User manual SINGER NO. 20-2

[. . . ] The wooden handle and the two screws also furnished with the machine, are not used unless the motor is removed, for operation by hand. Table of Contents 3 Previous Page | Next Page 18974 (736) Singer No. 20-2 To Start the Motor Place the plug on the rubber-covered cord into a wall outlet or light socket. (Be sure that your currently is 110 volt, 60 cycle). [. . . ] 2) over from you until the needle bar (M, Fig. With the screwdriver, loosen the set screw (G Fig. 2) in the lower end of the needle bar, take out the old needle and put the new needle up into the bar as far as it will go, with its flat side toward the right and the long groove in the needle at the left, then firmly tighten the set screw (G). Turn the hand wheel over away from you until the needle moves up to its highest point. Place the spool of thread on the spool pin, pass the thread from the spool toward you through the two holes (!and 2) in the thread pull-off, to the left and down through the hole (3) in the nipper lever. Draw the thread to the left under the end of the nipper lever and pass it over between the tension discs (4), up though the hole (5) in the machine, from right to left through the hole (6) near the upper end of the needle bar, down and from left to right through the eye of the needle. Draw about two inches of thread through the eye of the needle with which to commence sewing. To Commence Sewing Raise the presser foot (E Fig 2) by turning up the presser bar lifter (K, Fig 2). Place the material beneath the presser foot and lower the presser foot. Lay the forefinger of the left hand gently on the end of the thread and turn the hand wheel (Q, Fig. 2) over from you in the direction indicated by the two arrows on the hand wheel, until the first stitch is made. Then place the end of the thread back under the presser foot and commence to sew. FIG. 4 THREADING THE NEEDLE Table of Contents 6 Previous Page | Next Page 18974 (736) Singer No. 20-2 To Remove the Work Sew two stitches past the end of the seam and stop the machine with the needle bar at its highest point, then with the left hand draw a finger length of thread to the left through the hole near the upper end of the needle bar as shown in Fig. With the right hand, using a pair of scissors, draw the slack thread FIG. DRAWING THREAD THROUGH THE NEEDLE to the right through the eye of the needle, as shown in Fig. 6, then pull the thread upward from the work, the presser foot being down, and cut the thread close to the goods, as shown in Fig. [. . . ] The cloth guide can be adjusted to bring the edge of the goods as close to the line of stitching as desired. If desired, the cloth guide can be removed from the machine. To Oil the Machine The machine should be oiled occasionally with the sewing machine oil especially prepare by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. [. . . ]