Singer 281-5 - Needles; Setting the Needle; Upper Threading

MOVE TO
HIGHEST POINT
LOOSEN SCREW
INSERT NEEDLE UP
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE
AND TIGHTEN SCREW
LONG GROOVE
Fig. 9. Machine 281-5
OOVE^^
Fig. 10. Machines 281-6 and 281-20
LONG
GROOVE
MOVE TO
"^HIGHEST POINT
LOOSEN SCREW
INSERT NEEDLE UP
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE
AND TIGHTEN SCREW
TO
MOVE TO
HIGHEST POINT
LOOSEN SCREW
INSERT NEEDLE UP
FAR AS POSSIBLE
AND TIGHTEN SCREW
LONG GROOVE
Fig. 11. Machines 281-22 and 281-24
MOVE TO
HIGHEST POINT
LOOSEN SCREW
LONG GROOVE
INSERT NEEDLE UP
FAR AS POSSIBLE
AND TIGHTEN SCREW
Fig. 12. Machine 281-23
Machine 281-5
Use SINGER* Needle, Catalog 1515 (16x95), in
sizes ranging from 11 to 22.
Machines 281-6, 281-20, 281-22 and 281-23
Use SINGER* Needle, Catalog 1955, in sizes rang
ing from 8 to 22.
Machine 281-24
Use SINGER* Needle, Catalog 1361, in sizes rang
ing from 8 to 22.
Size of
needle to be used should be determined by
weight of thread and type of material being sewn.
Orders for needles should specify quantity required,
size number and catalog number.
For example:
100 No. 16, Catalog 1361 Needles
SETTING
the needle
Turn machine pulley over toward operator until
needle bar reaches highest point as shown in Figs.
9 to 12.
Loosen needle clamping screw. Insert needle into
needle bar as far as it will go, with long groove of
needle to the left and eye of needle directly in line
with arm of machine. Then tighten the clamping screw.
UPPER THREADING
Turn machine pulley over toward operator until
needle bar is at highest point.
Pass thread through threading points indicated in
Figs. 13 to 18, page 9. Draw approximately two inches
of thread through needle eye with which to start sewing.
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