Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Quantum Stylist 9960 del fabbricante Singer
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INSTRUCTION MANU AL 9960.
2 INSTR UCTION MANU AL This sewing machine is intended for household use. This sewing machine is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without supervision. IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS When using a sewing machine, basic safety precautions should always be followed, including the following.
3 CONTENTS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ............ 2 MODEL 9960 ...................................................... 4 FOR EUROPEAN AND SIMILAR TERRITORIES: ...... 4 MAIN PARTS ...................................................... 5 ACCESSORIES .
4 MODEL 9960 PREFACE Thank you for your purchase of this sewing machine. This machine intended for household use will provide you with excellent performance in sewing from light to heavy material. Please refer to this booklet for proper use and optimum service.
5 MAIN PARTS 1. Handle 2. Top Cover 3. Thread Take-Up Lever (Inside) 4. Face Plate 5. Thread Cutter Button 6. Speed Control Button 7. Needle Up-Down / Slow Button 8. Reverse Stitch Button 9. Start/Stop Button 10. Extension Table (Accessories) 11. Presser Foot Lifter 12.
6 ACCESSORIES Accessories are provided in the accessory case. (See next page, [EXTENSION TABLE]) 1. Needle Pack 2. 4 Bobbins ( 1 is in the machine) 3. Seam Ripper 4. Brush 5. Auxiliary Spool Pin with Felt Washer 6. Screw Driver 7. Driver for Needle Plate 8.
7 EXTENSION TABLE a. REMOVING THE EXTENSION TABLE Hook your finger to the left bottom side of extension table and slide it to the left. To attach, insert to the right. b. OPENING THE ACCESSORY CASE Hook your finger to the left side of accessory case and pull toward you.
8 INSERTING THE NEEDLE Select a needle of the right type and size for the fabric to be sewn. FABRIC, THREAD AND NEEDLE TABLE Select size of thread and needle in accordance with fabric to be sewn. Type of Fabric Light Weight - thin georgette, organdy, voile, taffeta, silk, etc.
9 CONNECTING THE MACHINE DANGER: To reduce the risk of electric shock. Never leave unattended when plugged in. Always unplug this machine from the electric outlet immediately after using and before maintenance. WARNING: To reduce the risk of burns, fire, electric shock, or injury to persons.
10 FUNCTION OF EACH PART A. START/STOP BUTTON The machine will start running when start/stop button is pressed and will stop when pressed the second time. The machine will rotate slowly at start of sewing. MONITOR LAMP Green Light “ON” Ready to sew or bobbin winding.
11 F. THREAD CUTTER BUTTON Press this button after sewing to cut the upper and bobbin threads. The machine will cut both threads automatically. CAUTION 1. Do not press this button when there is no fabric in the machine or no need to cut the threads. The thread may tangle, resulting in damage.
12 CONTROL PANEL When you turn on the power, machine will select the straight stitch and indicate information of stitch on the L.C.D. A. L.C.D. DISPLAY Stitch information is indicated on this display. According to the pattern or mode, information will be changed.
13 I. CLEAR BUTTON UTILITY STITCH SEWING If you changed the setting (mirror/reverse, elongation, stitch width, length and thread tension) of utility stitch pattern, you can return to preset setting by pressing this button.
14 BOBBIN SETTING A. REMOVING THE BOBBIN 1. Pull the bobbin cover latch to the right and remove the bobbin cover. 2. Lift up the bobbin from the machine. B. SETTING SPOOL OF THREAD ON SPOOL PIN 1. Pull up the left end of spool pin and set the spool of thread on spool pin so that the thread unrolls from the front of the spool.
15 D. INSERTING THE BOBBIN 1. Place bobbin into bobbin holder with the thread unwinding counter clockwise. 2. Draw thread into notch (a) while holding the bobbin. 3. Pull thread toward the left and along the inside of spring (b) until it slips into notch (c) making sure that thread does not slip out of notch (a).
16 THREADING THE MACHINE A. PREPARING TO THREAD MACHINE 1. Raise the presser foot lifter. 2. Press the needle up/down button and set the needle in up position. (Keep this position until needle eye threading.) B. SETTING SPOOL OF THREAD ON SPOOL PIN 1.
17 D. THREADING THE NEEDLE EYE E. DRAWING UP THE BOBBIN THREAD 1. Raise the presser foot. 2. Hold thread loosely and press needle up/down button twice from up position. The hand wheel will turn one complete turn. 3. Pull upper thread lightly. Bobbin thread will come up in a loop.
18 STARTING TO SEW The machine will be set to sew straight stitch when power switch is turned on. CAUTION: To prevent accidents. While sewing, special care is required around the needle. Machine automatically feeds the fabric, do not pull or push the fabric.
19 B. REVERSE STITCHING Reverse stitching is used for reinforcing the ends of the seams. 1. Place the fabric in position where back stitching is to be made and lower the presser foot. 2. Press and hold the reverse button. Sew 4-5 reverse stitch. 3. Release the reverse button and press the start/ stop button (or press the pedal).
20 D. TURNING CORNERS 1. Stop the machine when you reach a corner. The machine will stop the needle into the fabric. 2. Raise the presser foot. 3. Use the needle as a pivot and turn fabric. 4. Lower the presser foot and resume sewing. G. WIDTH OF SEAM ALLOWANCE Guide lines on the needle plate indicate the distance from the center needle positon.
21 THREAD TENSION This machine adjusts the thread tension automatically when pattern is selected. However you can change the thread tension as follows. 1. Press the fuction F5 button directly under the tension mark. LCD changes to the thread tension mode.
22 SELECTING UTILITY STITCH PATTERN Utility stitches are indicated in the pattern chart located inside of the top cover. When you turn on the machine, straight stitch will be selected automatically.
23 D. ELONGATION Some patterns may be elongated from the original length. You may elongate the pattern by pressing the function button (F3) directly under the elongation icon. a. Regular length b. Elongated A pattern cannot be elongated if the elongation icon is not indicated.
24 WHERE TO USE EACH STITCH 01. Straight stitch center needle positon • For top stitching, zipper sewing etc. 02. Straight stitch left needle position • For top stitching etc. 03. Straight stitch with auto-reverse stitch center needle position 04.
25 STRAIGHT STITCH SEWING Straight stitch patterns should be selected to suit the type of fabric being sewn. Left needle position (No.2) is most suited for sewing light weight fabrics. No. 1. Center needle Position No. 2. Left needle Position No. 3. Center needle with built-in reverse stitch No.
26 BASTING You can baste a garment before trying it on. No. 5 Basting Stitch Darning/Embroidery Foot A. ATTACHING THE DARNING/ EMBROIDERY FOOT 1. Lower the feed dogs by moving the drop feed lever to the left. 2. Remove the presser foot and holder. (See page 7) 3.
27 QUILTING A quilt always consists of three layers of material. The top, middle and bottom. The top layer is formed by multiple geometrically shaped pieces of materials joined together. No. 1 Straight stitch (Center Needle Position) No. 8 Hand look Quilting Stitch Straight Stitch / Patch Quilting Foot Quilting Bar CAUTION: To prevent accidents.
28 ZIGZAG STITCH SEWING Your machine can sew zigzag stitches of various widths and lengths by changing the settings of the stitch width and stitch length. No. 9 Zigzag Stitch General or Satin Foot (A, B) Zigzag stitches are very good for joining two pieces of fabrics, applique and sewing various decorative patterns.
29 OVERCASTING- OVERLOCKING A. USING THE OVERCASTING FOOT No. 9 (Stitch Width 5.0) No. 15, 16, 30 (Stitch Width 5.0-7.0) Overcasting Foot (C) Press fabric against the guide plate of the overcasting foot so that needle falls near the edge of seam. a. No.
30 5mm 1cm 5mm BLIND HEM STITCHING This stitch will sew without stitches showing on right side of fabric. No. 10 Blind hemming for stretch fabric. No. 11 Blind hem for regular fabric. Blind Hem Foot (D) 1. Fold the fabric as shown on drawing. a. Medium, Heavy weight fabric b.
31 PATCH WORK For additional decorative purposes, use different kind of materials. No. 19, 20 General Purpose or Satin Foot (A, B) APPLIQUE No. 23, 24 Open Toe Foot CAUTION: To prevent accidents. Do not change the stitch width to wider than 5.0. Otherwise, needle could hit the presser foot and break.
32 INSERTING ZIPPERS CENTERED INSERTION No. 1 Straight Stitch (Center Needle Position) Zipper Foot (E) CAUTION: To prevent accidents. Zipper foot should be used for sewing center needle position straight stitch No. 1 only. It is possible that needle could hit the presser foot and break when sewing other patterns.
33 INSERTING ZIPPERS LAPPED INSERTION No. 1 Straight Stitch (Center Needle Position) Zipper Foot (E) CAUTION: To prevent accidents. Zipper foot should be used for sewing center needle position straight stitch No. 1 only. It is possible that needle could hit the presser foot and break when sewing other patterns.
34 BUTTONHOLE SEWING This machine can sew 13 types of buttonholes. 104. Bar-tack Buttonhole (Narrow) for light to medium weight fabrics 105. Bar-tack Buttonhole (Wide) for large buttons 106. Keyhole Buttonhole for heavy weight fabrics 107. Keyhole Buttonhole with reinforced bar tack 108.
35 7. Machine will sew the buttonhole in the order as shown and stop automatically after sewing. 8. Press the thread cutter button and raise the presser foot to remove the fabric. b. To sew over same buttonhole, raise presser foot to return to original position.
36 BOUND BUTTONHOLE A bound buttonhole provides a professional tailored touch to women’s dresses, suits and coats. 116. Bound Buttonhole Buttonhole Foot (F) 1. Cut a patch of fabric 2.5 cm wide, 1 cm longer than the finished buttonhole. Baste a patch so that the center line of patch will align with the center line mark of buttonhole.
37 10.Fold the fabric and stitch along the seams on each side, just a needle width from the original stitching line. Remove the basting. c. Wrong side of fabric 11.Fold the fabric along the buttonhole end and stitch triangular ends on the original stitching line.
38 AUTOMATIC BAR-TACK AND DARNING You can sew automatic bar-tack and darning using the buttonhole foot. No. 102 Bar-tack, to reinforce areas that will be subject to strain, such as pocket corners. No.103 Darning, mending and other applications. Buttonhole Foot (F) 1.
39 SEWING ON BUTTONS No. 13 Button Sewing Foot 1. Lower the feed dogs by moving the drop feed lever to the left. 2. Attach the button sewing foot. Align two holes of the button with slot of presser foot and lower foot to hold the button securely. 3. Adjust the stitch width so that the needle enters the left hole of button.
40 NARROW HEMMING No. 1 Straight Stitch (Center Needle Position) Rolled Hem Foot CORDING No. 9 Zigzag Stitch for Single Cording No. 12 Multi Zigzag for Triple Cording Cording Foot 3 mm 5 cm A. SINGLE CORDING 1. Set stitch pattern to No. 9. Insert the cord in the center groove of cording foot from the right side opening.
41 USING THE EVEN-FEED FOOT The Even-feed foot accessory equalizes the feeding of the upper and lower layers of fabric and improves the matching of plaids, stripes, and patterns. This foot helps to prevent uneven feeding of very difficult fabrics. No.
42 DARNING/FREE-HAND EMBROIDERY No. 1.Center needle Position Darning/Embroidery Foot A. ATTACHING THE DARNING/ EMBROIDERY FOOT 1. Lower the feed dogs by moving the drop feed lever to the left. 2. Remove the presser foot and holder. (See page 7) 3. The arm of darning/embroidery foot should ride onto the shaft of the needle clamp screw.
43 TWIN NEEDLE SEWING Interesting decorative stitches can be produced by using twin needles and threading the machine with two different colors of thread. Always make test samples to help you determine the settings best suited to a specific purpose. All patterns except No.
44 DECORATIVE & LETTER STITCH SEWING You can combine decorative & letter stitches into a string by selecting each pattern. A. SELECTING DECORATIVE & LETTER STITCH (selecting mode) 1. Press the decorative & letter stitch button. First 5 patterns of decorative patterns will be indicated on the lower line of LCD.
45 B c d C D E c. By pressing the far left cursor “I<” button, the first selected pattern will be highlighted. d. By pressing the far right cursor “I>” button, the cursor is moved to the right side of selected patterns.
46 F. EDITING OF EACH PATTERN You can change the stitch width, length, mirror/ reverse stitch and elongation of each pattern. And you can change the thread tension of selected all patterns 1. Press the EDIT button. LCD will change to the editing mode.
47 c. Setting the stitch width and length Machine will pre-set the stitch width and length suitable for the pattern. 1. You can make changes by pressing the function button (F4) directly under the witdh and length mark. 2. For narrower width, press function button F2(–).
48 H. SEWING THE SELECTED PATTERNS a. Single sewing You can combine the tack stitch by pressing the tack button at selecting mode. When you combined the tack stitch or letter stitch at the end of pattern, machine will stop automatically after sewing selected patterns.
49 DECORATIVE AND LETTER STITCH CHART The decorative patterns in bold print are one unit of the stitch pattern. Description of Chart Symbols: Mirror Stitch included Reverse Stitch included Mirror and .
50 MAINTENANCE DANGER: To reduce the risk of electric shock. Disconnect the power line plug from electric outlet before carrying out any maintenance. CLEANING If lint and bits of thread accumulate in the hook, this will interfere with the smooth operation of the machine.
51 PROBLEM Upper thread breaks Lower thread breaks Machine skips stitches Fabric puckers Machine makes loose stitches or loops Stitch pattern is distorted Threader does not thread needle eye Machine does not feed properly Needle breaks Machine runs with difficulty Machine will not run HELPFUL HINTS CORRECTION Re-thread machine.
52 1. Winding the bobbin. Messages on LCD 2. Lower the buttonhole lever. 1 2 3. After sewing buttonhole, raise the presser foot lifter and set the frame of buttonhole foot to starting position. 4. Release the foot controller pedal. 5. Lower the presser foot.
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