Instructions for Using Singer Electric Sewing
Machine 66-18
Oscillating Hook, for Family Use
Adjustable Reverse Feed for Tacking
Comb
Bound Book Republication™
Originally Published - c1945!
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Manual, with NO RESERVE!" We scanned and reformatted a scare original and are
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Machine Use, Maintenance and Attachment Instruction Manual for
your personal recreation or professional sewing
pleasures!
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(Original is not for sale)
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This item is a great resource for those who are
antique Singer and Featherweight collectors and repairmen, sewing
enthusiasts, students of historical clothing, fiber and textile arts,
etc!
This is certainly a fine
source of historically valuable information, techniques and inspiration for the
creative dress seamstress and fabric artists out there who love to
recreate clothing using the very best sewing machines manufactured in the
WWII Era. This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of
another wonderful craft instructional revealing our heritage from an earlier
America culture!
An
Excerpt:
"Machine 66-18, for family use, has an oscillating sewing hook on
a vertical axis and makes the lock stitch.
Back tacking is easily done on this machine after moving the
stitch regulating lever to the upper end of the stitch indicator slot to reverse
direction of stitching...
...This machine is especially designed for operation by
electricity, having an efficient electric motor attached to the upright part of
its arm."
CONTENTS
Description
Machine
66-18
Singer
Service
Motor
Can be Operated on Either Alternating Current or Direct
Current
Points
to Determine Before Connecting Motor to Electric Service
Line
To
Connect the Machine to Electric Service Line
To Turn
the Spotlight "On" or "Off"
To
Remove and Replace the Bulb
To
Insure Perfect Action of the Machine
Instructions for Operating the Machine
To Start
the Machine
To Take
Out the Bobbin
To Wind
the Bobbin
To
Replace the Bobbin
To Set
the Needle
Upper
Threading
To
Prepare for Sewing
To
Commence Sewing
To
Remove the Work
Tensions
To
Regulate the Tensions
To
Regulate Stitch Length
For Back
Tacking
To
Regulate the Pressure on the Material
Basting
To Sew
Flannel or Bias Seams
To Oil
the Machine
To
Lubricate the Motor
To Clean
the Stitch Forming Mechanism
To
Remove the Bobbin Case
To
Replace the Bobbin Case
Hints
Belt
Machine
Working Heavily
To Avoid
Breaking Needles
Breaking
of Needle Thread
Breaking
of Bobbin Thread
Skipping
of Stitches
Free
Instruction
Instructions for Using the Attachments
The
Foot Hemmer
How to
Start the Hem at the Very Edge
Making a
Hem with the Foot Hemmer
Making a
Hemmed Seam with the Foot Hemmer
Hemming
and Sewing on Lace as One Operation
Adjustable Hemmer - Hemming
Multiple Slotted Binder
To
Attach the Binder
To
Insert the Binding in the Binder
Folding
Bias Binding
Unfolded
or Raw Edge Bias Binding
To
Insert the Garment in the Binder
To
Adjust the Binder
Piped
Edge
Piping
and Binding in One Operation
To Bind
Outside Curves
To Bind
Inside Curves
To Apply
French Folds to Curves
The
Edge-Stitcher
Sewing
Lace Together with the Edge-Stitcher
Piping
with the Edge-Stitcher
Applying
Bias Folds with the Edge-Stitcher
Stitching a Wide Hem with the Edge-Stitcher
Making a
French Seam
Shirring with the Gatherer
Ruffler
To
Attach the Ruffler to the Machine
To Make
a Ruffle and Sew it to a Garment in One Operation
To
Ruffle and Sew on a Facing in One Operation
Piping a
Ruffle
To
Adjust the Ruffler for Plaiting
To
Adjust the Ruffler for Group Plaiting and Gathering
To Oil
the Ruffler
Embroidery and Darning
The
Singer Universal Threader and Seam Ripper Makes Threading
Easy
The
Singer Material Gripper
Relative Sizes of Needles and Thread
Chart
What a
historically educational and delightful sewing machine instructional this
is!
The antique and vintage Singer Featherlight attachments,
etc., can be found online quite readily. You just have to hunt a little bit!
The Comb Bound Book Republication™ you will receive
is representative of the types of handicraft expertise of earlier genteel and
feminine American and European culture! If you're into nostalgia like I am you
will have many hours of enjoyment recreating antique needlework items for
yourself or others dear to your heart just the way your great-grandmothers did!
You will appreciate the attention taken in
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information has been scanned at a high resolution and electronically
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