Description:

This listing is for a professional reproduction of the U.K. Singer Manufacturing Company “Manual of Family Sewing Machines and Their Attachments.”

The original manual was printed and published in Great Britain by the U.K. Singer Company in 1963, and distributed from the Singer Building in Guildford, Surrey. As stated by Singer, it was “Specially Prepared for Students in Schools and Colleges.”

Our manual is NOT a standard "Xerox" copy of the Singer manual!

The U.K. Singer Company printed this manual on low-quality very-thin paper, with gray-color ink (to reduce the see-through effect). The original manual is by far inferior to most of Singer's other publications.

We improved this manual

in 3 different ways!

1. Our manual is professionally printed on 28 Lb brilliant-white heavy-weight paper (unlike the original Singer manual that is printed on very thin “see-through” 14 Lb paper).

2. Our manual is professionally printed with black ink (unlike the original Singer manual that is printed with gray ink).

3. Our manual is professionally spiral bound for ease of using (unlike the original Singer manual that is center-stapled and folded).

Our manual is super clean, and the text and illustrations are very sharp.

Unlike the original 52 year old manual that has become frail, brittle, mildewed, stained and yellowed after so many years, our improved manual looks like an original Singer manual that has been preserved in NEW CONDITION!

In fact, if we didn't tell you,

you could think that

our improved manual

was printed

by the Singer Company!

This manual will teach you everything you need to know about many Singer machine models, such as models:

15K, 66K, 99K, 185K, 201K,

327K, 328K, 329K, 404

This large-edition spiral-bound 78-page Instruction manual is complete and very clean with no "black dots," smudges, stains, or any other imperfections. No pages are missing, dirty, or damaged.

The manual will teach you how to use and care for your Singer sewing machine. It also teaches how to use most of the standard Singer accessories that come with the Singer machines. It was used for many years as the “sewing text book” for students in schools and colleges. The manual includes some 80 different sewing subjects, such as “forming a proper stitch,” “regulating length and width,” “using a binder,” and dozens of other subjects...

The manual includes descriptions and illustrations which will show you how to do the following:

   General instructions for care and operation

   Formation of lock stitch

   Practice for beginners with electric and treadle machines

   Practice straight stitching with paper

   Preparing the machine for sewing

   Winding the bobbin – machines 15K and 201K

   Winding the bobbin – machine 99K

   Winding the bobbin – machines 185K and 327K

   Winding the bobbin – machines 328K and 329K

   Winding the bobbin – machine 404

   Winding the bobbin evenly

   Increasing pressure on bobbin winder

   Selecting proper needle size and thread type

   Testing and setting the needle – machines 15K, 66K, 99K and 185K

   Setting the needle – machine 201K

   Setting the needle – machines 327K, 328K, 329K and 404

   Threading central bobbin – machine 15K

   Threading oscillating hook – machines 66K, 99K and 185K

   Threading rotary hook – machine 201K

   Threading oscillating hook – machines 327K, 328K, 329K and 404

   Setting proper tensions

   Preparing for sewing

   Finishing a seam

   Sewing various seams

   Using a cloth guide

   Regulating stitch length

   Regulating stitch length and direction of feed – machines 99K and 185K

   Regulating stitch length and direction of feed – machine 201K

   Regulating stitch length and direction of feed – machine 327K

   Regulating stitch length and direction of feed – machines 328K, 329K and 404

   Adjusting presser bar pressure

   Cleaning and oiling

   Cleaning the stitch-forming mechanism – machines 66K, 99K and 185K

   Cleaning the stitch-forming mechanism – machine 201K

   Cleaning the stitch-forming mechanism – machines 327K, 328K, 329K and 404

   Oiling the bobbin winder

   Oiling the stand

   Removing gummed oil

   Common causes of machine troubles

   Causes of upper thread breaking

   Causes of lower thread breaking

   Avoid breaking needles

   Missing stitches

   Stitches looping

   Machine not feeding correctly

   Puckered seams

   Machine working heavily

   Noisy treadle

   Binding without basting

   Cutting material with the binder

   Joining bias strips

   Adjusting and operating the binder

   Binding outside curves

   Binding inside curves

   Applying a french fold to a curve

   Binding a square corner

   Binding plackets

   Binding scallops

   Applying military braid with the binder

   Making button loops with the binder

   Making cut-in buttonholes with the binder

   The blind stitcher

   The buttonholer

   The foot hemmer and adjustable hemmer

   Starting a hem at the very edge

   Making a hem with the foot hemmer

   Making a seam with the foot hemmer

   Hemming and sewing on lace

   Hemming a curved or biased edge

   The adjustable hemmer

   Adjusting for various widths

   Inserting material in hemmer

   Hemming soft material

   Hemming linen

   Hemming a wide hem

   The tucker

   Attaching the tucker to the machine

   Adjusting the scales on the tucker

   Inserting material to be tucked

   Tuck silk or chiffon

   Making fine and gross tucks

   The ruffler

   Attaching the ruffler to the machine

   Adjusting the ruffler for plain gather

   Inserting material in the ruffler

   Making a ruffle

   Applying rows of ruffles

   Adjusting the ruffler for plaiting

   Group plaiting and gathering

   Shirring

   The quilter

   The underbraider

   Performing braiding designs

   Fastening the ends of braids

   Braiding on nets or fine material

   Ornamental stitching

   The zipper foot

   Skirt zipper

   Corded welting

   Corded seams

   The gathering foot

   Shirring

   The edge stitcher

   Edge stitching, lace joining, and piping

   Sewing lace with the edge stitcher

   Piping with the edge stitcher

   Applying a bias fold with the edge stitcher

   Stitching a wide hem with the edge stitcher

   Making a french seam

   Tucking with the edge stitcher

   The seam guide

   Making seams

   Darning

   Preparing Singer 327K, 328K and 329K machines for darning

   Attaching embroidery hoop guide on 404 machine for darning

   Preparing Singer 15K and 201K machines for darning

   Darning table linen, towels, etc.

   Rug making, etc.

   The automatic zigzagger

   The electric sewing machine

   Types of electric sewing machines

   The portable electric machine

   The electric desk cabinet machine

   The electric cabinet machine

   The Singer light

   Converting ordinary machine to electric machine

   Swing needle machines

   Examples of automatic stitch patterns

   Swing needle transfers

Here are photos of some of the pages from the manual. You can see the superb quality of the print, photos, diagrams, and the paper itself.

Winding the bobbin. (photo 2) 

Choosing the needle size. (photo 3) 

Threading the bobbin. (photo 4) 

Cleaning and oiling. (photo 5) 

Blind Stitcher and Buttonholer. (photo 6) 

The Ruffler. (photo 7) 

Edge Stitcher and Seam Guide. (photo 8) 

Automatic Zigzagger. (photo 9) 

These instructions are fairly detailed and utilize illustrations to make it easy to understand and carry out the instructions. It is the perfect “text book” for using Singer sewing machines and their attachments!

These Instructions are a

MUST

for every owner

of a

Singer Sewing Machine!

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Other Singer Publications for Students and Teachers:

The Singer Company published 3 general-type manuals for students and 2 general-type manuals for teachers. None of the manuals were especially published for specific machine models, although some machine models are mentioned in every manual. The purpose of these manuals is to teach the students (and to assist the teachers) in the use and operation of Singer sewing machines and their attachments.

The 3 "Student Manuals” are:

1. "Student Manual of Machine Sewing" (our eBay item # 201358107134). This 60-page manual is general in scope but it mentions machine models 15, 24, 66, 99, 101, 115, 127, 128, 201 and 221. It is applicable to many other Singer machine models.

2. "A Manual of Family Sewing Machines" (our eBay item # 201173402640). This 48-page manual is general in scope but it mentions machine models 15, 24, 66, 99, 101, 105, 115, 127, and 128. It is applicable to many other Singer machine models.

3. "A Manual of Family Sewing Machines" UK edition (our eBay item # 201357169232). This 78-page manual is general in scope but it mentions machine models 15, 66, 99, 101, 185, 201, 327, 328 and 329. It is applicable to many other Singer machine models.

The 2 "Teacher's Manuals" are:

1. "Teacher's Textbook Manual #1" (our eBay item # 201645494821). This 200-page manual is general in scope but it mentions machine models 15, 66, 99, 101, 115, 127, 128, 191, 201, 221, 301. It is applicable to many other Singer machine models.

2. "Teacher's Textbook Manual #2" (our eBay item # 201636942691). This 194-page manual is general in scope but it mentions machine models 15, 66, 99, 185, 201, 221, 301, 401, 403, 404, 500, 503. It is applicable to many other Singer machine models.

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