Pfaff 1214 Owner's Manual - Page 63

Changing the light bulb of your Pfaff is something you can easily do yourself The sewing light illuminates the work in front and back of the needle without casting a shadow. It is enclosed in the face cover of your ma chine. Changing the light bulb is very simple: Push the burnt-out light bulb into its socket, turn it left and pull it out (see ill.). Insert the new bulb and turn it right. Light bulbs for your Pfaff sewing machine can be obtained from your Pfaff dealer. I 7 Trouble shooting When handled properly, your Pfaff will rarely develop any trouble. Whenever you have completed sewing, be sure to restore the original setting of your selector machine, i. to straight e. turn the stitch stitching, setting cover of your machine. Are both tensions correctly balanced? They have been set correctly by us and need no adjustment normally. Does your machine feed properly? The material must be guided lightly, but it at about 2; turn the needle position must not be pulled. control to its central position; raise the machine feed; switch your machine off by pushing the master on-off button, and see that the presser bar lifter is Before you start sewing, again famil iarize yourself with the fundamentals of machine operation until you know them. Check to see whether your set horizontally. sewing machine needs cleaning or Even if you have just sewn buttonholes oiling. or darned, we recommend that you set your machine for straight stitching Are there pieces of thread wedged between the tension discs? To remove again. them, pull a narrow fabric strip be If trouble should occur, check the tween the tension discs. following: Has the button with the desired func Is the needle still in good condition and inserted properly? Have you selected the right needle and thread tional or decorative-stitch symbol been pushed? Have the needle position and the stitch length been set accordingly? from the Needle and Thread Chart? Are you sewing with a good quality The Pfaff rotary hook will not normally jam, even if the machine is handled thread? improperly. If thread should happen to Has the bobbin case been inserted properly? For straight and zigzag stitching, the functional and decorative-stitch me chanism must be disengaged, To make sure it is, push the button on the top jam in the raceway of the sewing hook, however, raceway put and a drop jerk the of oil into the balance wheel back, then rock it back and forth, with out using any force. After a short time, the trouble will disappear by itself. 65