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Pfaff 16 manual

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    Dear Housewife, At last you are the proud owner of the much longed for Sewing Machine. The machine wos explained to you in detoil, and you ore now looking forward with much pleasure to the great variety of work that can be perform ed on it, Although everything is still quite clear to you, it is possible that in time some of the directions given to [...]

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    Contents 1 The Sewing Machine Stand Important Hints Page 4 Relative Needle Sizes and Thread Numbers 4 1. Preparing fec Sewing 5 2. Sewing 9 3. Working with Special Presser Feet 12 4. Darning 15 5. Cleaning and Oiling 17 (S Cause and Remedy of Faults 20 The Standard Equipment of the machine includes: 1 Standard Presser Foot No. 552 1 Edger Na, 153a [...]

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    Important hints Sewing Machine Oil and Needles are best purchased from a Sewing Machine Expert Dealer, or from the Supp hers of your machine. Never use just any kind of lubri cotinq oil if you cjo, it will gum the woi king parts of your machine. The system number of the sewing needle to be used on the machine is 705; this number is stamped on the b[...]

  • Page 6

    Attaching the Presser Foot For all normal sewing work use the stan dard presser loot No. 552, (Fig. 1). Raise the needle to its highest point, and lift the presser bar lifter. Take the presser foot with your right hand and Ii orn be low push it on to the presser bar, against the screw. First tighten the screw with your left hand, and then use a scr[...]

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    Threading the Shuttle Tal<o the shuttle, point down, into your left hand and with your right hand insert he bobbin, also with ts point down, from obove into the shuttle, so that the thread let off is from left to right (Fig. 5). Dra’N the thread through the slot a, which is near the edge of the shuttle, and then to the delivery hole Ii near th[...]

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    knob by turning it in a clockwise direction. If you wish to do reverse sewing you must first push the lever passed ‘0” and right up to the top. Regulating the Thread Tensions The upper threod tension is regulated by turning the thumb nut of the thread tension discs. Clockwise turning Wi 11 ucreuse the tension; anti-clockwise adlust ment will re[...]

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    Working with Special Presser Feet 3. Edge Stitching Foot No. Z .153(1 (Edger). Guide No, 535 a. Thumb Sciew No. 10433 (Fig. 13). ___ With the guide you can set the distance from the edge of the material to the line of stitching which, when working on wide and long seams, is of great cidvan loge. This loot is also very suitable tar attaching zip fas[...]

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    rows of stitches iii any desir ed direction, without pre viously niark rig the mate no 1 . Fix the quilter guide support over the presser bar so that it is immedia tely above the foot and encircles it. Now push the straight guide rod from right to left thi ouqh the holes ri the bow, and tighten the screws, Make your first ro,v of stitches, then mov[...]

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    Continue in the some manner a c r o s s the first lines of stitching, until the hole is completely mended. Rents and badly worn edges on collars and culls can be darned without the aid of the darning plate ond without employing the darning hoop. For this class of work you can use the standard presser foot. This is possible be- ((ruse collars and cu[...]

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    of parafhn to the lubrication points. Then work the machine apidly (see above>, wipe all ports, and apply a film of lresh oil, All points marked thus “a on the ad 1 acent illustrations must be cleaned and oiled in proper sequence. (-5 (-5 ‘1 1 e • lb e H e a cI (Fig. 18, page 18), after dadsening off the retaining screw cind removing the h[...]

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    Cause and remedy of faults f6. Please always remember: many faults can be remedied merely by cleaning and oiling the machine. Machine works heavily 1. The driving strop is either too tight or too slack — length en or shorten the strap, or, - if- necessary, fit a new one to the machine. 2. Some of the working ports of -the mechanism are dry -- app[...]

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    3. The thread curls owing to its being unsuitably spun and glossed for your purpose change the thread. 4. The needle used is not of the system marked on the bedplate stide of your machine — obtain the correct needle from the suppliers of your machine. The Needle breaks 1 The needle is wrongly inserted, or it is bent — change it (see page 5: “[...]

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    If you hove ony trouble with your sewing mochine, in spite of the (oct thot you hove corefully corned out the directions conjoined in this book, then pleose get in touch with the suppliers of your mochine. They will olwoys be glod to help you.[...]