof machinecolumn.
Whenknob
isturnedto theleft.feed
,
dogdropsand
doesnot pull material.
'This allows
theoperatorfreedomof
movement
of material,
asfor darning.
Forregular
sewing,
turnknobto the
right.
Zigzag
andstraight
stitching
plate
Needle
plate
insert
Youare
provided
with two needle
plate
inserts.
The
one
with thewide
ovalhole
isto beusedfor all zigzag
stitching.
The
one
with the
small
roundholeisfor regular
straight
stitchingor straight
stretchstitch
sewing.
Changingneedle
plateinserts
1.Raiseneedle
to itshighest
position
andraise
presser
foot.
2. Swingshuttle
coveropen.
3. Pushaspringunderthe
plate
as
shownto releasethe needle
plate
insert.
4. Removeneedle
plateinsertby
placing
thumb
under
edge
of plate.
5.Replacetheneedle
plate
insert
positioning
asshowninFig.
3.
6. Pushneedle
plateinsert
downto
lockinto place.
Reposition
the
shuttlecover.
Whenupperthreadistoo tight,
decreasetension.
Whenupperthreadistoo loose,
increase
tension.
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Adjusting bobbin tensions
Whenstitchingis unsatisfactoryin
figures2 and
3 above,adjust the
upperthreadtension.LOWERTHREAD
TENSIONREOUIRESADJUSTMENT
LESSFREOUENTLYTHANTHEUPPER
THREADTENSION.
Whenstitch issatisfactory,
as in Fig.
1 andseamis badly
puckered,
the
cause
maybetight tensionsandboth
upper
andlower may beadjusted.
When
adjustingthe tensionon the
bobbin
case,make
slight
adjustments
with a screwdriver.
A
{(tl
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-
--ll-l l-l l-
--E-*-*----r-
l=pov'N------ utl
A
ttll
\r'
DECREASE
TENSION
DOWN UP
INCREASETENSION
Turn clockwise.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Turn
counter
clockwise,
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Changing
thepresser
foot
Thevarious
attachment
feet available
for certainkinds
of work are
to be
fastenedto the presser
bar.
Toattachthe foot, raisethe presser
barto its highest
position
by raising
the presser
foot lever.
Dropfeed dog. loosen the presser
foot
thumb screw, choose the properfoot
andinsertfrom the front.
Tighten
the screw usingthe large
screwdriverandmakesure
that the
foot is secure.
Installing
flat table
For
all normalsewing,
us€theflat
table
provided
with themachine,
To install
flat table,slide
the table
towards right along
the freearm,
pulling
the latchlevers outwards.
d
Youcanset the tableon the machino
easilybyaligning
the red doton the
table
with that on tha free arm.
Inserting
andremoving
the
material
For
allkindsof sewing,
consult
chart
page
5.
Before
plachg thematerial
onthe
machine
see
that:
The
presser
foot and
needle
clamp
screwsare
both
tight.
The
sizesof theneedle
andthread
suit the kind
of work to bedone.
Theneedle
isat its highest
position.
The
endsof threadshavebeendrawn
about4 inches
to the rearof the
machine.
Thefeeddogs
areup.
Placematerial
under
the presser
foot,
insert
the needle intothe material
by
turning
thehandwheeltoward
you,
lowerpresser
foot and
start sewing.
Experiment
bysewingof thefabric
to beusedto determine
tension
adjustmentand
correctstitchsettings.
To remove
the work,first turn the
handwheel
towardyou
untilthe needle
isat its highest
position,
then
raise
the presser
foot,
draw materials
to
the rear
andcutoff excessthread
with thethread
cutter locatedon the
presser
bar. To avoidsewingoff the
endof the material,
back
tackeach
seam.
See
page
1
5.
IMPORTANT:
Always
turnthe
handwheeltowardyou
I Whenthe
machineis not beingused,
place
a
piece
of material
overthe feeddog
andlower the presser foot. Always
havefabric underthe presser
foot
whenoperating
the machine.
Operatingthreadedmachine
without
fabricwill causeit to jamby forcing
lint intotheshuttle. See
page
33.
12 13

Setting
stitchlength
The
stitch length
control
regulates
the
length
of thestitch youselect' THE
HIGHER
THENUMBER
. THE
LONGER
THESTITCH.
Turnstitch length
control
to the
desired
pointbetween
O
and
4' The
4
settingis the longeststitch. The
size
of the stitch selected
will depend
on
the fabric
sewn.
Reverse
stitch
control
It isbestto begin
andend
seams
with
a few stitchestaken
in reverse.
This
iscalled
back
tacking. Backtacking
fastensthe endsof the seams
firmly
andprevents
ravelling.
Whenreverse
stitching
isneeded,
simply
push
and
hold
in the center
of
thestitch length
control.Thefabric
will immediately
start feeding
backwards
andseam
will befastened.
Fastening
a seam
Besureboththreads
aredrawnback
under
the presser
foot. Lowerneedle
into fabric aboutrl inch from
beginning
of seam.
Pushreverse
push
buttonfor reverse
stitching.Stitch in reverseuntil
needlereaches
beginningof seam.
Releasebuttonfor forward stitching
andcompleteseam.
Whenyou
reach
the end
push
reversebuttonandsew
backover %. inchof completedseam.
Needle
position
control
Moveneedle
positioncontrol leverto
right (R), centre
(M)
or left (L) for
correspondingneedle
position.
The
needle
shouldbeat its highest
point
whenadjustingneedle
position
or
stitch width while the machineis
stopped.
For
certainkindof work suchas
sewingzippers,bindings,etc. (straight
stitch),
andbuttons,buttonholes,etc.
(zigzag
stitch).
a straightor zigzag
stitch can
bedisplacedfrom left to
right.
Forordinary
sewingthe controlshould
besetat "M" position.
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Setting stitch width Specialstitch
selector
Setthespecial
stitch selectorat the
marking r Movestitch width
control
lever
to thedesired
Point
between
O
and
4. Zigzag
stitch
increases
from 0 to 4.
Straight
stitchingis possible
with
control
onOsetting.
To lock
the leverat thedesired
setting,
push
andmove
the left knob
(A)sothat the lever
rests
againstthe
knob
andreleaseit. The
right side
knob (B)
can be usedas a stoPfor
wider setting.
For
doubleneedle
stitching,
the stitch
width control
levershould
notadvance
beyond
2 setting.
Straight
and
zigzag
stitch
Youcanstraightstitch
andzigzagstitch by
settingas
follows:
SpecialStitchSelector:
Stitch LengthControl
:
any
number0.5 to 4
stitch width control
:
any numberOto 4
MendingStitch
You can achieve
fine
mending
stitches
by
setting
as
follows:
Special
Stitch Selector:
r
Stitch
LengthControl:
neai0.5
stitch width control:
4
BlindHem
Youcanmake
blind
hemming
bysetting as
follows:
SpecialStitchSelector
:
Stitch Length
Control:
1.5to2
Sritch
Width Control:
1.5to
2
Buttonhole
Making
Fancy
Hem
Youcan make fancy
hemmingby setting as
follows:
SpecialStitch Selector :
e
Stitch
Length
Control:
0.5
to 1
stitch
width control :
2to4
Special
stitch selector
Therearecertain types of practical
stitch€s
youwill use
often inYour
homesewing. As you become
familiar
with this machine
youwill
find this selector useful in sewing.
Detailed
instructions
are
given
on
the next two Pages. @o
Thesesettingsare
for buttonhole making.
When you makebuttonhole,the selector must
besetto f[ firstly. Furtherinstructionsare
given
on pages 22 & 23.
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