Pfaff 79 Owner's Manual

Pfaff 79 Manual

Get Pfaff 79 PDF manuals and user guides View all Pfaff 79 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Pfaff 79 manual content summary:

  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 1
    78 CPFAFFi 79 Instructions CPFAFFi 78 and 79 Decorative Stitch Zigzag Sewing Machine Foreword ''our new Pfaff sewing machine will enable you to master a large variety of sewing, embroidering and darning jobs easily and quickly. With the built-in decorative stitch mechanism you also can sew
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 2
    50 40 40 50 50 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 30 - 50 Decorative stitching Embroidery and 30 darning thread 50 I Silver-gold thread Silver thread 70 Size 80 70 - 80 70 - 80 Needle Point Style 70 - 80 80 - 90 90 - 100 90 -100 90 - lao 110 80 - 90 130 R 70 - 80 70
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 3
    width control 19 Needle position lever 20 Needle thread tension 21 Presser bar lifter (on back of machine arm) 22 Needle set screw 23 Sewing foot 0 Face cover 1 Take-up lever 2 Thread guide 3 Top cover 4 Thread retainer stud 5 Spool pins 6 Stitch control 7 Bobbin winder 8 Balance wheel 9 Stop
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 4
    of your foot and press down the pedal. The harder you press, the faster the machine will run. The machines feature a ever (10) under neath the balance wheel which serves to swing the motor to its operative position. To engage the motor, flick this lever down. After you have completed sewing, flick
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 5
    On the Pfaff 79. the bobbin case s emoved just ike on the Pfaff 8. To get at the bocoin case. however, •,ou must brat open tree arm cover It, swinging 3 toward the left. 1 k For bobbin winding, d'sengage the sewing Pass the toread around thread retaner stud mechanism. Hold balance wheel 8) wnile
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 6
    . tne h'ead nto st 2i and under spring 3. As /)U Pu the :hread. the ocbb-t should tate clockwse 4 Leave abDut three uches of thread hang:na from te boobin onse 8 3 To insert the bobbin case into the machine turn the balance wnee! until the needle is at ts highest point. Lift the latch and place
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 7
    on the back of the machine (see arrow in Fig.2). On machines having no carrying case base. the workplate support is pressed against the baseplate of the machine. 10 3 Upper threading as illustrated: Please note that the thread is placed be tween any two of the tension discs (20), 2 pulled
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 8
    up the bobbin thread, hold the needle thread and lower the sewing foot. Turn the balance wheel toward you a full turn. Pull the needle thread to draw up the bobbin thread. Place both threads back under the sewing foot after it has been raised again. Fundamentals of Machine Operation Turn Stitch
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 9
    stitcn enath control on '2". P 1 ace the materiai under the sewing foot and lower the presser bar Liter :ne cor oontrci vthin easy macn of /our foot and press down the pedai. The narder run. you press, the faster the machine will To sew in reverse or bacictack the end of a seam, simply
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 10
    top .Jpper tension too loose or lower tension too tight. top Both tensions correctly balanced. 3 To change the needle, bring the needle bar to its highest point and lower the sewing foot, Loosen needle set screw (22) and pull the old needle out of the needle clamp. Insert new needle and push
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 11
    . 93-102 826-91, attaching it from the rear so that spnng clip c rests on needle set screw (22). Tighten sewing foot thumb screw 116). Lower the presser bar lifter. Now drop the machine feed. On tne Pfatf 78, this is done ny removing bed cover 13i and pressing the drop feed lever down siantwise
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 12
    foot without quilting gauge. for about 1 inch, guiding the right edge of the toot along the zipper teeth (1). Leave the needle in the material, raise the zipper Stit...n length: 1.5 to 2 foot Attach felling foot No. foot needle plate in front of the foot. Insert the seam ridge into the telling foot
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 13
    Lace the filler cord through the hole in the needle plate, as illustrated. Hold both needle threads lightly and turn the balance wheel to draw up the bobbin thread. The smallest distance between cording seams made with the ordinary sewing foot is approx. inch. For narrower cording, use one of
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 14
    as 'or cording pork. Slightly in crease the needle thread tension. The hemstitching effect is roduceo ny the ieft wing needle penetrating the 'acric. urn tne fabr:c by nalf a turn and sew the second seam, guiding the material so that the sing needle enters the needle holes it nas made n the fabric
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 15
    and machine for mediumits maxi Soft with aanzdigzfaligmssytitcfhabroifcsmaerdeiumbeswt idothv.ercast Make sure the the fabric and will cover the needle takes one stitch the other over its edge. fabric edge securely. into This 26 Inserting Patches l838 954 IJ Attach ordinary sewing foot
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 16
    ,m 4. C) ODD CD CD _CD a CD CD CD CD2CD CD. . a aCDCDCDa 0 CD a 0 CD CD - CD a DOD CDCDCD CD CD - CD C) aa CD -. ) 0 CD CC CDç CD 0 a CD a CD CD. C) CD CD CD CD - CD p3 CD a (\i . . . - - O CDCfl - (OCD -. I ) D 0 0 () a CD CD - ° ( CD CD CD . -. CD CD
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 17
    length: 2.5 to 3 Stitch width: medium Use a thin needle (see Needle and Thread Chart). Ease the needle thread tension somewhat. Hold synthetic materials a little taut while sewing. 30 Changing the Needle Position Some special sewing jobs are made with the needle switched to the right or left of the
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 18
    cji (C C) :5 OC- C) 0 (O< - -a -aCD CD (DCD 2g 32E CC) 0 0 CO C- 9jC0 DC a CD 5 acD. ) Co a- a - 'o -)D(D - 0 -o0 C)) --CD .0 C)CD :) CDa2 DC - 0 OCD (04 a 3_:3 33- 3DC+f oE_ D03 3- D)0° 3 C: D 3 0 C)-Q- i CD 3
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 19
    sewing operations is indicated in the respective instructions. Zigzag seam /\1\/\/\A/\/\/VV\/V\/\ Elastic seam / i \/ V V V \/ V V V ) V V ', Blindstitch seam Ordinary zigzag scams. Sewing the needle thread tension by one grade. Fold the hem (2) and place the fabric under the sewing foot so
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 20
    edging. Sew along this folded edge with the needle alternately tak ing one stitch into the fabric and the other over its edge. As the threads are interlocked (see draw i ng 36 Inserting Patches '838 954 Apply the ordinary sewing foot. Turn stitch control (6) to the symbol of the "pin nacle"
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 21
    CD cCi)CD C) 3: o CD C-DCDC°D Ci CDCD - -' 3: CDCD< C) • 0ciCD3 U -)CDCDC):O CO D • C 0 CDD CD C): CD O CD ciC) CD D) %D)CD CD CD ç) C) C) CD 0 CD3:CDC) C) CD CCD )CCDDCDOCC )( I on 0 0 3: CD ci C) 3: ci o 3: 3 ci (C) XCD 03: 3 0 0) CD -' CD C) :U< Cl) V C/) C 0 1)rj
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 22
    faorc nas a hr se/aged edge The edges need not be to ded and Dressed. Maximum stitch length: 0.5 Simply place 00th cieces under the sewing Stitcn width maximum foot so tnat the abutted edges are centemd under the needle and ion Them as nstjct ed above. Mending Hems F33 951 Aoply the ordinary
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 23
    stretch fabrics, please note the instructions given for regulating the ten sion on page 16. The same machine setting is used for clos ing inseamS of trousers. 7 /: /. Reinforcing Hems in Knit Underwear Ornamental Seams 1333 954 Attach the ordinary sewing foot, Turn stitch control (6) to the
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 24
    point. From time to time. put a drop of oil into the nook raceway (see ii. at ed and centerl. To get at the sewing hook of the Pfaff 78, ti the machine back. Piaff 78 The other oiling points in the macnine are .lustrated above. lpemoVe the face cover as nstructed on page 44) 45
  • Pfaff 79 | Owner's Manual - Page 25
    39 Drawing Up the Bobbin Thread . 12 Dropping the Machine Feed . . 18 Electrical Equipment 4 Engaging and Disengaging the Sewing Mechanism 7 Essential Parts of the Pfaff 78 . . 2 Essential Parts of the Pfaff 79 . 3 Flat Felled Seams 21 Foot Control 5 Foreword 1 Fundamentals of
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
—
L
CPFAFFI
78
CPFAFFi
79
Instructions
CPFAFFi
78
and
79
Decorative
Stitch
Zigzag
Sewing
Machine
Foreword
‘‘our
new
Pfaff
sewing
machine
will
enable
you
to
master
a
large
variety
of
sewing,
embroidering
and
darning
jobs
easily
and
quickly.
With
the
built-in
decorative
stitch
mechanism
you
also
can
sew
various
functional
seams
as
are
used
on
non-elastic
as
well
as
stretch
fabrics,
such
as
tricot.
jersey
and
Helanca.
This
instruction
book
has
been
compiled
in
order
o
familiarize
you
thoroughly
with
all
the
sewing
jobs
coming
up
in
a
home.
We
suggest
that
you
try
out
the
various
sew
ing
techniques
discussed
in
this
book
so
that
you
will
become
well
acquainted
with
your
machine.
If
you
have
any
sewing
problems,
please
do
not
hesitate
to
contact
your
Pfaff
dealer
who
will
be
glad
to
help
you
at
any
time.
We
hope
you
will
always
enjoy
sewing
with
your
Pfaff.
PFAFF-
Haushaltmaschinen
GmbH
L
ji
Karisruhe-Durlach