Singer Manual

of

Family Sewing Machines

and

Their Attachments

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Specially Prepared

by

SINGER

for

Students

in

Schools and Colleges

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Instruction Manual.  (Photo 6)

This is NOT a standard "Xerox"

copy of the Singer manual!

 

This manual is professionally printed

on the same heavy-weight brilliant-white paper as the

original Singer manual!

 

Heavy-weight brilliant-white paper.  (photo 19)

Description:

This listing is for a professional reproduction of the Singer Manufacturing Company “Manual of Family Sewing Machines and Their Attachments.”

This manual was printed and published by the Singer Company in 1926, and distributed from the Singer Building in New York. As stated by Singer, it was “Specially Prepared for Student in Schools and Colleges.”

This is NOT a standard "Xerox" copy of the Singer manual! It is professionally printed on the same heavy-weight brilliant-white paper as the original Singer manual! It is super clean, the text and the illustrations are very sharp, and it is nearly identical in size and in paper type to the original Singer manual.

Unlike the original 88 year old manual that has become frail, brittle, mildewed, stained and yellowed after so many years, this manual looks like an original Singer manual that has been preserved in NEW CONDITION!

Just like the Singer company printed their manual on their in-house printing press, we printed this manual on our in-house printing press. This manual may also serve you for the next 88 years.

In fact, if we didn't tell you,

you could not tell the difference

between this manual and the

original manual!

 

 This manual will teach you everything you need to know about many Singer machine models, such as:

Class 15 Machines (15, 15-30, 15-86, 15-87, 15-88, 15-91, etc.)

Class 66 Machines (66, 66-1, 66-4, 66-8, 66-8, 66-14, 66-16, 66K, etc.)

Class 99 Machines (99, 99-1, 99-12, 99-13, 99-24, 99-31, 99K, etc.)

Class 101 machines (101, 101-2, 101-3, 101-4, 101-11, 101-12, etc.)

As well as classes

105, 115, 127, and 128 machines.

This large-edition 48-page Instruction manual is complete and very clean with no "black dots," smudges, stains, or any other imperfections. No pages are missing, dirty, or damaged.

The manual will teach you how to use and care for your Singer sewing machine. It also teaches how to use most of the standard Singer accessories that come with the Singer machines. It was used for many years as the “sewing text book” for students in schools and colleges. The manual includes some 80 different sewing subjects, such as “forming a proper stitch,” “regulating length and width,” “using a binder,” and dozens of other subjects...

The manual includes descriptions and illustrations which will show you how to do the following:

   General instructions for care and operation

   Formation of lock stitch

   Winding the bobbin evenly

   Increasing pressure on bobbin winder

   Selecting proper needle size and thread type

   Testing and setting the needle

   Setting and adjusting for proper tensions

   Preparing to sew and finishing a seam

   Using a cloth guide

   Regulating stitch length

   Adjusting presser bar pressure

   Oiling the machine head and bobbin winder

   Removing gummed oil

   Causes of upper thread breaking

   Causes of lower thread breaking

   Avoid breaking needles

   Skipping stitches

   Stitches looping

   Machine not feeding properly

   Machine working heavily

   Puckered seams

   Noisy treadle

   Threading different machine models

   Binding without basting

   Cutting material to use with the binder

   Attaching binder to machine

   Inserting binding into binder

   Adjustment and operation of the binder

   Binding outside curves

   Binding inside curves

   Applying French fold to a curve

   Binding square corners

   Binding plackets

   bound scallops

   Applying military braids with binder

   Making button loops with the binder

   Making bound buttonhloes with the binder

   The foot hemmer and the adjustable hemmer

   How to start a hem at the very edge

   Making a hem with the foot hemmer

   Making a hemmed seam with the foot hemmer

   Hemming and sewing on lace

   Hemming fine materials

   Hemming a curve or a biased edge

   Adjusting the width of the adjustable hemmer

   Inserting material into adjustable hemmer

   The foot hemmer and the adjustable hemmer

   Hemming soft materials

   Preparing a ham on table linen

   Making a wide hem with adjustable hemmer

   Practical use of the tacker

   The parts of the tacker and their use

   Oiling the tacker

   Attaching the tacker to the machine

   Adjusting the scales on the tacker

   Inserting material to the tacker

   Tucking silk or chiffon

   Making fine tacks and cross tacking

   Making a hem with the foot hemmer

   Practical use of the Ruffler

   Parts of the ruffler and their use

   Oiling the ruffler

   Attaching the ruffler to the machine

   Adjusting the ruffler for a plain gather

   Inserting material into adjustable hemmer

   Inserting the material in the ruffler

   Making a ruffle

   Adding a facing to the ruffle

   Applying rows of ruffles

   Adjusting the ruffler for plating

   Group plating and gathering

   The electric sewing machine

   Types of electric sewing machines

   Portable electric machines

   Chain stitch electric machines

   Aluminum portable machines

   Electric library table machines

   Lights for sewing machines

   Combination tables for sewing machines

Here are photos of some of the pages from the manual. You can see the superb quality of the print, photos, diagrams, and the paper itself.

Forming the lock stitch. (photo 7) 

Adjusting tensions. (photo 8) 

Regulating stitch length. (photo 9) 

Threading the machine. (photo 10) 

Using the binder. (photo 11) 

Using the hemmer. (photo 14) 

Using the adjustable hemmer. (photo 15) 

Using the tucker. (photo 16) 

Using the ruffler. (photo 17) 

These instructions are fairly detailed and utilize illustrations to make it easy to understand and carry out the instructions. It is the perfect “text book” for using Singer sewing machines and their attachments!

 

These Instructions are a

MUST

for every owner

of a

Singer Sewing Machine!

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Other Singer Publications for Students and Teachers:

The Singer Company published 3 general-type manuals for students and 2 general-type manuals for teachers. None of the manuals were especially published for specific machine models, although some machine models are mentioned in every manual. The purpose of these manuals is to teach the students (and to assist the teachers) in the use and operation of Singer sewing machines and their attachments.

The 3 "Student" Manuals are:

1. "Student Manual of Machine Sewing" (our eBay item # 201358107134). This 60-page manual is general in scope but it mentions machine models 15, 24, 66, 99, 101, 115, 127, 128, 201 and 221. It is applicable to many other Singer machine models.

2. "A Manual of Family Sewing Machines" (our eBay item # 201173402640). This 48-page manual is general in scope but it mentions machine models 15, 24, 66, 99, 101, 105, 115, 127, and 128. It is applicable to many other Singer machine models.

3. "A Manual of Family Sewing Machines" UK edition (our eBay item # 201357169232). This 78-page manual is general in scope but it mentions machine models 15, 66, 99, 101, 185, 201, 327, 328 and 329. It is applicable to many other Singer machine models.

The 2 "Teacher's Manuals" are:

1. "Teacher's Textbook Manual #1" (our eBay item # 201645494821). This 200-page manual is general in scope but it mentions machine models 15, 66, 99, 101, 115, 127, 128, 191, 201, 221, 301. It is applicable to many other Singer machine models.

2. "Teacher's Textbook Manual #2" (our eBay item # 201636942691). This 194-page manual is general in scope but it mentions machine models 15, 66, 99, 185, 201, 221, 301, 401, 403, 404, 500, 503. It is applicable to many other Singer machine models.

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