Kenmore 8 Sewing Owners Manual
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SEWINGMACHINEDIV.20MODEL385.11206300 SERVICEACCESS FRONTCOVER A PATTERNSELCTORDIAL TOREMOVE . 2, 3. . REMOVETHEFACECOVERANDREARCOVER(SEEPAGES7,8.) PULLOUTTHEPATIERNSELECTORDIAL. LOOSENTHESCREWSA,BANDREMOVETHESCREWSC,D,E,F ANDTHERUBBERCUSHIONG,THENREMOVETHEFRONTCOVER. INSERTTHEPA-I-FERNSELECTORDIAL. TOATTACH FOLLOWTHEABOVEPROCEDUREINREVERSE. __9
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SEWINGMACHINEDIV.20MODEL385.11206300 MECHANICALADJUSTMENT TOPTENSION TOCHECK: THESTANDARDUPPERTHREADTENSIONSHOULDBE65-95gWHENPULLINGTHE THREAD(COTTONTHREAD#50)INTHEDIRECTIONOFAWITHSETTINGTHE TENSIONDIALAT3.(MAKESURETHEFOOTSHOULDBELOWERED.) IFTHETENSIONISOUTOFTHESTANDARDRANGE,ADJUSTITASFOLLOWS: ADJUSTMENTPROCEDURE: 1.REMOVETHEFRONTCOVERUNIT(SEEPAGE9). 2.TURNTHEADJUSTINGNUTBINTHEDIRECTIONOFCWHENTHEUPPER THREADTENSIONISTOOTIGHT. TURNTHEADJUSTINGNUTBINTHEDIRECTIONOFDWHENTHEUPPER...
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SEWINGMACHINEDIV.20MODEL385.11206300 MECHANICALADJUSTMENT BOBBINTENSION TOCHECK: SETTHEBOBBININTHEBOBBINCASEANDPASSTHETHREAD(COTTON#50) THROUGHTHETENSIONSPRING. THEBOBBINTHREADTENSIONSHOULDBE45-55gWHENPULLINGTHETHREADIN THEDIRECTIONOFA. IFTHETENSIONISOUTOFTHERANGE,ADJUSTITASFOLLOWS: ADJUSTMENTPROCEDURE: 1.TURNTHEADJUSTINGSCREWBINTHEDIRECTIONOFCWHENTHEBOBBIN THREADTENSIONISTOOTIGHT. 2.TURNTHEADJUSTINGSCREWBINTHEDIRECTIONOFDWHENTHEBOBBIN THREADTENSIONISTOOLOOSE. A t COTTONTHREAD#50 B 11
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SEWINGMACHINEDIV.20MODEL385.11206300 MECHANICALADJUSTMENT PRESSERBARHEIGHTANDALIGNMENT TOCHECK: 1.RAISETHEPRESSERFOOTLEVER. 2.THEDISTANCEBETWEENTHEPRESSERFOOTCANDTHENEEDLEPLATED SHOULDBE6.0MM(0.24). ADJUSTMENTPROCEDURE: 1.REMOVETHEFACECOVER(SEEPAGE7). 2.REMOVETHESCREWAANDTAKETHELAMPSOCKETOFF. 3.RAISETHEPRESSERFOOTLEVERANDLOOSENTHESCREWBONTHEPRESSER BARHOLDER, ADJUSTTHEDISTANCEBETWEENTHEPRESSERFOOTCANDTHENEEDLE PLATEDTO6.0MM(0.24). 4,TIGHTENTHESCREWBSECURELY....
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SEWINGMACHINEDIV.20MODEL385.11206300 MECHANICALADJUSTMENT NEEDLESWING TOCHECK: ADJUSTTHENEEDLESWINGACCORDINGTOTHEFOLLOWINGPROCEDURE,IFTHE NEEDLEBARSTARTSMOVINGSIDEWAYSWHILETHENEEDLEISINTHEFABRICAT SEWINGTHEZIGZAGPATTERN(WITHMAXIMUMZIGZAGWIDTH). ADJUSTMENTPROCEDURE: 1.SETTHEPATTERNSELECTORDIALWITHMAXIMUMZIGZAGWIDTH,ANDREMOVE THEFRONTCOVER(SEEPAGE9). 2.LOOSENTWOSETSCREWS. 3.ADJUSTTHENEEDLESWINGBYTURNINGTHEHANDWHEEL,WHILEHOLDING THEWORMSOASNOTTOROTATEIT,UNTILTHENEEDLESWINGSTARTSAT...
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SEWINGMACHINEDIV.20MODEL385.11206300 MECHANICALADJUSTMENT NEEDLEDROP TOCHECK: WHENTHENEEDLESWINGSINMAXIMUMZIGZAGWIDTH,THEDISTANCEBETWEEN THEBOTHENDSOFNEEDLEHOLEINTHENEEDLEPLATEANDTHENEEDLEDROP POSITIONSSHOULDBEEQUAL.IFNOT,MAKEANADJUSTMENTASFOLLOWS: ADJUSTMENTPROCEDURE: 1.REMOVETHEFACECOVER(SEEPAGE7). 2.SETTHEPATTERNSELECTORDIALATMAXIMUMZIGZAGWIDTHPOSITION. 3.TURNTHESCREWTOADJUSTTHELEFTANDRIGHTNEEDLEDROPPOSITIONS. 4.ATTACHTHEFACECOVER. NOTE:CHECKTHEHOOKTIMINGAFTERTHISADJUSTMENT. SETSCREW !...
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SEWINGMACHINEDIV.20MODEL385.11206300 MECHANICALADJUSTMENT CLEARANCEBETWEENNEEDLEANDHOOK(NO.l) TOCHECK: THECLEARANCEBETWEENNEEDLEANDSHU3-rLEHOOKSHOULDBE0-0.15MM. IFNOT,MAKEANADJUSTMENTASFOLLOWS: ADJUSTMENTPROCEDURE: 1.REMOVETHEFACECOVER(SEEPAGE7). 2.SETTHEPATrERNSELECTORDIALATMAXIMUMZIGZAGWIDTH,ANDTURNTHE HANDWHEELTOWARDYOUTOBRINGTHENEEDLEATLEFTNEEDLEPOSITION. 3.LOOSEN2SCREWS,SLIDETHENEEDLEBARSUPPORTERADJUSTINGPLATEINTHE DIRECTIONOFARROWASSHOWNBELOW,ANDADJUSTTHECLEARANCEBETWEEN...
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SI-WINL5MACHINEDIV.20MODEL385.11206300 MECHANICALADJUSTMENT CLEARANCEBETWEENNEEDLEANDHOOK(NO.2) TOCHECK: USETHISADJUSTMENTMETHODNO.2IFTHECLEARANCECANNOTBEADJUSTEDWITH THEMETHODNO.I. THECLEARANCEBETWEENNEEDLEANDSHUTTLEHOOKSHOULDBE0-0.15MM. ADJUSTMENTPROCEDURE: 1.SETTHEPAFrERNSELECTORDIALATMAXIMUMZIGZAGWIDTH,ANDTURNTHE HANDWHEELTOWARDYOUTOBRINGTHENEEDLETOTHELEFTNEEDLEPOSITION. 2.OPENTHESHUTTLECOVERANDLOOSENTHELOWERSHAFTBUSHING(FRONT) SETSCREWA.THENSLIDETHELOWERSHAFTTOTHERIGHTSIDESLIGHTLY...
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SEWINGMACHINEDIV,20MODEL385.11206300 MECHANICALADJUSTMENT FEEDDOGHEIGHT MACHINESEnING 1.STITCHSELECTOR:I t 2.NEEDLEBAR:ATITSHIGHESTPOSITION. TOCHECK: 1.RAISETHEPRESSERFOOT. 2.PLACETHEFEEDDOGHEIGHTGAUGE#68367AONTHENEEDLEPLATE. 3.TURNTHEHANDWHEELTOWARDYOUBYHANDANDCHECKTHEFEEDDOGHEIGHT. REFERTOCHARTBELOW. ADJUSTMENTPROCEDURE: 1.OPENTHESHUI-rLECOVER. 2.ADJUSTTHEFEEDDOGHEIGHTBYTURNINGTHEADJUSTINGSCREW. WHENTHEFEEDDOGHEIGHTISHIGHERTHANTHESTANDARDRANGE,TURNSTHE...
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SEWINGMACHINEDIV.20MODEL385.11206300 MECHANICALADJUSTMENT NEEDLEBARHEIGHT MACHINESETFING IIIII 1.STITCHSELECTOR:_. TOCHECK: 1.OPENTHESHUTTLECOVER. 2.REPLACETHENEEDLEWITHTHETESTPIN#68368A. 3.REMOVETHESHUFFLEHOOKANDINSERTTHERADIALTIMINGGAUGE#68366B ONTOTHESHUFFLEDRIVER. 4.TURNTHEHANDWHEELTOWARDYOUBYHANDUNTILTHENEEDLEBARREACHES ITSLOWESTPOSITION. 5.THETIPOFTHETESTPIN#68368ASHOULDBEINBETWEENTHETWOHORIZONTAL LINESENGRAVEDONTHERADIALTIMINGGAUGE#68366B. ADJUSTMENTPROCEDURE:...