PFAFF 71 INSTRUCTIONS

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2 Western Germany Karisruhe-Durlach Branch G.M.PFAFF AG to help you at any time. If you have any sewing problems, please contact your Pfaff dealer. He will be glad pleasure. This instruction book will help you understand the machine and familiarize you with a Follow these simple instructions and sewing with your Plaff will become a lasting number of important sewing jobs. Keep it handy as a reference book in case you should jobs that may come up in a home. machine which will enable you to master all ordinary sewing, embroidering and darning have forgotten some details. Your dream has come true. You are now the proud owner of a Pfaff 71, the sewing Foreword INSTRUCTIONS PFAFF 71 \

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4 3 with guide (attached to machine) Hemmer foot on Edge Stitcher, Presser loot, The fo(iowing feet are standard with this machine: 7. Stop motion knob & Balance wheel 10. Reverse feed control 4 Spool pins Take-up lever 2. Thread retainer Bobbrn winder Motor disengaging mechanism 8. Bobbin winder thread retainer 9, 18. Light switch 19. Needle set screw 14. Needle plate 15. Sewing toot thumb screw 17. Needle thread tension 20. Sewing foot 12. Bed slide 13. PlaIt rotary sewing hook 18. Presser bar lifter Ii. Stitch length control 1. Face cover Essential Parts

5 4 DR 506 DR 507 ing case. chine before you place it into the carry partway. Push them down into the ma For sewing, pull the spool pins out Always turn balance wheel toward youi Important Mount driving belt. To switch on sewlight, push button on face cover. Push sewlight plug into wall outlet. Foot Drive engaged for bobbin winding. tion knob counter-clockwise (toward you). The sewing mechanism is dis Hold balance wheel and turn stop mo Disengaging the Sewing Mechanism black arrow). tion knob clockwise (as indicated by Hold balance wheel and turn stop mo Engaging the Sewing Mechanism

6 5 underneath the balance wheel which set up on treadle stands can be driven by foot power. With the motor swung out of engagement, all machines inoperative position. to its top position in order to return the motor to the down. After you have completed sewing, flick the lever tive position. To do this, flick the lever serves to swing the motor to its opera Power-driven machines feature a lever Motor Disengaging Mechanism (Foot-driven machines have only a sewlight cord). faster the machine will run. and press. The harder you press, the binet within easy reach of your foot. Rest the right foot on the control pedal Place the foot control under the ca Foot Control to the foot control. cord into the wall outlet. Cord 4 leads of machine, and plug 3 at other end of Push plug 1 into receptacle 2 on back Power Drive Electrical Information OFt 861

7 6 DR 862 DR 850 empty bobbin drops out. hand arid pull out bobbin case with bobbin. When you release the latch, the Lift latch k with the thumb ol your left Raise needle to its highest point. Lift Removing the Bobbin Case front end of bed slide and pull.

8 7 a screwdriver. The amount of thread to be wound on the bobbin is regul to the desired position after loosening its set screw with the right and start the machine. The button at position A for the minimum amount of thread, or at position B for the maximum. The button can be turned full. Press the bobbin to the left and remove it from the bobbin winder will stop automatically when the bobbin is a few turns of thread on the bobbin in retainer stud, and up to the bobbin. Wind thread guide, down and around the thread Pass the thread through the rightharid at its base enters the slot in the bobbin. winder spindle, making sure that the key clockwise direction. Push the bobbin to Place a spool of thread on one of the spooi pins and a bobbin on the bobbin spindle. Then tighten the stop motion knob again. ated by turning the adjusting button accordingly. Set the sition. raise the spool pins to the vertical po Disengage the sewing mechanism and Winding the Bobbin \

9 Inserting a Full Bobbin Hold bobbin so that the thread end falls from the top down toward you and insert bobbin into bobbin case. Hold the bobbin firmly in the bobbin case and pull the thread into the case slot. R 5867 R

10 Pull the thread under the tension spring until it emerges from the opening at its end. Leave about 3 of thread hanging from the bobbin case. Hold the case by its open latch so that the bobbin cannot fall out. 9 R 5870 Ft 5868

11 points up (see arrow). Place bobbin place. case on center stud S of hook. In re case and hook. will not get jammed between bobbin right hand. Turn bobbin case until slot hold the loose end of thread so that It with the thumb and forefinger of your lilt latch k (see ill at bottom of page 6) Inserting the flobbin Case Raise needle to its highest point and placing the bobbin case, it is best to DR 857 bin case until you hear it snap into Release latch k and press against bob 10

12 11 DR 863 Tighten needle set screw a. the back and long groove toward you. needle out of needle clamp. Push new sure that flat side of shank faces toward needle up as far as it will go. Make set screw a half a turn and pull old and lower sewing foot. Loosen needle Bring needle bar to Its highest point Changing the Needle on page 12. dealer. The needle size should be cho needles. Genuine Plaff needles of this system are available from every Pfaff sen from the Needle and Thread Chart Pfaff 71 machines use System 130 R The Needle I

13 Needle and Thread Chart Types of Fabrics Mercerized Silk Needle Cotton Size Fine Fabrics 80 0 to 60 such as georgette, chiffon, to 000 or batiste, voile, lawn, silk. 100 twist 70 Lightweight Fabrics 70 such as dress silks and cot- A & B to tons, sheer woolens, 80 shirt- 80 twist ing, draperies. Medium Fabrics such as lightweight wool- 50 ens, 8 & madras, c muslin, bro- to 90 cades, heavy silks, rayon, 70 twist and gabardine. Heavy Fabrics such as coating, denim, 40 corduroy, C & D slipcover fab- to 100 rics, bed tickings, light- 50 twist weight canvas. Synthetics, Rayon, Acetate Determined by including nylon, orion, weight of fabric dacron, plastics, etc. 40 to 50 Determined by thread size 60 to 80

14 it far to the right so that it slips properly 13, dz the needle from front to back. go and pass the thread from right to left into the slot and under the thread check Bring take-up lever 4 as high as it will snaps into the eyelets. It suffices to draw retainer and pull it toward you until it against the casting between spool and thread on the right and left of the thread of thread retainer 2 (see ill.). Seize the Pull the thread between any two of ten and lead the thread behind both scrolls the thread into the left eyelet. sion discs 3 (see ill, at bottom) and jerk Place spool 1 on one of the spool pins tension. thread down and into slot 5. Then thread Raise the presser bar lifter and swing the spool pins up to the vertical position. Upper Threading spring. As you do this, press the thread through the hole at its end Lead the

15 Drawing Up the Bobbin Thread Hold needle thread lightly in your left hand. Turn balance wheel toward you until the needle moves down and up again. Lightly pull needle thread to draw bobbin thread up through the needle hole. Place both threads back under the sewing foot. R

16 Correct Tension Regulation The tensions are properly balanced if both threads interlock in the center of the material. When stitching sheer fa brics, set both tensions a little lighter to Both tensions properly balanced prevent puckering. Upper tension too tight or lower tension too loose Upper tension too loose or lower tension too tight. 15

17 Regulating the Upper Tension Turn tension knob right to increase tension on heavier materials. Turn it left to ease tension on lighter fabrics. The numbers on the tension dial indi cate different degrees of tension. Regulating the Lower Tension The bobbin tension rarely needs adjust ing, except for special sewing jobs. Ad justment is made by a small knurled screw on the bobbin case. Turn it right for tighter tension or left for looser tension. DR 580 H

18 17 DR 009 OR 008 darning rips. beginning or end of a seam and for This feature is ideal for backtacking the sumes forward sewing. finger-tip control down. When the control is released, the machine re To sew in reverse, simply press the Reverse Sewing length, turn the control until the desir Feeding; maximum stitch length is 6 to trol is set on O, the machine ceases stitch length (the higher the number. the inch (4 mm). To regulate the stitch the slot (see arrow). The numbers on the control indicate the sewing backwards. the longer the stitch). When the con gulate the stitch length and to limit it in The stitch length control serves to re Stitch Length Regulation ed number is fully visible at the top of

19 18 this thumb screw securely again. To exchange the sewing foot loosen thumb screw 14 (page 3). Make sure, you tighten Enjoy creative sewing with your Pfaff. now. to do is guide the work. Never try to hasten feeding by pushing or pulling the fabric With presser foot No OQO attached to your machine, you can start sewing The machine will feed the material under the sewing foot automatically. All you have Never run a threaded machine unless you have fabric under the sewing foot. Place both threads back under the sewing foot before you put fabric into the machine. Always bring the take-up lever to its highest position before you begin rind after you have completed a seam. Fundamentals of Machine Operation

20 _ %_ R 8228 Z.._,..,., Inserting Patches Large holes can be patched quickly. Trim away ragged edges around the hole, cutting a square opening exactly on the fabric threads. Cut the patch slightly larger and sew it down (inner seam). Cut into corners, fold down raw edges and stitch along folded edges (outer seam). 19

21 20 Use right edge of foot as a guide. to left edge of zipper, stitch across end and up the other side in one continuous operation of the fabric to overlap the zipper, Turn fabric to right side. Flun a straight seam close Attach edge stitcher No without guide. Pm or baste closed zipper on wrong side of fabric. Position of zipper depends on whether or not you want the edge Zipper Insertion R 8226

22 JL4 the needle plate on the left side of the hemmer foot. Feed fabric so that the Hemmer foot No is in fabric to facilitate insertion into the dispensable if you want to sew a uni Hemming form hem. Clip off the corner of the edge the edge raw is in line with left the hemmer opening. of foot ends slowing down feed Avoid ugly by press the fabric against ing. To do this, foot before you come to the end of the hem. 21 DR 870 DR 509

23 22 preceding seam. Attractive tea cosies, slippers, seat pads and covers can be quilted Edge stitcher No used with the quilting gauge sews parallel rows of stitching over the entire surface of the fabric. Always guide the gauge finger along the Quilting OR 003

24 23 OR 855 the rear and up (as indicated by the white drop feed ever down slantwise, then to position and the fabric will cease feeding. Dropping the Machine Feed Remove the bed cover and press the arrow). The lever wilt be retained in this position. down and let it return to its original hoop embroidery and button sewing. The machine feed is dropped for darning. To raise the machine feed, press the lever I

25 24 R 8288 in the unworn area around the hole. with short stitches. This anchors threads machine running at high speed. Then turn the fabric at right angles and sew following the fabric grain. First stitch Clamp fabric into darning hoops, cut for darning.) (See page 23 for preparing your machine Darning with Darning Hoops out small arid mediumsized holes back and forth across the hole with the back and forth over preceding work

26 25 OR 559 normal position. While darning, guide rhythm with your right hand. be darned. To do this, attach the sew the material with your left hand and ing foot and set the needle plate in the stitches back and forth over the area to spots are best darned by making close operate the reverse feed control in Triangular tears, small rips or thin No Darning with Sewing Foot

27 Cording To cord on your PlaIt 71, use a cording foot, a twin needle, and a needle p ate with needle plate slot. Twin needles are available for needle distances of 1.2 (3/64 ). 1.6 (1/16 ), 1 8, 2.0 (5/64 ). 2.5 (3/32 ), 3.0, and 4.0 (5/32 ) millimeters. Cording feet are available in three varieties, as follows: Pin tucks are made with cording foot No (7 grooves. 3/64 wide each) and a 1.2-mm twin needle. For narrow cording use cording foot No (5 grooves. 1/16 wide each; see ill.) and a 1.6-mm twin needle. Wider cording is made with cording foot No (3 grooves. 5/64 wide each) and a twin needle with a needle distance of 2.0 or 2.5 millimeters. The above-mentioned System 130 twin need les, the cording teet, and needle plate No with needle plate slot are supplied on speciai request and at extra cost. Changing the Needle and the Sewing Foot Bring take-up lever to highest point, loosen needle set screw a, and pull ordinary needle out of reedle clamp. Insert twin needle into opening of needle clamp and push it up as far as it will go. Make sure that the flat side of the shank faces toward the back. Tighten needle set screw a securely. N I,. OP

28 27 correctly, the bobbin thread should appear as a faint zigzag line on the other side. thread tension depending on the type of fabric used. If the tension has been Set Slightly increase the bobbin thread tension, and increase or decrease the needle Thread Tension threads through the hole at its end. Pull threads into slot 5, and thread each needle from threads in your left hand. The bobbin thread is drawn up as instructed on page 14. To do this, hold both needle both thread retainer openings 2, as illustrated on page 13. Lead one thread between front to back. discs of upper tension 3. Raise take-up lever 4 to its highest position and pass both the rear and center tension discs, and the other between the center and front tension Place a spool of thread on each of the two spool pins. Pass both thread ends through Upper Thread Set the machine for medium stitch length. with sewing silk in the needle and on the bobbin. Pin tucks and narrow cording are made with a No. 50 embroidery thread, wider cording Thread Size guide attached. It is best to turn out screw b completely if you want to slip on a cording foot with the Turn sewing foot thumb screw b to the left and take out the sewing foot. Slip on cording foot and tighten screw b securely.

29 Filled Cording If you want to make cording in filmy fabrics or render your cording more prominent Pfaff recommends that you insert a filler cord. Its thickness depends on the cording size you want. Remove the bed slide and pass the filler cord from below through hole g located in front of needle plate slot I (see ill, on page 26). Lay the end of the filler cord back under the cording foot (together with the needle and bobbin thread ends). Pull a filler cord forward under the bed slide and place the ball in your ap F. Spacing Between Tucks To ensure uniform spacing between parallel tucks, place the preceding seam into one of the grooves of the foot and use it as a guide. For a larger spacing between tucks, use the adjust able guide (see ill, opposite) which is part of every cording fot. OR

30 29 DR 473 DR 474 DR 475 left seam of preceding tuck. seam of new tuck extremely close to tucks close together, placing right To produce a corduroy effect, sew stitch, turn fabric all the way, and re sewing. To stitch an acute angle, turn turn fabric, lower foot, and continue cal and diagonal tucks or stitching tained by combining horizontal, verti curved tucks (see adjoining ill), If you sume stitching. Attractive cording effects may be ob Various Cording Effects want to turn a corner, leave needle in fabric (up to needle eye only), lift foot, fabric halfway, let needle make one

31 30 handkerchiefs, doilies and so forth, can be obtained fabrics are not recommended. fabric yarn, the more pronounced the hemstitching etc. are best suited to hemstitching, while woolly will be. Fcr this reason, batiste, organdy, georgette, available at your Ptatt dealer) with Pfaff s System 130 twin needle. The harder the Beautiful hemstitching effects on blouses, dresses. page 27). tension are the same as for cording work (see The thread size, threading procedure and thread on page 11. Turn out needle set screw a little further hemstitching needle, System 130 Zwi-Ho, as instructed than for ordinary needles. Attach presser foot No , and insert twin with needle slot Presser toot No Stitch Length: Medium. Straight-Stitch Hemstitching effects can be obtained by using varicolored thread. slot and a NE 1.6 twin needle. The stitch length can be set as desired. Particularly nice Two-needle effects can be obtained by using presser foot No, with needle Two-Needle Decorative Effects Ornamental Sewing

32 1 31 DROOl., embroidery and darning threads. Exciting first one. decorative effects be by may obtained using varicolored seams may be stitched parallel to the tional straight or curved ornamental east two operations, If desired addi Imitation hemstitching thus requires at the needle holes it has made and enlarged previously. a turn and sew second row. Guide fabric in such a way that wing needle penetrates so that wing needle stitches along trccad in. At the end of U seam, turn fabric half Fold fabric to mark seamline or trace seamline on fabric. Sew first row. Guide fabric Procedure

33 32 ing effects can also be obtained with the multi-stitch ruffler and the bias binder. grams, sewing on wool, and straight-stitch embroidery with four-ply thread. Interest Such additional applications include felling, granite stitching, embroidering mono siderably enlarge the range of applications of your machine. who will be glad to offer you various sewing feet and attachments which will con Your Pfaff can be used for many additional sewing operations. See your Pfaf[ dealer

34 33 DA 852 i1t 11, : e - - screw on underside of base. If your machine is a Portable Electric, remove the machine base first. To do this, loosen require regular lubrication. machine oil only, All moving and rotating parts unde the bed plate and in the ann Regular cleaning and oiling will increase the service life of your machine. Use sewing Care and Maintenance

35 34 DR 886 DR 887 ing hook. From time to time, remove the needle bin and clean the vicinity of the sew move accumulations of packed lint. Take out the bobbin case with the bob a soft brush. Take a toothpick and re plate and clean the machine feed with Do not lubricate the bobbin winder. you sew. drop of oil into the raceway each day most important oiling point. Put one The raceway in the sewing hook is the

36 35 DR 512 DR 024 up until it snaps into place. Slip tip d into slot e and push face cover Replacing the Face Cover cover by pulling ft upwards at the needle bar end, remove the face To change the hght bulb or oil the parts Removing the Face Cover

37 36 OR 505 face cover. press bulb in, and turn right. Replace sure its voltage agrees with the line voltage. Slide bulb pins into socket slots, When inserting a new light bulb, make turn left, and pull out. face cover, push the bulb into its socket. To change the light bulb, remove the nates the area of stitching perfectly. The built-in 15-watt sewing light illumi Changing the Light Bulb

38 37 thread. page 12. Needle too fine or too thick for the Select proper needle from Chart on ed on page 13. Machrne threaded improperly Check and correct threading as instruct Needle Insert bent new needle. Always use System 130 A needles. Wrong needle you. be sure that long groove faces toward Needle ncorrectly inserted. Push needle up as far as it will go and Cause: Remedy: 1. Machine Skips Stitches Tro u ble Shooti 119

39 N 38 (see page 14). strikes needle plate. the material lightly. Fabric pulls needle so it bends and Don t force the feeding motion. Guide Needle too thin or thread too heavy. hook, Use correct needle and thread sizes further damage. Bent needle strikes point of sewing Replace needle at once to prevent Cause: Remedy: 3. Needle Breaks Hook raceway is jammed with thread or needs oiling. Clean and oil hook raceway. Poor, knotty or rotten thread used. Use good-quality threads only. Thread tension too tight. Adjust tensions as instructed. thread breakage. The above-mentioned may cause Cause: See remedies listed under 1. above. 2. Needle Thread Breaks Remedy:

40 5. Motor Idles 39 Feed dog dropped. Raise feed dog (see page 23). feed teeth, with a stiff brush. raceway, jerk the balance wheel back, then rock it back and forth. If this action should net free the jammed thread, put a dvop of kerosene into the hook motor in most instances will be sufficient to overcome hard working of the mechanism. improperly. If thread should happen to jam in the hook raceway, the power of the The Pfaff lotary hook will not normally jam, even if the machine should be handled Cause: Remedy: Accumulations of lint packed between Take off needle plate and remove lint length control set on O. Thread Jamming Machine does not Feed because stitch Regulate stitch length, as desired. Motor disengaging lever raised. Flick lever down (see page 5). Cause: Remedy: 4. Machine Feeds Improperly it snap into place. Bobbin case inserted incorrectly. Press against bobbin case until you hear