White Rotary Electric 41 & 45 — User manual

INSTRUCTIONS
  FOR USE AND CARE OF
 White
    Rotary Electric

      Sewing Machines
    MODEL NUMBER 45

     MODEL NUMBER 41





WHITE SEWING MACHINE CORP.
          CLEVELAND I, OHIO


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Wherever a reference is made to turning disc wheel, of



 sewing: that is with the top of the dise wheel turnin





 screw and press it to the left to permit the shank of the NEEDLE


                           - the NEEDLE being flattened





  The needle, when descending, should pass CENTRAL
the needle hole from FRONT to REAR. but close to the right




                   Use Only This Needle





   An illustration showing the exact length of the Flat Shank
                                  To uses ioneeror.





 fail to give the number of the machine

Proper Adjust nenE Of Lensions
                                            thread with
  Take the                                                               It the upper tension on thread is tight and the lower tension
                              in presser-foot slot),
                                       machine, and it is reads                            TE UPPER THREAD
                                      LOWER THREAD-        §-FABRIC
Turn the disc wheel until the take-up                                                 If the lower tension is tight and the upper tension loose, the
                                                                        lower thread will be drawn to the bottom t

                                                                           IF -UPPER THREAD
                                               LOWER THREAD-        E°FABRIC


                     machine is threaded.              When tensions (both upper and lower) are, proper adjusted


                                                                      & YABER THREAD                                     LOWER THREAD.)

                                                                            Adjusting Upper Tension





                                                                                              the upper thread turn the dial


           To Change the Stitch Length                                     maw dunicate any particu


eleven The pothe stinch, lensch. regal tar leboth, formard and
   tength or the stich of die are or rest on.!

For FORWAPD stitching loosen the scorn stop nut on lever
   (Fig.                up to the• desired.    enoth
       m on the          sector on the stitch regulator
                   acorn stop nut until it touches the plate.

Number I is the shortest stitch, number 6 the longest.

 for REYERSE stitching.pull lever "E" (Fig, 4) down below

(DP)
                                                        and without forcing allowing

 RACE





niter(SRproud, being





 sim and

The Five-Stitch Ruffler
                                                   scroll

ATT





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Directions for Using the Shirring Foot
                                                              When sewing              materials together, it i is better
 Remove the presser-toot and replace with the Shirrine Foot



                                                                      encedWhen operatorthe attachmentmay  is properly adjusted, the most inexperi-
                                                                                  no difficulty.





                      Fig 15
             To Gather, Puff or

   Place the goods under the foot the same as in ordinars

For fine gather use a short stitch.


 Combination





                                 that the attachment is adjusted

                                                                            sachs, "Tin lithe the right until the braiding guide

Fig. 20

                                                                                                                              1; ship the edge of
                                                                          the cloth in the gauge and proceed to cut the       The tape

                                                              which





   For cutting bands of various widths, either straight or bias

The sliding scale is adjustable for the widths of band desired.

                                 1¼ inch indicates the proper

                                  width for a bias fold, which is to
                           be inch wide when fished

                                One inch indicates the width




   One-half inch is for corded or plain piping.

Attaching  Side Fastener                            ELECTRICAL EQUIF

  Remove the regular presser foot and attach the Combination
    ahment in its place. Loosen the thumb screw on the attach.

ment and move the foot to the right or left as desired. See that




 The needle holes on either side are cut deep enough to allow


                               will not catch in the slide pull as it





                                         Fig. 23                                    Fig. 24


                                                  Cording




                                                The toilet contenti

SUPPLEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONS
                                                             for
                                  TREADLE OPERATED MACHINE

                                thread uneven and the                In general, this machine is the same as the

                                                              one illustrated and described throughout this

                                                               book (except for electrical equipment), so all
                                                            instructions will apply, except for "Winding
                                                 • that the thread slims           the Bobbin" (Fig. 4 page 4), which directions

                                                            are given in this supplement.

                                 than likelv caused by pulline
                                                                When referring to this instruction book you

                                                                   will notice that a few illustrations (Figs. 4, 24,

                                                          and 25) do not look exactly like your machine

                                                                due to the absence of the built in sewing light

                                                              and motor (on electric machines only), but in

                                                                  all other respects they are the same.
                           WINDING THE BOBBIN
                                                       (TREADLE OPERATED MACHINE)

                                                         Slip a bobbin onto bobbin winder spindle

                                                                  and push to right as far as it will go. Hold the

It the stitches are not even, it may be caused by the presser.            disc wheel with the left hand and loosen the
                           the labnc sewed, or by the stitcl               clutch nut, releasing the drive pulley so it will

                                                             run without operating the sewing mechanism.

                                                             Next, place spool of thread on bobbin winder

                                                    spool pin. Next, slip thread under guide

                                                        (A) and continue downward between tension

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Instructions for Treadle Operated Machine

discs (B), then

 put end of thread
 through hole (C) DISC WHEEL CLUTCHNUT

in bobbin, from

 inside, leaving

about two inches

 of thread extend-

 ing outside of
bobbin.                   BOBBIN
  Next, pull lever          WINDER
(D) upward en-             PULLEY
 gaging bobbin
 winder pulley
with disc wheel. LEVER D
Hold the end of
the thread ex-
 tending through
hole (C) and operate foot treadle until bob.
bin is wound, Lever (D) will automatically

 release disengaging bobbin winder pulley when

bobbin is filled.

   Remove bobbin from spindle, cut thread at

 spool; then cut off the other end of thread at
hole(C). Tighten clutch nut, turning the
 top from you while holding the disc whee
  firmly.