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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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SEWING MACHINE

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POLARIZED PLUGS CAUTION

This product is equipped with a polarized alternating current line plug (a plug having one blade wider than the other). This plug will fit into the power outlet only one way. This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug fully into the outlet,

try

reversing the plug.

If the plug should still fail to fit, contact an electrician to replace the obsolete outlet. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized plug.

WHITE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY

Record in space provided below the Serial No. and

Model No. of this appliance.

The Serial No. is located on Bed Plate.

The Model No. is located on Rating Plate.

Serial No.

Model No.

Retain these numbers for future reference.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

When using an electrical appliance, basic safety precautions should always be folowed, including the following:

Read all instructions before using

(this sewing machine)

DANGER

To reduce the risk of electric shock:

An appliance should never be left unattended when plugged in. Always unplug this appliance from the electric outlet immediately after using and before cleaning.

Always unplug before relamping, Replace bulb with same type rated 15 watts.

WARNING

To reduce the risk of burns, fire, electric shock, or injury to persons:

1. Do not allow to be used as a toy. Close attention is necessary when this appliance is used by or near children.

2. Use this appliance only for its intended use as described in this manual. Use only attachments recommended by the manufacturer as contained in this manual.

3. Never operate this appliance if it has a damaged cord or plug, if it is not working properly, if it has been dropped or damaged, or dropped into water, Return the appliance to the nearest authorized dealer or service center for examination, repair, electrical or mechanical adjustment.

4. Never operate the appliance with any air openings blocked, Keep ventilation open ings of the sewing machine and foot controller free from the accumulation of lint, dust, and loose cloth.

5. Never drop or insert any object into any opening.

6. Do not use outdoors.

7. Do not operate where aerosol (spray> products are being used or where oxygen is being administered.

8. To disconnect, turn all controls to the outlet.

off (“0”) position, then remove plug from

9. Do not unplug by pulling on cord. To unplug, grasp the plug, not the cord.

10.

Keep fingers away from all moving parts. Special care is required around the sewing machine needle.

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Always use the proper needle plate. The wrong plate can cause the needle to break.

12. Do not use bent needles.

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Do not pull or push labric while stitching. It may deflect the needle causing it to break.

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Unplug the sewing machine when making any adjustments in the needle area, such as threading needle, changing needle, threading bobbin, or changing presser foot, etc.

Always unplug sewing machine from the electrical outlet when removing covers, lubricating, or when making any other user servicing adjustments mentioned in the instruction manual.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

CONTENTS

Name of Parts

Accessories.

Removing the extension table, free arm sewing

Before sewing (Power supply and Sewing lamp)

Fitting shank and quilting seam guide. Fitting of presser

Winding the bobbin feet-

Removing bobbin case and bobbin

Inserting bobbin into bobbin case

Inserting bobbin case into shuttle race

Changing needle

Threading upper thread & Twin needle threading

Drawing up bobbin thread

Changing sewing directions

Adjusting.thread tensions

Regulating the presser foot pressure

Drop feed

Fabric. Thread. Needle guide

Sewing (pattern selector) and operation table

To start sewing to finish a seam

Straight stitch

Blind hemming

Three step zig-zag

Overcasting edges-binding

Straight stretch stitch

Sewinq on buttons

Sewing in zips

Button hole sewing

Hemming

Twin needle-freehand embroidery.

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Cleaning of race and shuttle hook.

Cleaning and oiling

Trouble shooting guide

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NAME OF PARTS (FRONT

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1 Pattern selector dial

2 Take up lever

3 Tread tension dial

4 Tread guide for upper threading

5 Presser foot

6 Shuttle cover

7 Handle

8 Spoolpin

9 Top cover

10 Stitch lengtt dial

11 Reverse button

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Face cover

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(REAR VIEW)

Bobbin winder stopper

Stop Motion knob

Hand wheel

Extension table

Presser foot lever

Accessories Box

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Thumb screw

Needle plate

ACCESSOR I ES

Bobbin Felt Zigzag foot

(On machine)

Button hole

foot

Button foot

Machine Oil

Zipper foot

Button hoie cutter

Screw driver

Needle

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REMOVING EXTENSION TABLE

To convert the machine from flat-bed use to free-arm use simply remove the ex tension table as shown.

FREE-ARM SEWING

1. Especially useful when sewing sleeves, pants leg, tubular fabrics,etc,more easily.

2. To sew tubular, just slip the sleeve or pants leg on the free arm as shown above.

3. This sewing machine can be used as a flat bed machine, but easily converts to free arm machine by removing the extension table.

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BEFORE SEWING

1. Fit the machine plug into the machine.

2. Plug the machine to the power supply.

3.

Sewing speed can be varied by the speed controller.

(BE SURE TO FIT A

CORRECT PLUG TO SUPPLY

CORD)

1. Remove or install lamp from inside of face cover.

2. Open face cover in direction of arrow.

3. Remove lamp by unscrewing it counter clockwise.

4. Install a new bulb by screw• ing it in clockwise.

5. Use only a 120V,

15W

(Max) “Hi-Light” brand re placement sewing machine lamp.

Available from your

Riccar stockist.

Important: When leaving the machine unattended, servicing, changing lamps or removing covers, disconnect from the supply by removing plug from the socket outlet.

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FITTING SHANK

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QUILTING SEAM GUIDE

Raise the presser bar and fit shank as shown.

(1) Insert quilting/seam guide carefully so as not to damage the holding spring. (2)

FITTING OF PRESSER FEET

Raise the presser foot. Pull the one-touch lever towards you and the foot will be released.

Centre new foot under shank.

Lower shank until groove is directly above and touching the pin.

Pull onetouch lever towards you and the foot will become engaged. (3, 4)

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On.touch

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WINDING THE BOBBIN

1. Release stop motion knob.

2. Thread as shown.

3. Place bobbin onto spindle and hand-wind thread onto bobbin in an anti-clockwise direction for 5 or 6 turns.

(When bobbin is filled re-tighten stop motion knob) rBobbin, winder sPindle

4. Push bobbin winder spindle against stopper, in direction of arrow, and depress foot pedal.

5. When bobbin winding is com pleted return spindle to its original position.

Note:

If the bobbin winding should be uneven (it is factory set) the thread guide can be raised or lowered to achieve the correct winding.

Remove the top cover and adjust with a suitable tool.

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REMOVING BOBBIN CASE AND BOBBIN

Hinged

1. Raise needle to its highest position and open the shuttle race cover.

2. Open hinged latch of bobbin case and pull bob bin case out of machine.

3. Release the latch and bob bin will fall out easily.

INSERTING BOBBIN INTO BOBBIN CASE

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1. Pull off 5cm of thread from bobbin and insert it into bobbin case as shown.

Tension spring

2. Guide the end of thread into slot.

3. Pull into slot and under tension spring and draw out about 10 cm of thread.

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INSERTING BOBBIN CASE INTO SHUTTLE RACE

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Hinged latch

1. Ensure needle is at its highest position.

Pulling thread to the front, open the latch of bobbin case and hold it.

2. Holding latch open, place bobbin case onto centre pin in shuttle and release latch.

CHANGING NEEDLE

Needle clamp screw

1. Raise needle to its highest position.

2. Loosen needle clamp screw and re move old needle.

3. With the flat side of the needle facing away from you, insert needle as far up as it will go.

4. Tighten the needle clamp rew securely.

Note:

At the first sign of any stitching irregularity always change the needle for a new g9od quality one.

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THREADING UPPER THREAD

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Thread the machine from A to G as iflustrated.

A. Through the thread guide.

B. Between the tension discs.

C. Up and into the tension spring.

D. Into the thread take-up lever from right to left.

E. Down behind the thread guide.

F. Behind the needle clamp thread guide.

G. Through the needle from front to back.Fig. 1 & 2 also illustrates threading for twin needle sewing

(see page 25)

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DRAWING UP BOBBIN THREAD

Hold the top thread with a slight tension in your left hand and rotate the hand wheel towards you so that the needle goes down and up again, then gently pull your thread out towards the rear and under your sewing foot and you are ready to start sewing.

CHANGING SEWING DIRECTIONS

1. Lower needle down into fabric and raise presser foot, pivot the fabric around the needle to change direction as desired.

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2. Put down presser foot and start to sew.

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ADJUSTING UPPER THREAD TENSION

It is only normally necessary to adjust the upper thread tension to achieve the correct balance between the upper and lower threads.

The higher the number on the dial the greater the tension.

Correct

Incorrect

Inside of fabric

Upper thread

Fabric

Upper thread

Bobbin thread

ADJUSTING LOWER THREAD

TENSION

Lower thread tension can be adjusted by turning the screw on the bobbin case slightly to the right (clock-wise) to increase tension, (Anti-clockwise) to the left to decrease tension.

Increase

Decrease

As a general guide only, the user can achieve the correct tension for normal sewing, by carefully suspending the wound bobbin in its case by the thread.

If the bobbin and case immediately fall to the ground, the tension is too loose and should be increased.

The correct tension is obtained when a slight jerk of the thread causes the bobbin to drop a short distance only. If this action does not move the bobbin the tension is too tight and should be loosened until the desired effect is achieved.

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REGULATING THE PRESSER FOOT PRESSURE

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1. Adjust lever to desired pressure. For light fabrics use 3, for medium fabrics use 12, for heavy fabrics use 1.

2. Insufficient pressure may cause poor feeding, skipped stitches, or difficulty in guiding the fabric.

3. No. pressure adjustment 0 is required when darning or sewing freehand embroidery.

DROP FEED

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Lower feed dog by pushing lever, down in direction of arrow.

(No feeding of fabric)

Used when sewing on buttons, free hand embroidery, etc.

For general sewing, raise height of feed dog direction of arrow.

by lifting lever in

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FABRIC THREAD NEEDLE GUIDE

Tweed 50 Silk

As a general rule use shorter stitch lengths on finer fabrics and longer stitch lengths with heavier fabrics, finer thread and needles with finer fabrics and heavier thread and needles with heavier fabrics.

Use special ‘ball point’ or ‘stretch’ needles on difficult stretchy fabrics.

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TO START SEWING

Important Hints.

1.

Raise the take-up lever to its highest position when starting and stopping sewing.

2.

Hold both threads about 10 cms to the rear of machine for the first two or three stitches.

3.

Sufficient fabric should be placed under needle before lowering presser foot.

4.

Depress foot/Speed control and start to sew.

5.

Test the machine stitches on a scrap of fabric you plan to use, adjusting the machine for the length of stitch and tension suitable to your fabric.

Attention.

1.

When turning the hand wheel manually, always turn it toward you.

2.

Guide the cloth gently with your hand.

3.

To prevent breaking needle always stop with the needle out of the fabric.

TO FINISH SEAM

1.

Sew to the edge of seam.

2. Push the reverse button and sew in reverse for about2—3cms.

3. Raise needle to its highest position.

4. Lift presser foot and pull out the fabric to rear of machine.

5. Cut threads, as shown, on the thread cutter.

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STRAIGHT STITCH

While “2” or “3” on the dial gives a suitab’e stitch length for ordinary purposes, the stitch length varies with the weight of fabric, thickness of thread and pur poses, the stitch length varies with the-weight of fabric, thickness of thread and purpose of sewing.

Generally speaking, the finer the fabric, the finer the thread and shorter the stitch length; the heavier the fabric, the thicker the thread and longer the stitch length.

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At “0” the fabric will not move ahead, and the needle will keep piercing the same point.

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BLIND HEMMING (optional)

Fold the fabric as illustrated with the “wrong” side facing upwards.(1),

Place the folded fabric under the foot as shown.

Turn the hand wheel towards you by hand, until the needle swings far left.

Once the Correct position of the fabric has been set, position the “guide” foot (3) up against the fold (2) by turning the nut (4).

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Proceed to sew carefully feeding the fabric to ensure it retains the correct posi results. Always test the stitch first on a spare piece of fabric,

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THREE STEP ZIG-ZAG

The three step zig-zag stitch has a wide range of sewing applications, such as patching, darning, repairing tears, mending, sewing on elastic and lace, oversawing edges etc. on a wide range of fabrics.

The illustration shows patching, where the stitches are to the edge of the patch and a tear, where the stitches go firstly over the centre of the tear and then to either side but overlapping slighly on the first row.

The stitch length can be reduced until the stitches are very close tother. This will give a stronger finish for most repairing operations.

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OVERCASTING EDGES

For thicker fabrics

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Both these stitches are designed to overlock the edge of a fabric.

When the needle is at its extreme right position, allow it to just pass over or just pierce the edge of the fabric according to the effect you require.

Using the overcasting foot will prevent puckering of thin fabrics.

BINDING

To sew fabrics edge to edge select the multi zigzag stitch.

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STRAIGHT STRETCH STITCH

ving “triple’ strength. Use it for stretch fabrics and for a strong stitch is required.

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SEWING ON BUTTONS

1. Fit darning plate as described on page 12.

2. Use button presser foot and attach firmly.

3.

Place button between presser foot and fabric and lower presser foot.

4. Manually turn hand wheel towards you ensuring that the needle enters into both holes of button without obstruction.

(Increase or decrease width setting).

5.

Sew about 7 stitches.

6. Pull both threads to the underside and tie together.

Tie

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SEWING IN ZIPS

Fit the Zipper foot The Zipper sew on the right hand side of the foot can be moved to the left or right. (2) To zipper, move foot over to the right as illustrated and reverse the procedure to sew the left hand side of the zipper. (3)

To move the “zip slider” out of and slide it the way, leave needle in the fabric, raise behind the foot. Lower the foot and continue.

foot

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BUTTON HOLE SEWING

Fit the button hole foot.

Set the stitch length dial within the green marki1g to achieve the correct density

(closeness) of satin stitch. (1) Sew in the sequence illustrated (1) selecting patterns 18, 19, 20 and 19 again.

USER TIPS

Always sew a sample buttonhole on according to the fabric used.

some spare fabric as settings will change

For very thin, stretchy or other difficult fabrics, try using interfacing (vilene) or tissue or other paper underneath the fabric to aid machine feeding.

Always use the Buttonhole foot using buttonhole length.

its calibrated markings to measure the

On suitable fabric, a corded buttonhole can using a pin through the end bar tack (2) to be sewn taking

Carefully cut between the sides (beads) oversew the cord. (2) care that the zig-zag stitches of the buttonhole of the buttonhole with the seam ripper prevent the seam ripper going too far.

The top tension may be reduced to achieve a better looking buttonhole.

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HEMMING

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1. Raise the foot and the needle to its highest position. Replace the foot with the hemmer foot.

2. Fold over the fabric edge by about 3mm and place it under the folded edge with a few stitches.

foot. Secure the

Take out the workpiece and draw the hem into the hemmer foot by puHing the threads.

3. Lower the foot and sew the hem.

4. During sewing, fold the fabric to the left a little and allow it to run into the hemmer foot.

5. Make sure that the fabric does not move under the right half of the foot. The fabric must be fed into the scroll of the hemmer sufficiently so that the work piece edge runs freely through the groove under the foot.

Only suitable materials can be used and some practice may be necessary to acheive best results.

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TWIN NEEDLE (optional)

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Thread machine as for normal sewing usrng both Spool pins and pass the threads through the same procedure but through the eye of each needle.

NB. Sewing width should not exceed the third widest stitch width, exceeding this will result in breaking of needles.

Suitable for stitch numbers 1, 2, 3 and 13 only.

FREEHAND EMBROIDERY

In freehand embroidery, unlike mechanically controlled stitching, feeding of the fabric is done by hand without assistance from feed dogs.

Fit darning plate as described on page 12 ard set stitch patterns from 15 as desired.

A round embroidery hoop is generally used.

Use wooden or plastic hoops with an adjusting screw.

Stretch the fabric tight accross the hoop and sew whilst moving the hoop to create the desired effect.

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CLEANING OF RACE AND SHUTTLE HOOK

Raise the needle bar to ts highest point by turning theharid wheel toward you.

Open shuttle cover.

1) Take out the bobbin case.

2) Unlock the shuttle race holder.

3) Release the shuttle race cover.

4) Take out the shuttle hook

Clean dust and gummed oil off each part with cleaning, reassemble reversing the above procedure.

an oiled cloth. When finished

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CLEANING AND OILING

Cleaning feed dog

Open top cover and oil points indicated.

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Oil points indicated on underside of bed base.

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Machine stitching/feeding

Irregular Stitching breakage

Machine Machine Material donoged servicing.

gums-up collected operator.

‘ncorrectly threaded machine.

Incorrect Needle/fabric/thread threaded threaded incorrect correctly.

correctly.

heavy/wrong damaged correctly damaged improperly correctly.

threaded.

correctly.

mojboht incorrectly incorrectly.

threaded

Machine

CONDI1ON

TROUBLE-SHOOTING according specialist machine according instructions instructions.

automatically.

numbers) insertion.

tensions.

numbers).

tensions.

according pressure.

correctly regulation instructions.

according threading.

smoothly Reposition Rethreod machine numbers)

REMEDY

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