OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS - FLATSEAM TACKER
10A
MACHINE
CAPABILITIES
1-1/2"
1.
"End
to
End"
joining of bands
1/4
wide.
1
t-
1/4"
1
lU
Machine
has
a
retractable
guage
for
close
butting
of
ends.
2. Produces a 5 stitch
"Dot"
tack
up
to
3/16"
wide.
3. Produces Stay Tacks
1/4"
to 1-1/2" with
either single or two row stitching with wide
3/16"
bite. Adjustable to regular bite
3/32"
bite can be
further
narrowed
to
5/16".
Loopers
must
be ad
justed
to
this
bite
change.
FOR
CHANGING
FROM
FLAT
SEAM
TACKING
TO
WlOE
BITE
(3/16")
AND
DOT
TACKING
Before proceeding, lock
out
Position Plate by
latching
the
machine in sewing position by loosening
nut (A) and tightening screw (8). This will keep
Plunger in and
the
Position Plate down below the
Throat
Plate.
THROAT
PLATE
POSITION
PLATE
PLUNGER
1. Check needle bite by first eliminating clamp
vibration
—
turn
in screw (C). Keep slight clearance
between Throat Plate and Clamp Plate. Check and
set
bite
to
3/32".
If changed, adjust
looper
to
new
bite. The bite for most Flat Seam Tackers will be
3/32".
THROAT
PLATE
CLAMP
PLATE
2. Press Stop Belt inward to latch machine, turn
Drive
Pulley
with pin
wrench
until
Roll
is off the
cam lobe, adjust
screw
(C)
out until there is a
slight
clearance
between
Clamp
Plate
and front
edge
of
Throat
Plate. Check
that
barring cam adjustment
is correct. See page 12. Check that ClampPlate stops
within
1/32"
of
the
front of Throat Plate, see page14.
3. Once adjustments 1 & 2 are checked, place
Shifter in Single Row Tacking Position and set (D)
at
1/4".
SHIFTER
4.
Sew
forward
1/4'
'Dot"
Tacking
Stop
(E).
and
then
change (D)
to
the
5.
Sew
back
to
starting
position.
Flip
Shifter
(F)
to
lock
rear
Brake
Shoe
(Gl
6. Replace Bearing Cap
(H)
with
(J),
which
has
a pin thaL goes
into
yioove —
of Feed Screw (K) locking the Shifter (L) in one place.
K
1.
7.
Operate
the
machine
as a Dot
Tacker
for a
few
cycles
then
change
the
Clamp
Arms
to the Dot
Tacker Arm &
Foot
Assembly. Turn through cycle
with
pin
wrench
making
sure
that the
needle
clears
the
clamp
foot.
8. To change back to regularor wide bite tacking
operating,
following
above
procedure
from
7
through
3.
To Next Page
Loading...