INSTRUCTIONS ZIG-ZAG P/N 59955 SEWING MACHINE
TABLE OF CONTENTS Adjusting for Good Stitches ............... Adjusting Pressure of Presser Foot ........ Adjusting Applique Tensions ..................... ....................................... 19 10 12 - 13 23 Needle Size Overcasting .................................... 5 .................................... 23 Parts List ................................. Basting .......................................... Blind Stitching ................................
FRONT VIEW @ ® ® 1. Feed 2. Presser Dog 3. Presser Foot 4. Thread Guides 5. Thread Tension Foot Thumb Screw Assembly 6. Face 7. Thread 8. Stitch 9. Buttonhole 10. Stitch Cover 11. Plate Width Length Buttonhole Length Take-up Control Control Control Knob Lever Reverse Stitch Control 12. Light 13. Feed Dog Control Switch 14.
BACK @ VIEW ® @ 15. Clutch 16. Hand Wheel Knob 17. Bobbin Winder 18. Thread Spool 19. Arm Cover 20. Decorative Stitch Mechanism Cover Mechanism Pins Plate 21. Upper Thread 22. Bobbin 23. Presser Foot Knob Winder Guides Tension Disc 24. Presser Foot Lever 25. Thread 26. Needle 27. Hand 28.
' :",i ' .. INSTALLING MACHINE AND CABINET HEAD i''¸¸¸ IN PORTABLE Loosen the two hinge screws under holes in the rear edge of the machine bed (1). Raise hinge pins in the cabinet cutout (2). Slip machine head onto the pins and tighten hinge screws securely (3). Lower machine head to front flap. i ___ fI _"_ - li Screw spool pins in place. Lay the plastic discs over the spool pins. Discs and pins are packed in the accessory box.
NEEDLE AND THREAD THREAD NEEDLE SIZE SIZE Cotton 80 - 100 Synthetic Silk A TABLE Nylon Tricot, to your right, slip blunt end of needle as far as it will go into needle clamp. 11 Batiste, Dimity, Organdy, Light weight Velvet and Taffeta, Fine Lace, Light weight Knits, Satin. Cotton 60 - 80 Synthetic Mercerized 50 - 60 14 Cotton, Cotton Blends, Poplin, Percale, Gingham, Shantung, Pique, Seersucker, Velveteen, Double Knits, Light weight wool, Linen, Leather, Fake Furs, Vinyls.
•• • REMOVING Pull out latch. Pull bobbin ........... 3ET 77;.:_,-_"<:C...... :_ ...... case straight out. "-,. J". .f.. • • BOBBIN i'i.
WINDING THE BOBBIN 0 @ Place thread on post. Draw thread spool as shown. 0 Release clutch by turn- ing clutch knob toward you. Start machine. 0 Wind thread bobbin a few times. around When winding bobbin is full, mechanism stops. 0 Place bobbin onto bobbin winder shaft. Push bobbin winder latch until it clicks.
INSERTING BOBBIN INTO BOBBIN CASE ......... CASE INTO SHUTTLE 0 @ 0 0 0 Guide bobbin onto center pin of bobbin Pull thread through Pull thread Holding @ case. slot. under tension latch, position spring. case into shuttle, release latch.
THREADING UPPER MACHINE
• PICKING L._ = 'i UP BOBBIN THREAD Raise presser foot lever. ,' '' Hold needle thread loosely in left hand and rotate hand wheel toward you one complete turn. Bri.ng bobbin thread up by pulling upper thread. (See illustration). Place threads back under presser foot. II p ADJUSTING THE PRESSER FOOT PRESSURE OF THE Push down outer ring of presser foot knob (See illustration). This will release pressure of presser foot.
SETTING STITCH LENGTH For all types of sewing stitching, the buttonhole (center needle position). Loosen knob and move 4 aligning the red mark other than buttonhole control knob (red dot) stitch length on the side control of the making and must be set lever between lever with the blind at C 0 and desired position; tighten knob. The arrow mark indicates the setting for the satin stitch. This will vary slightly depending upon the type of material to be sewn. The 4 setting is the Ionges_ stitch.
ADJUSTING @ TENSIONS A perfect stitch will have threads locked between layers of fabric with (Refer to page 19). no loops on top or bottom. Fig. 1 PROBLEM e Upper thread too REMEDY tight Decrease Tension Fig. 2 O Upper thread too loose Increase Fig.
INCREASE When stitching is unsatisfactory TENSION as in figures 2 and 3, adjust the upper thread tension. Lower thread tension quently requires adjustment less fre- than the upper thread tension. When stitch is satisfactory, as in figure 1 and seam is badly puckered, the cause may be tight tensions and both upper adjusted. (See page 19) When adjusting case, make slight driver. and lower the tension adjustments Clockwise.
INSERTING For all kinds of sewing, consult AND REMOVING THE MATERIAL chart on page 5. Place material into Before that placing the material on the machine see : *The presser foot and needle clamp screws to sizes of needle and thread suit the kind of work *The needle and take-up lever are at their highest position. *The *The tensions ends inches *The of the to the feed "Stitch have dogs length been properly threads rear adjusted.
TURNING A CORNER Stop sewing machine with needle in fabric. Raise presser foot. Turn fabric. Lower presser foot and continue stitching. FEED DOG CONTROL The feed dog control knob is situated on the right front of machine bedplate. When knob is turned to the left, feed dog drops and does not pull material. This allows the operator .................... ............... ............... freedom of movement of material, as for darning. For regular sewing, turn knob to the right, "'U'" (Feed dog up).
i:!:!i:i_¸¸ SETTING STITCH WIDTH Press stitch width control and move so right edge of control is aligned with setting desired. Zigzag width increases from setting 0 to setting 4. Straight stitching is possible only with the control on 0 setting (extreme left) and with no pattern disc in the machine. DECORATIVE STITCHING This machine can make beautiful means of various discs supplied the needle are controlled The stitch length specified When a looser or tighter by setting preference.
DECORATIVE DISC NO. DISC NO. 1 DISC NO. 2 STITCHES . '. Disc No. 0 pattern made on Buttonhole Control setting B, all other patterns 0 on setting ,, - DISC NO. 3 DISC NO. 4 DISC NO. 5 DISC NO. 6 DISC NO. 7 ,,.., _. -- _ -, ....... C. Stitch width : Satin stitch 1 -4 All others 0 Stitch length : about 1_ (arrow) SATIN STITCH 17 .
DARNING WITH 1, PRESSER FOOT: Turn feed dog control to left. 2. Press down outer ring of presser foot knob, see page 10. With presser foot darning, monogram work, etc. may be done. 3. Stretch fabric tightly between two spring embroidery hoops and place under knob in this'position, mending, needle. 4. Lower presser bar so thread willhave some tension. When you start to darn, move fabric back and forth to cover darning area.
ADJUSTING When your sewing YOUR machine does not SEWING sew a properly 1. Insert a new needle of the correct size for the Consult chart on page 5 for needle size. 2. The 3. Check 4. Check the thread tension Do not try this test with upper and bobbin threading Begin with a full Fold a 6" square a. If seam bobbin, of your is puckered b. If the bottom c. If the Grasp stitching a. If both b. If neither Both balance.
BUTTONHOLE Stitch width WITH control SPECIAL at arrow BUTTONHOLE mark Special buttonhole Feed dog control Stitch length control at arrow mark Buttonhole reverse stitch length control; red line at about center of dial Place the fabric, buttonhole foot. at the beginning about 1/16 Lower the with buttonhole Without of the inch the buttonhole.
O O Always in make the a practice garment, interfacing using if used buttonhole a double on a scrap thickness of of fabric fabric, used and an in garment. The stitch length may be varied slightly by the stitch length control lever within the 0 to 1 range. To increase forward stitch move this lever from the arrow mark toward 1, to decrease move it toward O. The buttonhole reverse stitch length control is used to match the length of the reverse stitches with the forward stitches.
SEWING ON LACE Set stitch width to 2. Set stitch length to 2 or 3. Place fabric under the presser foot and position lace _ inch from edge of fabric. Position fabric and lace so that right stitch catches left edge of lace. Continue stitching so that edge of [ace is overcast. \ @ \ BLIND STITCHING Use 0 disc Buttonhole control 1. Prepare the hem with 2. Apply seam stitching. tape along 3. Turn using O O J _.
APPLIQUE Baste cutout Set stitch applique length completely to fabric. about I/2. the raw covering Set Zigzag stitch stitch width around 2 to 4. applique, edge. OVERCASTING Set stitch around WRITING Free Stitch Feed Draw :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: width raw edge to 4. Set of fabric stitch to length completely AND MONOGRAMMING at 0 to 4 at 3. cover Zigzag the stitch edge.
SYNTHETICS Your KENMORE will sew all the new fabrics of synthetic fiber, such as nylon, ° Orlon, ** Dacron, rayon, acetate, blends of these, and combinations of synthetic and natural fibers. When stitching a fabric of blended or combined fibers, handle it as you would a material ofthe fiber present in the largest percentage. For example, a fabric woven of 60% Orlon and 40% silk should be handled as one made entirely of Orlon. When stitching a fabric that is over 50% synthetic a.
REMOVING LINT 1. Turn hand wheel toward you until needle is at its highest position. Remove bobbin and bobbin case. 2. Push buttons 3. Remove shuttle (C) by grasping 4. Remove accumulated shuttle race. 5. Replace shuttle in race body, with a perfect circle with driver (D). axle facing 6. Replace shuttle bobbin case. race cover then 7. Do not attempt to force 8. Occasionally remove the with a soft brush. (A) sideways. race cover axle. (B).
CLEANING Keep the and efficient brush. AND moving parts operation. When machine OILING ............ free from Cleaning dust should runs hard or makes drop of KENMORE sewing in figs. A, B & C. machine and threads be done excessive with noise, oil at the points Swing hinged face cover plate open to oil points end of machine head. for quiet a small place a indicated indicated at Fig.
OILING MACHINE Tilt machine head back to oil points indicated on underside of machine head. Fig, B Remove arm cover plate to oil points indicated at top of machine head. To remove cover plate, screws and lift cover. Fig.
WHAT PROBLEM PROBABLE Rethread machine (page 9). Tighten upper thread tension (page 12). Pulling fabric. Do not pull fabric; guide it gently. Light pressure on presser foot. Increase pressure on presser foot Loose presser foot. Reset presser foot (page 15). Unevenly Rewind wound 28 bobbin. fabric. Do not pull fabric; guide it gently. size needle. Choose correct Incorrect setting Reset needle (page 5). presser (page 10). bobbin (page 7). Incorrect of needle. foot.
WHAT PROBLEM PROBABLE Incorrect Bent Skipping Stitches size or blunt Incorrect upper Light pressure Starting Breaking Upper Thread Tight Breaking Bobbin Thread Insert new needle (page 5). on size eye Improper presser too Loosen foot. Feed dog Light pressure Loosen case threading, case or shuttle, Machine Jamming Thread caught Check bobbin Loosen (page 12).
PARTS LIST All parts listed here may be ordered through office or mail order house.
When ordering 1. Model 2. Parts these & seria! number(s) parts, please numbers and description(s) When ordering by mail, prices will be billed accordingly. Ref. # Part # be sure of machine will to mention shown on the the following references: nomenclature plate. See page 2_ here. be furnished on request, Description or parts will be shipped at prevailing Ref.
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