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Singer Model 20 (1926 revision) — User manual

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Brand: Singer
Model / document: Singer Model 20 (1926 revision)
Document type: User manual
Language: English
Pages: 8
File size: 6.3 MB
Category: Toy sewing machines
Document date: Revised 1926

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To Fasten Machine to Table
or other Furniture
Place the machine on the table or desk as shown
in Fig. 2, adjust the clamp (I, Fig. 2) on the base
of the machine and ﬁrmly tighten the clamp screw
(J, Fig. 2) against the underside of the table or
desk to fasten the machine in position. Then
tightly screw the driving handle (H, Fig. 2) into its
position at the right of the hand wheel (G, Fig. 2).
Needles and Thread
Needles for Machine No. 20 are of Class and
Variety 24 x 1 and four of these needles of size 14
are furnished with each machine. Finer or coarsers
needles, as shown below, can be purchased from any
Singer shop or Singer salesman.
Relative Sizes of Needles and Thread
SIZES
CLASSES OF WORK or COTTON SILK
NEEDLES

, Very ﬁne silks, chiffons, 9 200r 000
lawns, batiste, etc. 3 $8 888
Fine silk goods, lawns, linens, 11 100 000
cambrics, muslins, etc. . 1 1 90 000
Shirting, sheetings, muslins, 14 80 00
dressmaking, etc. 14 60 A
Light woolen goods, ﬂanneis, 16 00 B
heavy silk, etc. 16 , 30 D

.The size of the needle to be used should be deter-
mined by the Size of the thread which must pass free—
ly through the eye of the needle to ensure the
successful use of the machine.
To Set the Needle
Turn the hand wheel (G, Fig. 2) over from you
until the needle bar (T, Fig. 2) moves up to its
hlghest point. Loosen the set screw (Q, Fig. 2)
in the lower end of the needle bar, take out the old
needle and put the new needle up into the bar as
far as it will go with its flat side toward the right
and the long groove in the needle at the left, then
ﬁrmly tighten the set screw (Q).

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         To Thread the Needle
                       (SEE FIG. 3)
  Turn the hand Wheel  (G, Fig.  2, page 2) over
from you until the needle bar (T,  Fig. 2) moves

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              FIG.  3.  THREADING‘ THE NEEDLE

up to its highest point.  Place the spool of thread
on the spool pin, pass the thread from the Spool
toward you through the two holes  (1 and 2)  in
the thread pull-off, to the left and down through            umthe hole  (3) in the nipper lever.  Draw the thread
to the left under the end of the nipper lever and pass
it over between the tension discs  (4), up through
the hole  (5)  in the machine,  from right to left
through the hole (6) near the upper end of the needle
bar, down and from left to right through the eye
of the needle.  Draw about two inches of thread
through the eye of the needle With Which to com-
mence sewing.

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         To Commence Sewing
  Raise the presser foot (N, Fig. 2, page  2) by
turning up the presser bar lifter (R, Fig. 2).  Place
the material beneath the presser foot and lower the
presser foot.  Lay the foreﬁnger of the left hand
gently on the end of the thread and turn the hand
wheel (G, Fig. 2) over from you in the direction in—
dicated by the two arrows on the hand wheel at the
right until the ﬁrst stitch is made.  Then place the
end of the thread back under the presser foot and
commence to sew.
          To Remove the Work
  Sew two stitches past the end of the seam and
stop the machine with-the needle bar (T, Fig. 2)

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       FIG.  4.  DRAWING THE THREAD THROUGH THE
                              '              NEEDLE BAR
at its highest point, then with the left hand draw
a ﬁnger length of thread to the left through the hole
near the upper end of the needle bar as shown in
Fig. 4.  With the right hand, using a pair of scis-

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sors, draw the slack thread to the right through
the eye of the needle as shown in Fig. 5, then pull                                       .                                                                     ‘





   FIG. 5.  DRAWING THE THREAD THROUGH THE NEEDLE
the thread upward from the work, the presser foot
being down, and cut the thread close to the goods
as shown in Fig.  6.  Raise the presser foot, pull





    FIG. 6.  CUTTING THE THREAD CLOSE To. THE Goons
the work from you and the end of the. thread will
be drawn through the loop as shown m Fig.  7.




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To Fasten Off the Stitching in the Work
  When it is necessary to fasten off the last stitch
in the work, stop the machine with the needle in
the work, place the ﬁngers on the material close
to the presser foot to prevent the work from mov-
ing, raise the presser foot and take one more stitch
in the last hole made and stop the machine with
needle bar at its highest point, then with the left
hand draw a ﬁnger length of thread to "the  left
through the hole near the upper end of the needle
bar as shown in Fig.  4, page  5.  With the right                                     .
hand, using a pair of scissors, draw the slack thread
to the right through the eye of the needle as shown
in Fig.  5, then pull the thread upward from the
work and cut the thread  close to the goods as
shown in Fig. 6.  Pull the work from you and the
end of the thread will be drawn through the loop
as shown in Fig. 8.

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       FIG. 8.  STITCHING FASTENED OFF IN THE WORK


     To Change the Length of Stitch
 The length of stitch  is regulated by the lever
(K, Fig. 2, page 2) under the cloth plate. To make
a longer stitch, move  this lever away from you.
To make a shorter stitch, move the lever toward
you.

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To Regulate the Tension on the Thread
The tension on the thread is automatic and sel-
dom requires changing. When the needle is at its
- highest point, the nipper lever (D, Fig. 2, page 2)
is raised and the tension on the thread is released
so as to allow the needle bar to draw off sufﬁcient
thread for the next stitch. The tension is regulated
by the thumb nut (C, Fig. 2) at the front of the
tension discs. To increase the tension, turn this
thumb nut over to the right. To decrease the ten-
sion, turn the thumb nut over to the left.
To Use the Cloth rGuide
To ensure accurate guiding of the work when
sewing close to the edge of the goods, the cloth
guide (P, Fig. 2, page 2) should be used. Fasten
the cloth guide to the cloth plate of the machine
by means of the clamping thumb screw (0, Fig. 2),
inserting the thumb screw into the screw hole in the
cloth plate. The cloth guide can be adjusted to

‘.\ bring the edge of the goods as close to the line of
~_-...,_‘ stitching as desired. If desired, the cloth guide
can be removed from the machine.
To Oil the Machine “6
The machine should be oiled occasionally with
the sewing machine oil eSpecially prepared by the
Singer Sewing Machine Company. This oil can be
purchased from any Singer shop or Singer sales-
man. Apply one drop of oil at each of the places
where a part of the machine moves against another
part.

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