White 816 User manual

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ceatures
and
Parts
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2-3-4
Blind
Stitch
Hem
-
30
Needle
Thread
Chart
---—
5
Manual
Opemtion
31
Wind.ng
the
Bobbin
8-7
How
to
use
Accessories
32
Upper
TIirading
8-9
Narrow
Henwner
32
SettingtheNoedle
10
LaceTrinrnedHem
33
Threading
the
Bobbin
Case
11
Lace
Edg,
with
inviable
Stitching
33
Placing Bobbin
Case
in
Shuttle
12
French
Seam
Setting
Stitch
Length
13
Hemming
Across
a Seam
33
StitchLengthChart
13
OuiltingGuide
34
Sewing
in
Reverse
14
Seam
Gauge or
Cloth
Guide
34
Adjusting
the
Tenaions
-
14-15
Cleaning and
Oiling
Shuttle
35
Adjusting
Pressure
and
Feed
-
-
-
15
Care
and
Maintenance
of
your
Machine
36
General
Sewing 15
How
to
replace the
light
bu
37
Light
Weight
Fabrics
15
Accessories
38
Darning
and
Mending
16
Trouble
Chart
39-4
1
Preparing
to
sew
16
Attachments
43
Removing
the
Work
17
Attachment
Foot
44
Straight
Stitching 18
Edgestitcher
44.45
Changingoffleedlepleto
-
18-19
Binder
46
Setting
Needle
Position 20
Henrner
47-48
Twin
I5
21
Ruffler
49-50
Samples of
Creative
Errroidery
22-23
Sewing
in
Zipper
51
Eittwoidering
with
a
Hoop
24 The
Adjustable
Cording
and
Zipper
Foot
52
tiuttonoles
25-26
Installing
Sewing
Head
in
Portable
Case
53
Sewing
on
Buttons
27
To
Assemble
Legs
on
Cabinets
54
tLretch
Stitch
28
Installing
Sewing
Head
in
Cabinet
55
Multiple
Zigzag
Stitch 29
Adjusting
and
Changing
“V”
Belt
56

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3
FEATURES
AND
PARTS
(Front
View)
cj)Take
up
Lever
©Orop
Feed
Control
Pressure
Release
(Darning)
Jj)
Reverse
Stitch
Adjustment
Lever
®
Arm
Thread
Guides
®
Needle
Clamp
Screw
®Zigzag
Stitch
Width
Control
®Needle
Plate
®Needie
Position Control
®Cover
Plate
®Pattern
Selector
Dial
©Presser
Foot
®Hand
Wheel
®Attachment
and
Foot
Thumb
Screw
®Stitch
Length
Control
®Thread
Guide
®
Bobbin
Winder
®
Tension
iBobbin
Winder
Tension
(Fig.
2)
®Sew
Lite
Switch
®Push
Button
Reverse
Stretch
Lever

1Bobbijj
Winder
Tension
JPresser
Bar
Lifter
®
Thread
Cutter
®Head
Hinge
Mounting
Holes
®Spool
Pins
Fig. 2

5
NEEDLE-THREAD-FABRIC-STITCHING
GUIDE
Machine
Cotton
Mercerized
Silk
or
Needle
Fabric
No
Stitches
Thread Thread
Nylon
Per
Inch
Extremely
heavy
10
to
tarpaulin,
sacking,
4
6 to
8
Heavy
Duty
canvas,
duck,
etc.
30
Heavy
upholstery
fabric,
3
(18)
8 to
10
30 to
Heavy
Duty
ticking,
denim,
leatherette
40
Medium
heavy
drapery
40
to
fabric,
velveteen,
suiting,
2 (16)
10
to
12
Heavy
Duty
60
felt,
terry,
etc.
Medium
broadcloth,
60
to
percale,
gingham,
linen,
1
(1
4)
12
to
14
50
A
chintz,
taffeta,
sheer
wool,
80
shantung,
etc.
Sheer
voile,
lawn,
dimity,
14
to
16
80 to
crepe, handkerchief
linen,
0(11)
(Plastic
film)
50
A
100
plastic
film,
etc.
8 to
10
Very
sheer
chiffon,
100
to
batiste,
lace,
organdy,
oo
16
to
20
150 50
A
ninon,
net,
nlarquisette,
etc.

11
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7
WINDING
THE
BOBBIN
Disengage
the
handwheel
(1,
Fig.
4)
from
the stitching
mechanism
by
turning
the
chatch
(2,
Fig.
4)
toward
you
or
counter
clockwise.
Place
a
spool
of
thread
on
one
of
the
spool
pins
and
lead
thread
through
the
arm
thread
guide
(3,
Fig.
3).
Run
end
of
thread
through
a
hole
in
the
bobbin
edge
and
place
bobbin
on
spindle
of
bobbin
winder
(4,
Fig.
3)
fitting
the
notch
on
bobbin
over
small
pin
on spindle.
Push
bobbin
winder
(5,
Fig.
3)
to
the right,
and
hold
thread
end
loosely
then
start
machine
slowly.
Bobbin
will
stop
winding
when
it
is
filled.
Turn
clutch
away
from
you
until
sewing
mchanisn
is
again
engaged
so
that
needle
moves
when
you
turn
the
hand wheel.
Fig.
4
Fig.
5
Break off
loose
thread
end
used
to start
the
winding.

9
UPPER
THREADING
1.
Turn
the
hand
wheel
toward
you
to raise
the
take-up
lever
to its
highest
position.
2. Place
a
spool
of
thread
on
the
spool
pin.
3.
Lead
the
thread
through
the
upper
arm
thread
guides.
4.
Down
and
between
tension
discs
from
right
to
Left.
5.
Draw
the
thread
up
through
the
check
spring
and
with
a
slight
tug
into
the
hook,
(See
insert,
Fig.
6
6.
Then
up
through
the
eye
of
the
take-up
lever
from
right
to
left.
7.
Lead
thread
down,
through
the
thread
guide
19
and
face
plate
guides
then
through
the
needle
bar
guide.
8.
Thread
needle
FROM
front
to
back,
drawing
it
through
about
3
or
4
inches.
Hold
the
end
of
the
upper
thread loosely
and
turn
the hand wheel
toward
you
until
the
needle
goes
all
the
way
down
and
comes
back
up.
A
loop
(Fig.
7
)
will
be
formed
over
the
upper
thread
which
then
can
be
pulled
out
straight. Place
both
thread
ends
under
the
presser foot
and
draw
toward
Fig.
7
the
back
of
the
machine,
leaving
both
threads
three
or
four
inches
long.

ETTG
ThE
1EEDLE
See
Fig.
8.
Raise
the
needle
bar
(A)to
its highest
point,
by
turning
hand
wheel
toward
yoi
y
oosen
needle
clamp
screw
(B)
and
then
needle
can
be removed
or
re
(FHt
far
a
it
will
go
into
needle
clamp
hole.
Tighten
the
Needle
clamp
screw
(B)
securely
driver.
.h*
noede,
rnakQ
one
complete
rovohitlon
ot
the
hand
wheel
-
by
-ind
to
h’
jure
the
needk
s
In
the
correct
poeltlor.
Fig.
8-A

THREADING
THE
BOBBIN
CASE
Step
I
(illustrated
in
Fig.
9).
Hold
bobbin
case
between
thumb
and
forefinger
of
left
hand,
so
that
the slot
in
the
edge
of
the
bobbin
case
is
on
top,
take
the
bobbin
between
thumb
and
forefinger
of
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.
10,
and
draw
it
under
the
tension
spring
and
into
the
fork-shaped
open
ing
of
the
spring
as
shown
in
Fig.
11.
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11
TENSION
SPRIG
Fig.
10
F
Fig.
11

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BiN
CS
aise
need!
her
to
cover
plate.
(See
16
Fig.
1) Hold
the
bir’
cs
iatch
(D,
Fig.
12),
between
the
thumb and
forefinger
of
the
left
hand,
with
at least
three
inches
of
thread
running
horn
the
top
of
the
bobbin
case
to
the
right.
lnsert
and
center
the
bobbin
case
on
the
sttd
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,
(0).
Press
bob
bin
case
again
after
latch
has
been
released
to
make
the
bojbin
case
is
locked
secu;ely.
Close
the cover
plate.
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12

13
SETTING
THE
STITCH
LENGTH
The
length
of the
stitch
is
regulated
by
the
dial
shown
in
Fig.
13-A.
Near
0
is
the
shortest stitch
and
5
is
the
longest,
but
the control
may
be
set
at
any
spot
between the markings
for
a
variety
of
engths. Turn
the
dial
to
the
right
to
lengthen
and
to the
left
to
shorten
the stitch. The
number
stitch
length
you
choose appears
over
the
indicator.
A
STITCH
LENGTH
CHART
(Approximate)
Figures
on
indicator
0
1
2
3
4
5
Number
of
stitches
per
inch
No
Feeding
30
25
15 8
6
Fig.
13-A

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W
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:w
ca?d
O
ie
tie
Load
.t
hC
beginning
or
end
of
a
seam,
button
(A 3 Flo.
13A)
.s
far
;wm
.
machi
W
SW
backward
as
long
as
the
button
is
held
in.
.
TENSIONS
the
upper
tension
with
the
presser
foot
c
as
the
tension
is
released
when
i
is
raid.
To
increase
the tension
on
the
upper
thread,
t
di1
(Fig.
3)
to
:-
-gnt.
lo
cecruase,
turn
to
the
left.
tension
be
sure
that
thi.
ia
chine
is
threaded
properly.
When
necessary
to
change
the
bobbin
tension,
turn
small
screw
(Fig.
14)
on
side
of the
bobbin
case
clockwise
to
tighten,
counter
clockwise
to
loosen.
wions
are
properly
balnced,
will
be
formed
with
both
thads
inter
ii
fabric
(Fig.
15).
When
the
upper
tension
is
too
tight,
the
lower
thread
is
pulled
up
over
the
upper
thread
which
is
lying
flat
on
the
fabric
(Fig.
16).
When
the
upper
tension
is
too
loose,
the
upper
thread
forms
loops over
the
Fig.
13
lower
thread
lying
flat
on
the
fabric
(Fig.
17).

15
Fig.
15
Fig.
16
Fig.
17
ADJUSTING
PRESSURE
AND
FEEDING
OF
FABRIC
General
Sewing.
Usually
for normal sewing
the
pressure
bar
cap
or
darner
release,
(B,
Fig.
18)
is
at
its
lowest
position
and
the drop
feed
knob
is
turned
to
“High”
position,
Fig.
19.
Sewing
Thin
or
Light
Weight
Fabrics.
When
lighter
pressure
is
re
quired
to sew
satisfactorily
on thin
silk
or
flimsy
material,
the
pres
sure
cap
should
be
about
halfway
down.
Release
all
the
way
by
pressing
the
snap
lock,
(A,
Fig.
20),
and
then
press
cap
(B)
down
again
to
halfway
spot.
Lower
the
feed
slightly
by
turning
the
black
-
-
t
3
“Low”
position.
Fig.
19
Fig.
14
Fig.
18

::
:
rection
for
darning, and
endin,
rlD;
j
tely
by
pressing
down
on
the
snap
lock,
(A,
Fig.
20).
urn
the
knob
to
“DOWN”
position,
which
drops the feed
well
he
needle
plate.
To
roturn
feed
to
normai,
return
knob
to
TO
SEW
Have
take-up
lever
at
highest
point
before
starting
to
sew.
Do
not
rv
to
help
the
feeding
by
pulling
the
material
as
this
may
deflect
the
needle
and
cause
it
to
break.
EVR
run
mchne
without
mate1al
under
th
presser
foot.
-
ads
in
positio,
m2e
rassr
ar
the
;.
Thot.
T
urn
the
hand
wheel
toward
you
until
the
needle
is
at
its
highest
point.
You
are
now
ready
to
begin
sewing.
By
having
the
needle
at
its
highest
point,
it
is
not
necessary to
touch
the
hand
wheèt
to
start
the
machine.
You
merely
press
the control.
The
speed
of
the
machine
is
regulated
by
increasing
or
decreasig
the
amount
of
pressure
exerted
on
the
control.
Fig.
20

REMOVING THE
WORK
Be
sure
to
stop
the machine
when
the
thread
take-up
lever
and needle
bar are
at
the
highest
position.
Now
raise
the
presser
foot
and
draw
the
fabric
back
and
to the
left,
Fig.
21-A
and
B,
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
17
presser
foot.
L
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—
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Fig.
21-A
Fig.
21-B

or
o
fine
fabric
o
or
ver’
‘1’
it
is
advis-
to
sraijht
stitch press
________
stitch
nee-
ck p’ate which
are
im
Hed
in
your
sve
narrow
Fig.
22
Fig.
23
red!e
ots.
#14ANGE
AS
FOLLOWS
(1)
Presser
Foot
(A)
Loosen
thumb
screw
(18, Fig.
1)
and
remove
zigzag
presser
foot.
)
witS
straight
stitch
presser
foot
(Fig.
23).
(.)
te
(16,
Fiç.
1)
to
the
front
as
far
as pos&S!e.
(B)
Remove
screws
holding
needle
plate
(15, Fig.
1)
to
bed plate.
(C)
Remove
zigzag
needle plate.
(D)
Replace
with
straight
stitch
needle plate
(Fig.
22-B).

19
When
using
the
straight stitch
needle
plate
and
foot,
be
sure
to
make
the
following
setting before
starting
to
sew
or
the
needle
will
break
in
striking
the
foot
or
needle
r.late.
Set
Your
Machine
as
Follows
)
Needle
posititon
control
“A”
Fig.
24
at
C
(center).
2)
Decorative
stitch
dial
“B”
for
straight
stitch
in.
(3)
Zigzag
width
control
“C”
at
“0”.
(c)
Stretch
stitch
control
“D”
at
“M”.
(5)
Stitch
length
control
“E”
at
suit
material
being
sewn.
ee
page
13
for
stitches
per
inch.
0
B
_w
C.
Fig.
24