Singer 13K — User manual

DIRECTIONS FOR USING

THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY'S
MEDIUM ”

SEWING MACHINE.

HEAD OFFICE: 84, UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK.

Ghief Office in Europes

39, FOSTER LANE, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON.

Rerer To THESE Curs FoR THE TECUNICAL NAMES OF THE Parts or THE
Macuinz.

This Cut represents the Machine turned on its hing.s, shcwing the parts on
the underside.

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Ip Tue TALE Yor THE MACHINE I8 RECEIVED DISMOUNTED, PUT IT TOGETHER
IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER :—

Hold the two supports of the table upright, Raving to the right the one with the
Tole for the band-wheel azle, the other to the left, and the projections at the top
inward; the treadle being fiwed upon its traverse-bar, place it between the supports,
aving from you the arm to which the wooden pitman is to befastened. Insert the two ends
of the traverse-bar into the supports and put on the screw-nuts, turning them only two
or three times round; put the cross-brace upon the traverse-bar, with the metal washers
on the side towards the treadle, insert the two screw bolts through the supports and the top
extremities of the cross-brace ; put on the screw-nuts, tightening them and those of the
traverse-bar firmly ; fasten the band-swheel in its place, connect the pitman with,the wheel
‘and treadle, screw the wood top upon the supports, and the machine to the table, then fie
the leather band upon the wheels.

{<r In learning to use the Machine, first out the thread just above the eye
of the needle, then raise the lifter, remove the fabric, and proceed as
hereinafter directed.

CAUTION.—Be sure the shuttle slides are closed before
the Machine is put in motion.

THE TREADLE MOTION.

Place the feet lightly upon the treadle; then tum towards you the
wheel on the top of the machine, allowing the feet to move freely with
the motion thus given; continue this motion, by pressing with the
heel and the toe alternately, until a regular movement is acquired.

TO THREAD THE NEEDLE.
Pass the thread from the reel through the eye at the top of the

arm, downward under and between the tension discs, upward through

the eye of the check-lever, then through the hole in the needle-clamp,
and through the eye of the needle.

TO THREAD THE SHUTTLE.
Put the bobbin in the shuttle by inserting one end towards the
shuttle point, pressing the other end down to its place, having the
thread to draw from the side of the shuttle in which are the

two slots; pass the thread out through the lower slot, in through

the upper slot, and out through the tension-hole nearest the round
end; then through as many holes as may be necessaty to obtain the