Instruction Book CPFAFFD® 76 CPFAFP) 77
Needle and Thread Chart Needle Thread Type of Fabric Size Size Cotton 40 80 70 80 70—80 Silk so so Suitings and mantlings Cotton or mercerized cotton Silk 40 80 Twill, denim Cotton 40 90— 100 Heavy linen Cotton Cottonorlinen Linen Cotton 40 40 40 40 90—100 90—100 Bed linen Fine linen Muslin Dress fabrics, such as brocade, satin ottoman, taffeta, georgette, crêpe, chiffon, batiste.
Instructions CPFAFFI 76and77 Foreword Your new Pfaff sewing machine will enable you to master a large variety of sewing, embroidering and darning jobs easily and quickly. This instruction book has been compiled in order to familiarize you thoroughly with all the sewing jobs coming up in a home. We suggest that you try out the various sew ing techniques discussed in this book so that you will become well acquainted with your machine.
Essential Parts of Your Pfaff 76 17 LHL1fl 9 18 16 15 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2 Face cover Take-up lever Thread guide Top cover Thread retainer stud Spool pins Bobbin winder Balance wheel Stop motion knob Motor disengaging mechanism Stitch length control Reverse feed control Bed cover Transverse rotary hook Needle plate Sewing foot thumb screw Light switch Stitch width control Needle position lever Needle thread tension Presser bar lifter (on back of machine arm
Essential Parts of Your Pfaff 77 1 7— 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 15 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 3 4 5 I—6_ U 22 23 Face cover Take-up lever Thread guide Top cover Thread retainer stud Spool pins Bobbin winder Balance wheel Stop motion knob Motor disengaging mechanism Stitch length control Reverse feed control Free arm Free arm cover (enclosing transverse rotary hook) Needle plate Sewing foot thumb screw Light switch Stitch width control Needle position lever Needle thread tension Presser bar
Preparing Your Machine for Sewing Push plug A into the receptacle on the back of the machine and the plug at the other end of the cord into the wall outlet. 4 To switch on the sewlight, push the button on the face cover (see ill.). Place the foot control within easy reach of your foot and depress the pedal. The harder you press, the faster the machine will run.
The machines feature a lever (10) under neath the balance wheel which serves to swing the motor to Its operative position. To engage the motor, flick this lever down. After you have completed sewing, flick this lever to its top position.
To remove the bobbin case, turn the balance wheel until the needle is at the top of its stroke. On the Piaft 76, remove bed cover (13), as illustrated. Lift latch k on the bobbin case and pull out the bobbin case with the bob bin. The bobbin cannot fall out as long as you hold the case by its open latch. When you release the latch, the empty bobbin drops out. On the Pfaff 77, the bobbin case is removed just like on the Pfaff 76.
For bobbin winding, disengage the sewing mechanism. Hold balance wheel (8) while turning stop motion knob (9) toward you (see ill.). To engage the sewing mechanism after the bobbin has been wound, turn the stop mo tion knob away from you (as indicated by the arrow in the ill,). Pass the thread around thread retainer stud (2) in the direction indicated by the arrow. Place a bobbin on the bobbin winder spindle, making sure that key A at its base enters slot B in the bobbin (see ill.).
Hold the lull bobbin so that the thread un winds toward you and place it in the bobbin case. Pull the thread into slot (2) and under spring (3). As you pull the thread, the bobbin should rotate clockwise (4). Leave about three inches of thread hanging from the bobbin case.
Pfaff 76 Pfaff 77 To insert the bobbin case into the machin e, rotate the balance wheel until the needle is at its highest point. Lift the latch and place the bobbin case on center stud s (see ill.), making sure its slot (white arrow) points up. Release the latch and press agains t the bobbin case until you hear it snap into place.
1 2 To enlarge the sewing area of the Pfaff 77 for ordinary sewing operations, push the workplate onto the free arm as far as it will go (1). Then lock it in place by turning down the lever on the back of the machine (2) un til the locking stud snaps into the hole in the free arm. Press the workplate support against the machine base until it snaps into place (3).
V Upper threading is illustrated opposite. Please note that the thread is placed be tween any two of the discs of tension (20), pulled clockwise around the tension stud and drawn toward the right with a jerk (see ill.). As you do this, hold the thread steady somewhere between the spool and the ten sion. Thread the needle from front to back.
The sewing foot is raised and lowered by operating the presser bar lifter on the back of the machine (see ill.). A B 12 = = Presser bar lifter up Presser bar lifter down To draw up the bobbin thread, hold the needle thread and lower the sewing foot. Turn the balance wheel toward you a full turn. Pull the needle thread to draw up the bobbin thread. Place both threads back under the sewing foot after it has been raised again.
Fundamentals of Machine Operation For ordinary sewing, needle position lever (19) should be in its center position. Make sure the take-up lever is at its highest point before you begin and after you have completed a seam (2). Always rotate balance wheel (8) toward you (see arrow). As you do this, check to make sure the stop motion knob is tightened firmly.
Begin by sewing a straight-stitch seam. To this end, push stitch width control (18) to the right as far as it will go. L The stitch length is regulated by turning stitch length control (11). The number indi cating the stitch length chosen should be opposite the dot on the left-hand side of the slot. For ordinary sewing operations, set the stitch length control on “2”. Place the material under the sewing foot and lower the presser bar lifter.
The stitch width is regulated by pushing stitch width control (18) toward the left, as may be desired. To sew in reverse or backtack the end of a seam, simply depress fingertip control (12). Various zigzag sewing operations are dis cussed on page 26 and the following pages.
Balanced tensions are essential for sewing. Both tensions are correctly balanced if the needle and bobbin threads interlock in the center of the material. The bobbin thread tension is regulated by turning the small knurled screw on the bob bin case. Turn this screw right (with your thumb nail) for a tighter tension, or left for a looser ten sion. If the same size threads are used in the needle and on the bobbin, there is no need to adjust the bobbin thread tension.
The accessory box which belongs to your machine contains several sewing feet for special sewing operations. To change the sewing foot, bring the needle to its highest point and raise the foot. Turn out screw 16 until the sewing foot can be removed, tilt ing it sideways (see ill.). The new foot is attached in the reverse order. To change the needle, bring the needle bar to its highest point and tower the sewing foot. Loosen needle set screw 22 and pull the old needle out of the needle clamp.
Darning pro To prepare your machine for darning, ceed as follows: F 4 Replace the ordinary sewing foot by darn ing foot No. 91-102826-91, attaching it from the rear so that spring clip c rests on needle set screw (22). Tighten sewing foot thumb screw (16). Lower the presser bar lifter. 18 76, Now drop the machine feed. On the Pfaff this is done by removing bed cover (13) and pressing the drop feed lever down slantwise, as indicated by the white arrow.
Darning sheer and soft mate rials is greatly facilitated by placing them in darning hoops. Draw up the bobbin thread and hold both threads lightly with your left hand while the first stitches are being made. Trim the threads and start stitching back across the hole in sewing direc and forth tion. Make sure the threads are anchored in the unworn area around the hole. Turn the fabric at right angles and and forth over the preceding work sew back with short stitches.
Zipper Insertion Attach zipper foot without quilting gauge. Stitch length: 1.5 to 2. Central needle position. 84 20 Baste closed zipper on the fabric, then open it. Stitch close to the left edge of the zipper for about 1 inch, guiding the right edge of the foot along the zipper teeth (1). Leave the needle in the material, raise the zipper foot and close the zipper (2). Continue stitching until you reach the end of the zipper. Then stitch across this end (3) and up to the other side.
Flat Felled Seams Attach flat feller No. 93-847561-00. Stitch length: 1.5 to 2. join Flat felled seams are used to durably lly two pieces of fabric and are usua straight-stitched. the First Seam: Lay pieces together with right sides facing and the bottom piece the protruding about 1/8 inch. Make sure the fabric enters the flat feller evenly and the bottom fabric is folded over the edge of is not top piece (see ill.), but the top piece folded. Open the two pieces.
Hemming Stitch leng th: 1.5 to 2 847 551 22 Fold the be making a heginning of the fabric /s inch wid edge twice, inches long m about 1 e and seve ral hemmer foot. Place the materia l unde and lower 4 straight th e same. M r the stitches to ake 3 to in place. secure the folded edge Draw the fabr both thread ic into the hemmer s backwar drawing.
Cording Use ordinary sewing foot No. 93-838 954-00, and insert a twin needle (whi ch can be ob tained from your Pfaff deale r). Stitch length: 1.5 to 2. Cording is made with two needle threads. When threading the needles, make sure to lead each thread between a separate pair of tension discs (see ill.). To render your cording more prominent, in sert a filler cord. Select the twin needle gauge and the size of the filler cord to suit the type of material used .
Hemstitching Stitch length: 2 to 2.5 -lOOI79 IV” I. Use a thread which is not too heavy and matches the material being hemstitched (preferably a No. 50 embroidery thread). Insert a System 130 Twin hemstitch needle. Make sure the needle and bobbin threads are the same size. The threading procedure is the same as for cording work. Slightly in crease the needle thread tension. The hemstitching effect is produced by the left wing needle penetrating the fabric.
The Zigzag Seam The stitch width is regulated by pushing stitch width control (18) toward the left, as may be desired. Never change the stitch width setting unless the needle is outside the fabric. 18 The stitch length is regulated by turning stitch length control (11) (see ill.). The larger the number, the longer the stitch.
Overcasting Edges with Zigzag Stitches Attach ordinary sewing foot. Stitch length: 2. u 838 954 To overcast the edges of light and mediumweight fabrics, set the machine for its maxi mum stitch width. Soft and flimsy fabrics are best overcast with a zigzag stitch of medium width. Make sure the needle takes one stitch into the fabric and the other over its edge. This will cover the fabric edge securely.
Inserting Patches Stitch width: medium. 838 954 Larger holes can be patched quickly. Trim away the ragged edges around the hole, cutting exactly along the fabric weave. Cut a patch about /2 inch larger than the hole and place it under the hole, matching its grain to that of the fabric. Set the stitch length control on “1” and the stitch width control in the middle of its slot and stitch along the edge of the patch.
Inserting Lace Stitch length: 1 u 838 954 Place the lace on the material and stitch it down with straight stitches on both sides (1). Cut the fabric open under the lace insertion (2) and iron it on both side s of the lace. Sew over the edges of the lace with short zigzag stitches of medium width (3). Trim the fabric edges away on the wrong side (4).
Changing the Needle Position Some special sewing jobs are the needle switched to the right made with or left of the needle plate slot. This is done by moving lever (19) to the right and left, respectively. The needle position lever is indispensable for sewing buttonholes.
Sewing Buttonholes I Attach buttonhole foot No. 847616 to the machine and set the slide on the buttonhole gauge to the buttonhole length desired. The number indicating the buttonhole length should be in line with the right edge of the slide. The buttonhole is the right length when the beginning of the first seam reaches the red end of the slide indicator (see arrow). Flick the needle to its left position and put the stitch width control in notch R 1 (see ill). When using No.
Sew the first seam over the filler cord. When the buttonhole is the right length, leave the needle in the fabric on the right of its throw. Lift the sewing foot, turn the fabric around clockwise by half a turn, place the filler cord aroL.!nd the needle and pull it forward, placing it in the left groove of the foo. Lower the foot and take one stitch by hand. Move stitch width control (18) to the second notch, R 2, make 4 or 6 bartack stitches, slightly holding the material to reduce the length of bar.
Monogram Embroidery - 93100179 Regulate the stitch wid th to suit the size of the monogram. Remove the sewing foo t chine feed. Lower the and drop the ma presser bar lifter. Trace the monogram on the fabric and place the material in dar ning hoops. Let the needle stitch into the fabric at the beginning of the design and draw the bob bin thread up through the fabric. Hold both thread ends and start your machine.
1=71 °° Bindstitching Apply clear-view sewing foot No, 91-100 179-00. Baste the hem or pin it about /16 inch from the fabric edge, as illustrated (1). Then flick the needle to its right position and set the stitch length control at “4”. Reduce the needle thread tension by one grade. Fold the hem (2) and place the fabric under the sewing foot so that the folded edge is in line with the left groove of the foot (see ill.).
Ornamental Sewi ng You can make ex cit by varying stitch ing fashion-stitch designs length, stitch wid needle position. th and So can make are ill me of the designs you ustrated on this page. Additional ornam ental efFects are by sewing over obtained a filler cord. I I I I Sewing Curtains Stitch length: 2. 5t Stitch width: me o3 dium — 838 954 93-OU’7 Use a thin need le (see Needle and Thread Chart) Ease the needle thread tension so Hold synthetic mewhat. materials a little sewing.
Appliqué work —- 3.G79 1 To make appliqué, proceed as follows: 1. Trace the design on the right side. 2. Set the stitch length control on “1’ and stitch along the outlines. 3. Sew the fabric to be appliquéd to the right side with long stitches (1). 4. Follow the outlines of the design on the wrong side with a narrow zigzag stitch (stitch length control on “1’), as shown (2). 5. Trim the excess material close to the seam on the right side (3). 6.
To change the light bulb, remove the face cover by pulling it in the direction indicated by the arrow. 36 Push the light bulb into its socket, turn left and pull out. Insert the new bulb so that its pins slide into the socket slots. Press the bulb in and turn right. As you replace the face cover, slip tip d into slot c, then push against the face cover until it snaps into place.
Machine Care Longevity and smooth machine performance are dependent on regular cleaning and prop er oiling. Since your Pfaff sewing machine has been made from high-grade materials, there are only a few oiling points left. The raceway in the sewing hook is the most important oiling point. From time to time, put a drop of oil into the hook raceway (see ill, at left and center). Do not oil the bobbin winder. The other oiling points in the machine are illustrated below.
• From time to time, machine arm and in ing hook with a soft To this end, remove foot and the bobbin • clean the parts in the the vicinity of the sewbrush. the needle, the sewing case with the bobbin. On Plaff 77 machines, loo sen lift the front of the free arm the set screw, cover and pull the cover out lengthwise of the arm (1 &2). Pfaff 76 machines are tilte able machines, loosen the d back. On port screw on the bot tom of the machine base and tilt the machine back cautiously (3).
Trouble Shooting If trouble should occur, check the foIIowing When operated properly, your sewing ma chine will hardly develop any trouble. Please remember to restore the normal set ting after you have completed your sewing job (buttonhole sewing or darning, for in stance) by switching the machine back to straight stitching, flicking the needle posi tion lever to its central position, raising the machine feed and setting the stitch length control on “2.
I; Contents Page Appliqué Work 35 Blindstitching 33 Buttonholes 30 Button Sewing 32 Changing the Light Bulb 36 Changing the Needle 17 Changing the Needle Position 29 Changing the Sewing Foot 17 Cleaning 37 Cording 23 Darning 18 Darning Foot 18 Drawing Up the Bobbin Thread 12 Dropping the Machine Feed 18 Electrical Equipment 4 Engaging and Disengaging the Sewing Mechanism 7 Essential Parts of Pfaff 76 2 Essential Parts of Pfaff 77 3 Flat Felled Seams 21 Foot Control 4 Foreword 1 Fundamentals of Machine Oper
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