Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 95 Pfaff
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Instruction Book CPFAFFD® 94 CPFAFFD® 95.
Needle and Thread Chart Thread Needle Type of Fabric Type Size Size Point Style Bed linen 80 Fine linen Cotton 40 70 —80 Muslin 70—80 Dress fabrics, such as brocade, Silk 50 satin ottoman, taffeta.
Instructions CPFAFFi and 95 Foreword Your new Pfaff sewing machine will enable you to master a large variety of sewing, embroidering and darning jobs eosily and quickly. This instruction book has been com piled in order to familiarize you thoroughly with oil the sewing jobs coming up in a home.
Essential Parts of Your Pfaff 94 1 Face cover 2 Take-up lever 3 Thread guide 4 Top cover 5 Thread retainer stud 6 Spool pins 7 Bobbin winder 8 Balance wheel 9 Stop motion knob 10 Motor disengaging mec.
Essential Parts of Your Pfaff 95 1 Face cover 2 Take-up lever 3 Thread guide 4 Top cover 5 Thread retainer stud 6 Spool pins 7 Bobbin winder 8 Balance wheel 9 Stop motion knob 10 Motor disengaging mec.
Preparing Your Machine for Sewing Push plug A into the receptacle on the back of the machine and the plug at the other end of the cord into the wall outlet. If your machine is foot-operated, push the plug of the sewlight cord into the wall out let. To switch on the sewlight, push the button on the face cover (see ill.
Power-driven machines feature a lever (10) underneath the balance wheel which serves to swing the motor to its operative position. To engage the motor, flick this lever down.
To remove the bobbin case, rotate the ba lance wheel until the needle is at the top of its stroke. On the Pfaff 94, remove bed cover (13), as illustrated. Lift latch k on the bobbin case and pull out the bobbin case with the bob bin. The bobbin cannot fall out as long as you hold the case by its open latch.
For bobbin winding, disengage the sewing mechanism. Hold balance wheel (8) while turning stop motion knob (9) toward you (see ill.). To engage the sewing mechanism after the bobbin has been wound, turn the stop mo tion knob away from you (as indicated by an arrow in the ill.
Hold the full bobbin so that the thread un winds toward you and place it in the bobbin case. Pull the thread into slot (2) and under spring (3). As you pull the thread, the bobbin should rotate clockwise (4). Leave about three inches of thread hanging from the bobbin case.
To insert the bobbin case into the machine, rotate the balance wheel until the needle is at its highest point. Lift the latch and place the bobbin case on center stud s (see ill.), making sure its slot (white arrow) points up. Release the latch and press against the bobbin case until your hear it snop into place.
To enlarge the sewing area of the Pfaff 95 for ordinary sewing operations, push the workplate onto the free arm as far as it will go (1). Then lock it in place by turning down the lever on the back of the machine (2) until the locking stud snaps into the hole in the free arm.
Upper threading is illustrated opposite. Please note that the thread is placed be tween any two of the discs of tension (20), pulled clockwise around the tension stud and drawn toward the right with a jerk (see ill.). As you do this, hold the thread steady somewhere between the spool and the ten sion.
The sewing foot is raised and lowered b operating the presser bar lifter on the bac of the machine (see ill.). A Presser bar lifter up B = Presser bar lifter down 12 To draw up the bobbin thread, hold the needle thread and lower the sewing foot. Turn the balance wheel toward you a full turn.
Fundamentals of Machine Operation Always rotate balance wheel (8) toward you see arrow). As you do this, check to make sure the stop motion knob is tightened firm ly.
Begin by sewing a straight-stitch seam. To this end, posh stitch width control (18) to the right as far as it will go. The stitch length is regulated by turning stitch length control (11). The number indi cating the stitch length chosen should be opposite the dot on the left-hand side of the slot.
To sew n reverse or backtack the end of a seam, simply depress fingertip control (12). The stitch width is regulated by pushing stitch width control (18) toward the left, as may be desired. Various zigzag sewing operations are dis cussed on page 26 and the following pages.
Balanced tensions are essential for sewing. Both tensions are correctly balanced if the needle and bobbin threads interlock in the center of the material. The bobbin thread tension is regulated by turning the small knurled screw on the bob bin case. Turn this screw right for a tighter tension, or left for a looser tension.
The accessory box which belongs to your machine contains several sewing feet for special sewing operations. To change the sewing foot, bring the needle to its highest point and raise the foot. Turn out screw 16 until the sewing foot can be removed, tilt ing it sideways (see ill.
Darning To prepare your machine for darning, pro ceed as follows: Replace the ordinary sewing foot by darn ing foot No. 91-102826-91, attaching it from the rear so that spring clip c rests on needle set screw (22). Tighten sewing foot thumb screw (16).
Turn the fabric at right angles and sew back and forth over the preceding work with short stitches. Select the darning hoops in a size match ing the darning job to be performed. If the needle thread should break, the up per tension is too tight. 19 Darning sheer and soft materials is greatly facilitated by placing them in darning hoops.
Zipper Inserton Attach zipper foot without quilting gauge. Stitch length: 1.5 to 2 1 Baste closed zipper on the fabric, then open it. Stitch close to the left edge of the zipper for about 1 inch, guiding the right edge of the foot along the zipper teeth (1).
Flat Felled Seams Attach felling foot No. 93-847561-00. Stitch length: 1.5 to 2 Flat felled seams are used to durably join two pieces of fabric and are usually straight-stitched. First Seam: Lay pieces together with the right sides facing and the bottom piece pro truding about /s inch.
Hemming Stitch length: L5 to 2 847557 Fold the beginning of the fabric edge twice, making a hem about Is inch wide and seve ral inches long. Place the material under the hemmer foot and lower the some. Make 3 to 4 straight stitches to secure the folded edge in place.
Cording Use ordinary sewing foot No. 93-838 954-00, and insert a twin needle (which can be ob tained from your Pfaff dealer). Stitch length: 1.5 to 2 Cording is made with two needle threads. When threading the needles, make sure to lead each thread between a separate pair of tension discs (see ill).
Hemsttchng Stitch length: 2 to 2.5 - — 93-100179 Use a thread which is not too heavy and matches the material being hemstitched (preferably a No. 50 embroidery thread). Insert a System 130 Zwi-Ho needle. Make sure the needle and bobbin threads are the same size.
The Zigzag Seam The stitch width is regulated by pushing stitch width control (18) toward the left, as may be desired. -: Never change the stitch width setting unless the needle is outside the fabric. 18 The stitch length is regulated by turning stitch length control (11).
Overcasting Edges with Zigzag Stitches Attach ordinary sewing foot. Stitch length: 2 838 954 u To overcast the edges of light and medium- weight fabrics, set the machine for its maxi mum stitch width. Soft and flimsy fabrics are best overcast with a zigzag stitch of medium width.
nsertng Patches Stitch width: medium 838 954 Larger holes can be patches quickly. Trim Cut a patch about Vs inch larger than the way the ragged edges around the hole, hole and place it under the hole, matching utting exactly along the fabric yarns. its grain to that of the fabric.
Inserting I.cice Stitch length: 1 838 954 u Place the lace on the material and stitch it down with straight stitches on both sides (1). Cut the fabric open under the lace insertion (2) and iron it on both sides of the lace. Sew over the edges of the lace with short zigzag stitches of medium width (3).
— — — C Changing the Needle Position Some special sewing jobs are made with the needle switched to the right or left of the needle plate slot. This is done by moving lever (19) to the right and left, respectively. The needle position lever is indispensable for sewing buttonholes.
Sewing Buttonholes Attach buttonhole foot No. 847616 to the machine. Flick the needle to its left position and put the stitch width control in notch R 1 (see ill.). When using No. 50 embroidery thread, set the stitch length control so that both dots are opposite each other (see ill.
Sew the first seam over the filler cord. When the buttonhole is the right length, leave the needle in the fabric on the right of its throw. Lift the sewing foot, turn the fabric around clockwise by half a turn, place the filler cord around the needle and pull it forward, placing it in the left groove ofthefoot.
Button Sewing Flick the needle to its right position and drop the machine feed. Place the button under the foot and align so that needle will enter the right hole (see ill.). Raise the needle, but retain the foot in its lowered position. Regulate the stitch width until the needle alternately stitches through bath holes.
93-100179 Blndstitching Apply clear-view sewing foot No. 91-100 179-00. Baste the hem about /16 inch from the fabric edge, as illustrated (1). Then flick the needle to its right position and set the stitch lenght control at ‘4’. Reduce the needle thread tension by one grade.
Ornamental Sewing Sewing Curtains Stitch length: 2.5 to 3 Stitch width: medium 838 954 Use a thin needle (see Needle and Thread Chart). Ease the needle thread tension somewhat. Hold synthetic materials a little taut while sewing. You can make exciting fashion-stitch designs by varying stitch length, stitch width and needle position.
Applique work 93-100179 b To make appliqué, proceed as follows: 1. Trace the design on the right side (1). 2. Set the stitch lenght control on “1” and stitch along the outlines. 3. Sew the fabric to be appliquéd to the right side with long stitches (2).
To change the light bulb, remove the face cover by pulling it in the direction indicated by an arrow. Push the light bulb into its socket, turn left and pull out. Insert the new bulb so that its pins slide into the socket slots. Press the bulb in ond turn right.
Machine Care Longevity and smooth machine performance are dependent on regular cleaning and pro per oiling. Since your Pfaff sewing mochines has been mode from high-grade materials, there ore only o few oiling points left. The raceway in the sewing hook is the most important oiling point.
From time to time, clean the parts in the machine arm and in the vicinity of the sew ing hook with a soft brush. To this end, re move the needle, the sewing foot and the bobbin case with the bobbin. On Pfaff 95 machines, loosen the set screw, lift the front of the free arm cover and pull the cover out lengthwise of the arm (1 & 2).
Trouble Shooting If trouble should occur, check the following: When operated properly, your sewing ma chine will hardly develop any trouble. • The needle must not be damaged and must be inserted correctly.
Contents Appliqué Work Blindstitching Button Sewing Changing the Light Bulb Changing the Needle Changing the Needle Position Changing the Sewing Foot .
CPFAFFD No. 20835 cog!. R 1070 Printed in Germany.
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