White 766 Operation manual

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Features and
Parts
2-3-4
Needle
and Thread
Chart
5
Setting the
Needle
6
inding
the
Bobbin
6-7
areading
the
Bobbin
Case
7
Placing
Bobbin Case in
Shuttle
8
Upper Threading
9
Straight
Stitching
10
Setting
the
Stitch
Length
11
Stitch
Length
Chart
11
ewing
in
Reverse
11
Adjusting the
Tensions
11-12
Adjusting
Pressure and
Feed
12
General
Sewing
12
Light
Weight
Fabrics
13
Darning
and
Monogramming
13
Preparing
to
Sew
13
Removing
the
Work
14
Creative
Embroidery
14
INDEX
Page
Samples
of
Embroidery
15
Embroidering
with
a
Hoop
16
Sewing
on
Buttons
17
Making Buttonholes
18
How
to
Use
Accessories
19
Narrow
Hemmer
19
Lace
Trimmed
Hem 19
Lace
Edge
19
French
Seam 19
Flat
Felled
Seam
19
Hand Rolled
Effect
19
Quilting
Guide 20
Seam
Gauge
21
Care
and
Maintenance
21-22
Replacing
Light
Bulb
21
How
to
Change
Belt
22-23
Cleaning
and Oiling Shuttle
23
Accessories
24
Trouble
Chart
25-26-27
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FEATURES
AND
PARTS
(Front
View)
3
1. Hand
Wheel
2. Bobbin Winder
3.
Stitch
Length
Dial
4.
Push
Button
Reverse
5.
Bobbin Winding
Tension
6.
Drop
Feed
Knob
7.
Needle
Plate-Seam
Guide
8.
Cover Plate
9.
Presser
Foot
Attachment and
Foot
Thumb
Screw
Needle
Clamp
and
Screw
Needle
Bar
Thread
Guide
Thread
Guides
Tension
Regulator
Sew
Lite
Switch
Take-up
Lever
Pressure
Release-Darner
Arm
Thread Guides
Stop
Adjustment
Screws
Stitch
Width Lever
Spool
Pins
Built
in
Cams
Dial
Manual Lever
Three
Needle
Position
Lever
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
10.
11.
12.

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27
Fig.
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25.
Presser
Bar
Lifter
27.
Feed
26.
Thread
Cutter

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NEEDLE
- THREAD
- FABRIC
- STITCHING
GUIDE
Machine
Needle
Stitches
No
Per Inch
Extremely
heavy
6
10
tarpaulin,
sacking,
4
to to
canvas,
duck,
etc.
8
30
Heavy
upholstery
8
30
fabric,
ticking,
3
to to
denim,
leatherette
10
40
Medium
heavy
drapery
10
40
fabric, velveteen,
2
to
to
suiting,
felt,
terry,
etc. 12
60
Medium
broadcloth,
12
60
percale,
gingham, linen,
1
to
to
chintz,
taffeta,
sheer
wool,
shantung,
etc.
14
80
Sheer
voile,
lawn,
14
80
dimity, crepe,
0
to
to
handkerchief
linen,
16
100
plastic
film,
etc.
(Plastic
film
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16
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5
Fabric
Cotton
Thread
Mercerized
Thread
Silk
or
Nylon
Heavy
Duty
Heavy
Duty
Heavy
Duty
50
A
Very
sheer
chiffon,
batiste,
lace,
organdy,
ninon,
net,
marquisette,
etc.
50
A
to
20
100
to
150 50
A
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SETTING
THE
NEEDLE
See
Fig.
3.
Raise
the
needle
barA
to
its
highest
turning
Hand
wheel
toward
you
by
hand.
Then
Ia
needle
clamp screw
B
and
needle
can
be
rem
ovr
replaced.
When
replacing needle
(Flat
Side
to Rig
needle
clamp
push
it
upward
as far
as
it
will
go
into
n
clamp hole,
tightening
the
needle
clamp
screw
B sec
with
a
screw
driver.
After
changing
the
needle
make
one
complete
muon
of
the
Hand
wheel
by
hand
to
be
sure the
nee’
in
the
correct
position.
WINDING
THE
BOBBIN
Disengage
the
hand
wheel
A
Fig.
4.
from
the stitc
mechanism
by
turning
the
clutch
B
toward
you
or co
clockwise.
Place
a
spool
of
thread
on
one
of the
SpoOl
lead
thread
through
the
front
thread
guide
on
the arm.
down
through
the
tension
disc
at
the
base
of the
mac
Run
end
of
thread
through
a
hole
in the bobbin
edge
place
bobbin
B
on
spindle
of bobbin
winder
fittinc
notch
on
bobbin
over
small
pin
on
spindle.
Push bc
winder
pulley
against hand
wheel. Hold
thread end icr
and
start
machine
slowly.
Bobbin
will
be
released
matically when
it
is
filled.
Turn
clutch
away
from
you
until
sewing
mechan:5
again
engaged
so that
needle
moves
when you
turn
the
wheel.
Break
off
loose
thread
end
used
to start the
windin
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THREADING
THE
BOBBIN
CASE
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Step
1
(illustrated
in
Fig. 6).
Hold
bobbin
case
between
thumb
nd
forefinger
of
left
hand,
so
that
e
slot
in
the edge
of
the
bobbin
ase
is
on
top.
Take
the
bobbin
between
thumb
and
forefinger
of
xc
right
hand
so
that
the
thread
on
top leads
from
left to
right. Step
2.
Insert
bobbin
into
bobbin
case,
pull the
thread
into
the
slot of
the
bobbin
case as
shown
in
Fig. 7,
and
draw it
under
the tension spring
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s.
nd into
the
fork-shaped
opening
f
the
spring
as
shown
in
Fig. 8.
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Fig.
5
SLOT
ENSION
4
SPP NG
A
V
SLOT
Fig.
6
Fig.
7
Fig. S

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PLACING
BOBBIN
CASE
IN
SHUTTLE
Open
hinged
cover
plate
left
of
the
needle.
(See
12,
Fig.
1)
Hold
the
bobbin
case
latch,
(D),
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
the
shuttle
race
notch,
(A’.
Press
the
bobbin
case
B)
into
the
shuttle
as
far
as
possible
until
latch
catches
on the
center
post
of
the
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.
E
A
C
D
B
F
Fig.
9
Fig.
10

9
UPPER
THREADING
Fig.
10)
1.
Turn
the hand
wheel
toward
you
to
raise
the
take-up
lever
and
needle
to
their highest
posi
tion.
2.
Place
spool
of
thread
on
the
spool
pin
nearer
the
needle.
3.
Lead
thread
through
rear
and
front arm
thread
guides
A.
4.
down
and between
tension
Discs
B
from
right
to
left
5.
up
and
around
into
the
notch
on
check
spring
C over tension
Discs.
6.
Down
under
thread
guide
bar
and
into
guide
7.
up
into
take-up
lever
from
right
to
left
(E)
3.
down
through
guide
D
in
thread
bar again
Fig. 11
9.
into
thread
guide
F
10.
through
needle
clamp
guide
(G)
and
into
needle
from
left
to
right pulling
three
to
four
inches
of
thread
through needle.
Hold
the end
of
upper
thread
loosely
and turn
hand
wheel
toward
you
until
the
needle
goes
all
the
way
down
and
comes
back
up.
A
loop
will
be
formed
over
the
upper thread
iich
then
can
ba
pulled
out
straight
Fig.
11).
Place
both
thread
ends
under
the
slot
of
a
presser
fcot
and
toward
the
back
of
the
machine,
leaving
both
threads
three
or
four inches
long.