White 2137 Manual

GUIDE BOOK
ON
USE
AND CARE
OF
YOUR
ZIGZAG
SEWING
MACHINE
:fl
i
-
MODEL
2131

4
a
4
a
a
a
Congratulations
on your choice of a zigzag
sewing machine. With
this
4
versatile White de luxe machine it is
possible to progress
from the
simplest
sewing performance to
many kinds
of artistic needlework. All that is
required
4
is a
thorough understanding of its functions and familiarity with its operation.
This book
was writlen
to aid you in obtaining
the
greatest achievement
from
your new White zigzag.
Read the
instructions carefully
and keep
them
4
for ready reference
as you
change from one type of work to another.
Your
reward
will be many hours
of trouble-free sewing,
resulting
in clothes
and
furnishings
for your home
that reflect your own personality.
4
Time-saving attachmenls such
as rufflers, binders, edgestitchers
and cording
feet, to
complement
the accessories furnished with your
machine,
are
available
from franchised dealers and
department stores.
C
WHITE
SEWING
MACHINE CORPORATION
CLEVELAND 11, OHIO
White Sewing Machine
Products
Ltd.
Toronto 16,
Ontario, Canada
C
C

INDEX
Features
and
Parts
Needle
and
Thread
Chart
Setting
the
Needle
Winding
the
Bobbin
Threading the
Bobbin
Case
Placing
Bobbin
Case
in
Shuttle
How
to
Thread
the
Machine
Single Needle
Twin
Needles
Straight Stitching
Changing
Foot
and
Plate.
Setting
Stitch
Width
at
0
Setting
the
Stitch Length
Stitch
Length
Chart
Sewing
in
Reverse
Adjusting the
Tensions
Adjusting
the
Pressure
and
Feed.
General
Sewing
Light Weight
Fabrics
Darning and
Monogramrning
Preparing
to
Sew
Removing
the Work
Zigzag
Stitching
Creative Embroil
ery
Sample
Embroidery
Patterns
Twin
Needle
Embroidery
Embroidering
with a
Hoop
Making Buttonholes
Sewing
on
Buttons
Hemming
with
the
Zigzag
Stitch
How
to Use
Accessories
Narrow
Hemmer
Lace
Trimmed
Hem
French
Seam
Flat
Felled
Seam
Hand
Rolled
Effect
14
Quilting
Guide
Seam
Gauge
Care
and
Maintenance
Oiling
..
.
Replacing
Light
Bulb
Changing
the
Belt
Page
18
19
20-21
21-22
23
23-25
25-26
27
28-30
28
28
29
29
29
29
30
30-33
30
32
32-33
Page
2-5
6
.7
7-8
8
9
10-11
10-11
11
12-13
12
13
13
13
14-15
15-16
15
15
16
16-17
17
Cleaning
and
Oiling
the
Shuttle
..
33-34
Check
Up
for
Smooth
Sewing
35-36

t
6!

FEATURES
AND
PARTS
Front
View
1.
Spool Pins
14.
Needle
Plate Seam
Guide
2.
Hand
Wheel
15.
Hinged
Cover Plate
3. Wheel
Clutch
16.
Presser
Foot
Zigzag
4.
Bobbin
Winder
17. Foot
and
Attachment
Screw
5.
Stitch
Width
Indicator
18.
Needle Clamp
6.
Stitch
Width
Locks
19.
Needle
Bar
Thread Guide
7.
Stitch
Width
Lever
20.
Face Plate
Thread
Guide
8.
Stitch
Length Dial
21. Tension
Regulator
9.
Reverse
Stitch
Button
22,
Face
Plate
10.
Stitch
Length
Indicator
23.
Arm
Thread
Guide
11.
Bobbin
Winding
Tension
24.
Take-up
Lever
12.
Drop Feed
Knob
25.
Pressure
Release
— Darner
13.
Bed
26.
Built-in
Handle
3

E
k
•
I
Fig.
2

FEATURES
AND PARTS
Back
View
27.
Presser
Bar
Lifter 32.
Light
Switch
28.
Thread
Cutter
33. Motor
29.
Feed
34.
Pulley
30
Light
Housing
35.
Belt
31.
Light
Bulb
Button
5

e
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C,
C,
C
C
C
Fabric
NEEDLE
- THREAD - FABRIC - STITCHING GUIDE
Machine
Silk
Needle
Stitches Cotton
Mercerized
or
No. Per Inch Thread Thread
Nylon
Extremely
heavy 6
10
tarpaulin, sacking,
4 to to
Heavy Duty
canvas, duck,
etc.
8 30
Heavy upholstery
8
30
fabric,
ticking,
3 to
to Heavy Duty
denim, leatherette
10 40
Medium heavy
drapery 10
40
fabric,
velveteen,
2 to to
Heavy
Duty
suiting, felt, terry, etc.
12 60
Medium broadcloth,
percale, 12 60
gingham,
linen, chintz, taf[eta, 1 to to
50
A
sheer
wool,
shantung, etc. 14 80
Sheer
voile, lawn, 14 80
dimity,
crepe, 0 to to 50
A
handkerchief linen, 16 100
plastic
film, etc. Plastic film
8 to 10
Very sheer
chiffon,
16 100
batiste,
lace, organdy, 00
to
to 50
A
ninon,
net, marquisette, etc.
20 150
When
doing embroidery work,
finer
results will be obtained
with machine
embroidery thread regardless of the weight of
fabric.
6

SETTING
THE
NEEDLE
See
Fig,
3.
Raise
the
needle
bar
A
to
its
highest
point,
turn
ing
wheel
toward
you
by
hand. Then
loosen
the
needle
clamp
screw
B
and
the
needle
clamp
C
will
open.
Place
needle
flat
side
to
back
in
the
needle
clamp
and
push
it
upward
as
far
as
it
will go
into
the
needle
clamp
hole,
fastening
the
needle
clamp
securely
with
a
screw
driver.
WINDING
THE
BOBBIN•
Disengage
the
hand
wheel
Fig.
4
from
the stitching
mechanism
by
turning the
clutch
toward
you
or
counterclock
wise.
Place
a
spool
of
thread
on
one
of
the
spool
pins,
lead
thread
under
the
handle
and through
the
upper
thread guide
on
the
arm,
and
down
through
the
tension
disc
11,
Fig. 5
at
the
base
of
the
machine.
Run
end
of
thread
through
a
hole
in
the
bobbin
edge
and
place
bobbin
on spindle
B
of
winder
4,
fitting
the
notch
on
bobbin
over
small
pin
on
spindle.
Push
Fig.
3
Fig.
4

bobbin
winder
pulley
against
hand
wheel.
Hold
thread
end
loosely
and
start
machine
slowly.
Bob
bin
will be
released
automatically
when
it
is
filled.
Break
oil
loose
thread
end
used to
start
the
winding.
Turn
clutch
away
from
you
until
sewing
mech
anism
is
again
engaged
so
that needle
moves
when
you
turn the
hand
wheel.
If
the
bobbin
winds
unevenly,
adjust
bobbin
winding
tension
disc
to
the
right
or
left by
loosen
ing the
screw.
When
disc
is
in proper
position,
tighten
screw.
THREADING
THE BOBBIN
CASE
Refer to
Figs.
6, 7
and 8
to
familiarize
yourself
with
the
procedure.
Hold
the bobbin
case
in
your
left hand.
Let
about
two
inches
of
thread
hang
free
from
the
bobbin,
and insert
bobbin
into
case
so
that
thread
will
be
rotating
counterclockwise.
Guide
the
thread
end through
the
slot on
the
side
of
the
case
and
under
the tension
spring
until it
enters
the
small
notch
on
the
edge
of
the spring.
F; 9 .
7
FIg.
8
Fig.
6
8

PLACING
BOBBIN
CASE
IN
SHUTTLE
Open
hinged
cover
plate
in
front
of
the
needle.
See
15,
Fig.
1.
Hold
the
bobbin
case latch,
ID
,
Fig.
9,
between
the
thumb
and
forefinger
of
the
left
hand, with
at
least
three
inches
of
thread
running
from
the
top
of
the
bobbin
case
to
the
right.
Insert
and
center
the
bobbin
case
on
the
stud
of
the
shuttle
body,
C
.
Be
sure
the
bobbin
case
finger,
E
,
is
opposite
shuttle
Fg
9
race
notch,
A,.
Press
the
bobbin
case
into
the shuttle
as far as
possible
until
latch
catches
on
the
center
post
of
shuttle.
THEN
release
the
bobbin
case
latch,
D.
Press
bobbin
case
again
after
latch
has
been
released
to
make sure
the
bobbin
case
is
locked
securely
in
place. Close
the
cover
plate.
9

HOW
TO
THREAD THE
MACHINE
Single Needle,
Fig. 1O
Turn
hand
wheel toward
you to raise
take-up lever
to
highest position.
1.
Place a spool of
thread
on
spool pin A,
2.
lead thread
through eyelet in arm
thread
guide B,
3.
pass the thread down
and around tension discs
C from right to left
4.
into check spring
D
5.
then
tug on thread to
pull it around and
into
hook E Fig.
11
6.
lead
up
to
take-up
lever
F,
threading
from right
to
left,
7.
down into
thread guide G
8.
into needle
bar guide H
9.
and through
needle I
from front to
back.
Fig.
1 1 —
10

Pull
about
four
inches
of
thread
through
needle.
Hold
thread
end and
turn
hand
wheel
toward
you.
As
the
needle
goes
down
and
comes
up
again,
the
bobbin thread
will
be
drawn
up
in
a
loop
see
Fig.
11
Grasp
both
threads
and pass
under
presser
foot
toward
back
of
machine.
THREADING
TWIN
NEEDLES
See
Fig.
3
for
inserting
needles
Follow
above
procedure
with
these
exceptions:
Place
thread,
matching
or
contrasting
in
color,
on
both
spool
pins.
Draw
threads
through separate eyelets
in
upper
arm
thread
guide
B
.
Pass
threads
from
right
to left
through
front
and
back
tension
discs and
into
check
spring
D
then
into hook
E
Now
treat
both
threads
as
one
until
you
reach
the
needle
eyes.
Pass
thread
from
the
spooi
on
the
left
through
left
needle
and the
thread
from
the
right
spooi
through
the
right
needle.
Extra
twin
needles
may
be
purchased
from
your
sewing
machine
dealer.
Flat
side
of
JI
the shanl
ii
Ii

4
4
4
a
a
STRAIGHT
STITCHING
a
For
straight
sewing
on
fine
fabric
or
very
soft
material
4
it
is
advisable
to
use
the
straight
stitch
presser
foot
and
4
the
straight stitch
needle
plate
which
are
included
in
your
accesory
box.
Both
have
narrow
needle slots,
a
Changing
the
Foot
and
Plate.
To
change presser
a
foot 16, Fig.
1,
loosen
thumb
screw
17
and remove
a
/
zigzag
foot.
Replace
with
hinged
straight
foot and
tighten
screw
securely.
a
To
change
needle
plate
14,
Fig.
1,
remove
screw
and
lift
off
with cover
plate
15
attached.
Hold
needle
plate
with
left
hand
and
cover
plate
with
the
right.
Fig. 12
Press
upper
corner
of
cover
plate right
side
up
down
slightly
and
slip
pin
from
groove
in
needle
plate.
Avoid
using
too
much
pressure.
When
the
pin
is released
the
two
plates
will
separate,
Attach
cover
plate
to
straight
stitch plate
by
reversing
the above
procedure.
Slip
pin
on
lower
side
of
cover
plate
into
groove
on
needle
plate.
Insert
tongue
into
square
opening
and
slide
upper
pin
into
position.
Put
plates
on
machine
and
fasten
securely
with
needle
plate
screw.
12

Be
sure
to
set
the
stitch
width at
0,
or
the
needle
will
break
in
striking
the
foot
or
plate.
Push
the
zigzag
lever
7,
Fig.
13
all
the
way
to
the
leEt
so
that
pointer
is
over
0
in
stitch width
window.
Set
both
locks,
6,
as far
to
the
left
as
possible.
To
move
locks,
pull
knobs
slightly
and
slide,
then
release.
SETTING
THE
STITCH
LENGTH
The
length
of
the
stitch
is
regulated
by
the
dial
A
shown
in
Fig.
14.
Near
0
is
the
shortest
stitch
and
6is
the
longest.
Turn
the
dial
to
the
left to
lengthen
and
to
the
right
to
shorten
the
stitch.
STITCH
LENGTH
CHART
(Approximate)
Figures
on
dial
0
1
2
3
4
56
Number
of
stitches
per
inch
No
Feeding
36
20 12
9
7
5
Fig
13
I
Fig.
14
13

a
a
a
SEWING
IN REVERSE
When
you wish
to
sew
backward
to
tie the threads
at the
begin-
fling
or end of
a seam,
press
in the reverse
button
B, Fig.
14, as far
(
as
it
will
go.
The machine
will sew
backward
as
long as
the
(
button
is
held
in.
C
C
ADJUSTING
THE
TENSIONS
C
C
Always
adjust the
upper
tension
with
the presser
foot
down,
as
the
tension
is automatically
released
when
it is raised.
To
increase
the
tension
on
the
upper
thread,
turn dial
Fig. 15
to the
right,
pg.
16
or
clockwise.
To decrease,
turn to
the
left, The
higher
the
number
on
the
dial the
tighter the
tension.
C
Before
adjusting
lower
tension
be
sure
that
the machine
is threaded
properly.
When
necessary
to
change
the bobbin
tension,
turn small
screw Fig.
16
on side
of
the
C
bobbin
case
clockwise
to
tighten,
counterclockwise
to
loosen.
Fig.
15
- 14
C

When
the
upper
and
under
tensions
are
properly
balanced,
a
perfect
stitch
will
be
formed
with
both
threads
interlocking
in
fabric.
Fig.
17
When
the
upper
tension
is
too
tight,
the
lower
thread
is
pulled
up
over
the
upper
thread
which
is
lying
flat
on
the
fabric.
When
the
under
tension
is
too
tight,
the
upper
thread
forms
loops over
the
lower
thread
lying
flat
on
the
fabric.
Perfect
Stitch
Upper
thread tension
too
tight
Under
thread
tension
too
tight
F 9 .
17
ADJUSTING
PRESSURE
AND FEEDING
OF
FABRIC
General
Sewing
Usually
for
straight
sewing
and
manual
embroidery,
the
pressure
bar
cap
or
darner
release,
B,
Fig. 18,
is
at
its
lowest
position
and the
feed
is at its
highest
level, with
the
red
triangle
on
the
drop
feed knob
A,
Fig.
19, turned
to
REG.
Sewing
Thin
or
Light
Weight
Fabrics
When
lighter
pressure
is
required
to
sew
satisfactorily
on
thin
silk
or
filmy
material,
the pressure
cap
should
be
about
halfway
down.
Release
all
the
way
by
pressing
the
snap
lock,
A,
Fig.
18,
and
then
press
cap
5

B
down
again
to
halfway
spot.
Lower
the feed
slightly by
turn
ing
the
drop
feed
knob
to
SILK.
Darning
and
Monogramming.
In
order
to
move
the
fabric
freely
in
any
direction
for
darning, mending
and
certain
kinds
of
free-hand
embroidery,
release
the pressure
cap
B
completely
by
pressing
down
on
the
snap
lock,
A,
Fig. 18.
Turn
the drop
[ced
knob
to
DARN
position,
which
drops the
feed
well
below
the
needle
plate.
To
return
feed
to
normal,
turn
knob
to
REG.
PREPARING
TO
SEW
Have
take-up
lever
at
highest
point
before
starting
to
sew.
Do
not
try
to
help
the
feeding
by
pulling
the
material
as
this
may
deflect
the
needle
and
cause
it to
break.
NEVER
run
machine without
material
between
presser
foot
and
and
feed.
Place
material
and
threads
in
position
under
the
pres
ser
foot
and
lower
the
presser
foot.
Turn
the
hand
wheel
toward
you
until
the
needle
is
at
its
highest
point.
You
are
now
ready
16
Fq.
19

-
11
to
begin
sewing.
By
having the
needle
at
its
highest
point
it
is
not
necessary
to
touch the hand
wheel
to
start
-
j
the machine.
You
merely
press
the
control.
The speed
of
the
machine
is
regulated
by
increasing
or
decreasing
the
amount
of
pressure
exerted
on
the
control.
REMOVING
THE
WORK
Be
sure
to
stop
the
machine
when the
thread
take-up
lever
and
needle
bar
are
located
at
the
highest
position.
Now
raise the
presser
foot
and
draw
the
fabric
back
and
to
the
left,
Figs.
20
and
21,
and
pass
the
threads
over
the
thread
cutter,
Pull
down
slightly,
holding
thread
in
both
hands,
so
as
not
to
bend
the
needle.
Leave
the
ends
of
thread under
the
presser
foot.
20
Fig.
21
17

ZIGZAG
STITCHING
Setting the Stitch
Width
and Locks.
Move
zigzag
lever
7,
Fig.
22,
clear
over
to
right
edge
of
its
channel.
Pull
left
stop,
6,
out
slightly
and slide
it to
the
right
until
the
black
pointer
on
the
lower
part
of
indicator,
5,
is
under
the
width
required.
Then
move
Fg.
22
lever,
7,
back
to
the
left
until
it
forces
left
lock
to
snap into
its
groove.
The
red
pointer
on
the
upper
part
of
the
indicator
is
then
above
the
number
stitch
width
required.
To
set
the
right
stitch
width
lock,
move
lever
to
the
left
and
slide
the
lock
toward
the
right
to
the width
required.
Move
lever
back
to
snap
lock
into
its
groove.
When
the
left
and
right
locks
are
set
at
two
different
widths
the zigzag
lever
can
be
moved
freely
between
the
two
settings.
18
-