Singer Zig Zag K-100 User manual

HOW

USE

AND

CARE

FOR

YOUR

ZIG

ZAG

SEWING

MACHINE

MODEL

K-ICC

OCE

OI34

CONTENTS

Pagc

MACHINE

AND

FEATURES

........

(Front)

(Back)

BELT

ADJUSTMENT

REPLACING NEEDLE

REMOVING

BOBBIN

CASE

WINDING BOBBIN 4

ADJUSTING

BOBBIN

WINDER

THREADING

BOBBIN

CASE

REPLACING

BOBBIN

CASE

THREADING

MACHINE

10.

PREPARING

SEW

II.

ADJUST

ING

UPPER

THREAD

TENSION

12.

ADJUSTING

BOBBIN

THREAD

TENSION

13.

ADJUSTING FABRIC

FEEDERS

14,

ADJUSTING

PRESSURE OF

THE

PRESSER FOOT

IS.

REGULATING

STITCH

LENGTH

16.

ZIG

ZAG

SEWING

Regulating

Width

Stitch

Locking

Zig

Zag

Regulating

Lever

Making

Patterns

17.

STRETCHSTITCHING

18.

CLEANING

SHUTTLE

AND

RACE

ASSEMBLY

19.

OILINGTHE

MACHINE

20.

BUILTIN

LIGHT

21.

ACCESSORIES

Presser

Foot

for

Straight

Sewing

Cloth

Guide

Zipper

Foot

Buttonhole

Foot

22.

BLIND HEMMING

23.

APPLIQUEING

24.

EMBROIDERING

AND

MONOGRAMMING

25.

DARNING

26.

SEWING

BUTTONS

27.

CAUSES

COMMON

DIFFICULTIES

MACHINE

AND

FEATURES

FRONT

Fig.

Pressure

release

(darning)

Thread

guide

for

top

cover

Stretch

stitch

control

Top

cover

Zig

zag

width

control

Zigzag

indicator

Bobbin

winder

Fly

wheel

Clutch

nut

10.

Stitch

length

indicator

11.

Stitch

length

control

dial

12.

Reverse

button

13,

Bobbin

winder.tension

14.

Drop

feed

buttons

15.

Needle

plate

16.

Cover

plate (Slide

plate)

Thread

guide

18.

Tension

19.

Take up

20.

Face

plate

18—

Fig.

21.

Needle

bar

22.

Needle

clamp

23.

Needle

24.

Presser

foot

25.

Fabric

feeders

26.

Presser

foot

clamp

screw

27.

Presser

bar

28.

Thread

cutter

BACK

(Fig.

29.

Spool

pins

30.

Light

switch

31.

Presser

bar

lifter

32.

Head

hinge

mounting

holes

33.

Motor

set

screw

Fig.

34.

Motor

BELT

ADJUSTMENT

Loosen

motor

bracket

scre’

Slide

motor

bracket

down

tighter

loosen.

CAUTION

not

tighten

belt

:cht

REPLACING

NEEDLE

I. Raise

the needle bar

its

highest

position.

(Turn

the

(lv

wheel

hand

toward

you.)

Loosen

needle

clamp

screw

(A) and

remove old

needle.

Insert

the

needle

ifltO

needle

bar (B)

with

the

flat

side

the

needle

toward

the

fly

wheel.

CAUTION

sure

the

needle

all

the way

up.

should

rest

against

the

needle

stop

(C).

Tighten

the

needle

clamp

screw

curely

with

screw driver.

CAUTION

Check

needle

and

make

sure

not bent

dull.

REMOVING

BOBBIN

CASE

Raise

the needle

bar

its

highest

position. (Turn

the

fly

wheel

toward

you

hand.)

Open

slide

plate.

With

the left

thumb

and

forefinger,

open the

latch

(A)

the

bobbin

case (B).

Remove

bobbin

case

from the

spindle

post

(C).

(Pull

the

left.)

NOTE

With

the

latch

held

open.

the

bobbin

locked

inside

the

bobbin

case.

To remove

bobbin

from

the

bobbin

case,

release the

latch.

Fig.

NEEDtE

RAT

SIDE

Fig.

—___

.Fj

Fig.

WINDING

BOBBIN

Hold

the

fly

wheel

(A)

Fig.

with

the

left

hand

and

turn

the

cluch

(B)

Fig.

toward

you to release

the

clutch.

doing this,

the

fly

wheel

turns

freely.

NOFE

If the

needle

moves, the

clutch

Fig.

not

completely

released.

Place

thread

the

spool

and

guide

the

thread

through

the

upper

thread

guide (C)

Fig.

Then

bring the

thread

across

the

machine

and

under

the

bobbin

winder

thread

guide

(D)

Fig.

Wind

the

thread

several

times

the

bobbin

(E)

Fig.

Now

place

the

bobbin

the

spindle

(F)

Fig.

the

bobbin

winder.

NOTE

The

lock

spring

the

spindle

must

fit

into

the

slot

the

bobbin.

This

done

holding

the

rubber

ring

(G)

Fig.

with

the

right

hand

and

turning

the

bobbin

with

the

left

hand

until

the lock

spring

slips

into

the

slot

the

bobbin.

Push

the

cover

(11)

Fig.

the

bobbin

winder down

until

the

rubber

ring

Fig.

brought

contact

with

the

fly

wheel.

Turn

the

fly

wheel slowly,

toward

you;

then

operate

the machine

sewing.

When

the

bobbin

full,

will

stop.

Remove

the

bobbin

from

the

spindle, then

re-engage

the

machine

holding

the

fly

wheel

with

the

left

hand

and

with

the

right hand

turn

the

clutch

away

from

you.

NOTE

Make

sure

you

tighten

firmly.

ADJUSTING

BOBBIN

WINDER

•

the

thread

winds

unevenly

the

bobbin

shown

Fig.

screw

(A)

Fig.

and

adjust

the

bobbin

winder

thread

guide

bracket

(13)

Fig.

iS,

the

thread

winds

Fig.

11.

move

the

bracket

slihtlv

the

lCtt.

the

thread

winds

Fig.

12,

move

the

bracket

slightly to

the

right.

Fig.

DOW

Fig.

THREADING BOBBIN

CASE

Hold

the

bobbin

case

between

the

left

thumb

and

forefinger with

the

slot

up.

With

inches

thread

trailing

the palm.

hold

the

bobbin

between

the

thumb

and

first

two

fingers

right

hand.

Insert

the

bobbin

into

the

bobbin

case,

then

pull

the

trailing

thread

into

the

slot,

to the

left

until

enters

the

delivery

eye

under

the

tension sprine.

There should

slight

tension

the

thread

pulls

through

the

delivery

eye.

StOT

Fig.

TENSION

SPRING

REPLACING BOBBIN

CASE

Turn

fly

wheel

toward

you

hand

until

the

needle

bar

its

hiehest

position,

and

open

the

slide

plate.

Draw

about

inches

thread

from

the

bobbin

and

let

hang

loosely

from

the

bobbin

case.

With

the

left

thumb

and

forefinger.

hold

the latch

(A)

the

bobbin

case

(B)

and

place

on the spindle

post

(C).

(Fig.

NOTE

The

protruding

finger (D)

must

slide

into

the

delivery

eye

(E)

the

top

the

shuttle.

Release

the

latch

and

press

the

bobbin

case

the

right

until

catches

the

groove

the

spindle post.

THREADING

MACHINE

Turn

the

fly

sheel

toward

you

and

raise

the take

lever

(F)

its

highest

position.

Place

thread

on the

spool

and bring

the

thread

through

the

upper

thread

guide

(A).

Bring

the

thread

down

through

the

thread

guide

the

tension

disc

(B)

from

right

left

and

up.

Then

pull

the

thread

through

the

thread

take

spring

(C).

Bring

the

thread

under

the

thread

tension

guide

(D)

and

thread

the take

up lever

(E)

from

right

left.

4. Bring

thread down

through

the

thread

guide

(F)

the

opening

the

face

plate,

and

through

the

needle bar

thread

guide

(G) from

behind.

Thread

the

needle

from left

right,

leaving

about

inches

thread.

---

Fig,

Fig.

1-1g.

10.

PREPARING

SEW

Fig.

Hold

the

loose

end

the

needle

thread

your

left

hand,

and

turn

the

wheel

toward

you

hand

until

the

needle

moves

down

through

the

needle

plate

and

tip

again

its

highest

position.

Pull

the

needle

thread

gently.

and

the

bobbin

thread

i1l

come

tip

with

through

the

hole

the

needle plate.

Then

place

both

ends

the

thread

back

between

the

toes

the

presser

foot.

the

bobbin

thread

does

not

rise,

check

see

there

least

inches

bobbin

thread

hanging

loosely

from

the

bobbin

case.

Pull

the

two

threads

least

inches

behind

the

presser

foot.

Place

material

under

presser

toot,

and

lower

the

foot

with

the

presser

bar

lifter.

Regulate

the

stitch

the

desired

size and sew.

REMOVE

MATERIAL,

raise

the

needle

its

highest

position

and

raise

the

foot

with

the

presser

bar

lifter.

then

pull

the

fabric

back

and

the left.

Cut

the

thread

with

the

thread

cutter

behind

presser

bar,

leaving

few

inches

thread

behind the

presser

foot.

Fig.

11.

ADJUSTING

UPPER

THREAD

TENSION

The

correct

stitch

can

usually

obtained

varying

the

upper

thread

tension.

NOTE

TENSION ADJUSTMENT SHOULD

MADE

WITh

THE

PRESSER

FOOT

DOWN.

increase

the

tension,

turn

the

tension

dial

clockwise

(Fig.

20).

decrease

the

tension, turn the

tension

dial

counter

clockwise

(Fig.

20).

When

the

tension

properly

adjusted,

the upper

and

lower

threads

will

cross

the

center

the

material

(Fig.

21-A).

When

the

upper

thread

tension

too

tight,

the

bobbin

tension

too

loose.

the lower

thread

will

lay

flat

along

the

top

the

material

(Fig.

21-B).

When

the

upper

thread

tension

too loose

the

bobbin

tension

too

tight.

the

upper

thread

will

lay

flat

along

the

bottom

the material

(Fig.

21-C).

The

tension

should

adjusted little

little

until

the desired

tension

obtained.

Fig.

12.

ADJUSTING

BOBBIN

THREAD

TENSION

The

bobbin

thread

tension

your

machine

correctly

adjusted

before

leaving

the

factory.

Therefore,

seldom

necessary

alter

the

bobbin thread

tension.

Should

become

necessary

so,

the

adjusting

screw

the

tension

spring

the

outside

the

bobbin

case

can

tightened

loosened

to increase

decrease the

tension

the

bobbin

thread.

To increase

the

bobbin

thread tension,

turn

the

adjusting

screw

clockwise.

decrease

tension

the

bobbin

thread, turn

the

adjusting

screw

counter

Fig.

clockwise.

Fig.

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