Pfaff 86 Owner's Manual

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  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 1
    -=- CPFAFFD® 84 Instruction Book 1 CPFAFFD 85
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 2
    Needle and Thread Chart Type of Fabric Thread Type Size Bed linen Fine linen Muslin Dress fobrics, such as brocade, satin ottoman, taffeta, georgette, crepe, chiffon, botiste, blouse fobrics ond poplin shirting Suitings ond montlings Twill, denim Heavy linen Burlop Terry cloth, chenille goods,
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 3
    Instructions CPFAFFI 84 and 85 Foreword Your new Pfaff sewing machine will enable you to master a large variety of sewing, embroidering and darning jobs easily and quickly. This instruction book has been com piled in order to familiarize you thoroughly with all the sewing jobs coming up in a home.
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    Essential Parts of Your Pfaff 84 17 2 1 Face cover 2 Take-up lever 3 Thread guide 4 Top cover 5 Thread retainer stud 6 Spool pins plate 16 Sewing foot thumb screw 17 Light switch 18 Stitch width control 19 Needle position lever 20 Needle thread tension 21 Presser bar lifter (on back of machine arm)
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    Essential Parts of Your Pfaff 85 12 3 4 5 -G- 7 II I fI 8 9 15- 14 1 Face cover 2 Take-up lever 3 Thread guide 4 Top cover 5 Thread Sewing foot thumb screw 17 Light switch 18 Stitch width control 19 Needle position lever 20 Needle thread tension 21 Presser bar lifter (On back of machine arm
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    ba lance wheel until the needle is at the top of its stroke. On the Pfaff 84, remove bed cover (13), as illustrated. Lift latch k on the bobbin case On the Ptaft 85, the bobbin case is removed just like on the Pfaff 84. To get at the bobbin case, however, you must first open free arm cover (14)
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    . Hold balance wheel (8) while turning stop motion knob (9) toward you (see ill.). To engage the sewing mechanism after the bobbin has been wound, turn the stop mo tion knob away from you (as indicated by an arrow in the ill.). Pass
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    Hold the full bobbin so that the thread un winds toward the right and place it in the bobbin case (1). Pull the thread into slot (2) and under spring (3). As you pull the thread, the bobbin should rotate clockwise (4). Leave about three inches of thread hanging from the bobbin case. 1 2 8
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    To insert the bobbin case into the machine, rotate the balance wheel until the needle is at its highest point. Lift the latch and place the bobbin case on center stud s (see ill.),
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    pulling out and swing ing up the lever 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 4 3 The sewing area of the Pfaff 84 Portable is enlarged with the aid of an extension (4).
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    Upper threading is illustrated opposite. Please note that the thread is placed be tween any two of the discs of tension (20), 3 pulled clockwise around the tension stud and drawn toward the right with a jerk (see ill.). As you do this, hold the thread steady somewhere between the spool and the
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    and lowered by operating the presser bar lifter on the back of the machine (see ill.). A Presser bar lifter up B Presser bar lifter down 12 To draw 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
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    Fundamentals of Machine Operation For ordinary sewing, needle position lever (19) should be in its center position. Make sure the take-up lever (2) is at its highest point before you begin and
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    Begin by sewing a straight-stitch seam. To this end, push the stitch width control the dot on the left-hand side of the slot. For ordinary sewing operations, set the stitch length control on "2". Place the material under the sewing foot and lower the presser bar lifter. Place the foot control within
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 15
    To sew in reverse or bacictack the end of a seam, simply depress the fingertip control. The stitch width is regulated by pushing the stitch width control toward the left, as may be desired. Various zigzag sewing operations are dis cussed on page 25 and the following pages.
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    . Numbers 0 to 10 indicate different degrees of tension on the upper tension dial. The higher the number, the tighter the tension. For ordinary sewing operations, the upper tension should be set at about 5. 16 bottom top Upper tension too tight or lower tension too loose. bottom top Upper
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 17
    The accessory box which belongs to your machine contains several sewing feet for special sewing operations. To change the sewing foot, bring the needle to its highest point and raise the foot. Turn out screw 16 until the sewing foot can be removed, tilt ing it sideways (see ill.). The new foot is at
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 18
    its highest point. Remove the sewing foot. Raise the bed cover and pull ing forward. Place plate over the the embroidery and darn machine feed so that its lug slot (see ill.). Re place the bed cover. Darning To prepare your machine for darning, pro ceed as follows: Darning foot No.93-106103-91
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    threads and start stitching back and forth across the hole in sewing direction. Make sure the threads are anchored in the unworn area around the hole. Turn the fabric at right angles and sew back and forth over the preceding work with short stitches. Select the darning
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    Attach zipper foot without quilting gauge (which can be obtained from your Pfaff deal er). Stitch length: 1.5 to 2 Baste closed zipper on the fabric, then open it. Stitch close to the left edge of the zipper for about 1 inch, guiding the right edge of the foot along the zipper teeth (1). Leave the
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 21
    Flat Felled Seams 847561 Attach felling foot No. 93-847 561 -00. Stitch length: 1.5 to 2 Flat felled seams are used to durably join and stitch down (see ill. at right). Quilting Use zipper foot No. 93-847 600-00 with quilding gauge for sewing parallel seams over the entire surface of the fabric.
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 22
    551 Attach hemmer foot No. 93-847 551-00 (which can be obtained from your Pfaff dealer). Stitch length: 1.5 to 2 Fold the beginning of the fabric edge twice, making a hem about 1/8 inch To produce an elastic hem on soft fabrics, use zigzag stitches. Set the stitch width, as instructed on p. 25. 22
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    between cording seams made with the ordinary sewing foot is abt. 1/4 inch. sewing foot No. 93-838 954-00, and insert a twin needle (which can be ob tained from your Pfaff Cording foot No. 93-847 671-00 with grooves is used for heavy materials, 3 cording foot No. 93-847 675-00 with grooves for
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 24
    Remstitching 93OOl79 f Stitch length: 2 to 2.5 Clear-view sewing foot No. 93-100 179-00 m(UparseetcfehareasbthlyrtehaaedNomw. ha5itc0ehrieamlisbrnbooeidtinegtroyo heavy and hemstitched thread). Insert a System 130 Zwi-Ho needle.
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 25
    the stitch length control. (See ill.). Overcasting Edges with Zigzag Stitches 838 954 Attach ordinary sewing foot. Stitch length: 2 To overcast the edges of light and mediumweight fabrics, set the machine for its maxi mum stitch width. Soft and flimsy fabrics are best overcast with a zigzag
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 26
    uInserting Patches 838 954 Attach ordinary sewing foot. Stitch width: medium Larger holes can be patched quickly. and the stitch width control at the extreme left of its slot and sew over first seam. At the corners, stop the machines with the needle down in the material on the right of its throw.
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 27
    it down with straight stitches on both sides (1). Cut the fabric open under the lace insertion (2) and iron it on both sides of the lace. Sew over the edges of the lace with short zigzag stitches of medium width (3). Trim the fabric edges away on the wrong side (4).
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 28
    Changing the Needle Position tltShehoveemernneee(e1esd9dp)lleeetcopiaslawlthteietsceshrwlioegidtnh. gtTtohajniostdbhisesledfartoi,rgenhretemsbpoyaerdcmetlieovfvwetilniyotgh.f fTohresenweiendglebupttoosnithioonles.lever is indispensable - ED 4- t CZ) 28 Lever at left center right
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 29
    4 Attach all-purpose sewing foot No. 93-100 179-00 Flick the needle to its left position and put the buttonholes, place a filler cord of medium size in the left groove of the sewing foot. For sewing buttonholes, you can obtain buttonhole sewing foot No. 94-847 616-00 from your dealer. 3 4
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 30
    1. Sew When leave of its ttthhhthereoewfni.bresuettdtosleenahimon ltehoevisefratbhtrehiceriogfnihllttehrleecnrogigrthhd,t. 2. fcwcLoolioaofrtrtcd.dtkh,weapirslosaeeucwnibndiynggthhitfaeolfiontn,aettheutedurnlrenle,tfhatepngldfaracobeopruvicltelhaeoirtfofuiftlonhlederr 3. Lower on the the left
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 31
    . Slowly move the hoops in writing" direc tion, without turning them, while the machine is running at high speed. To give your monogram dimensional quality, embroider the outlines twice. - 93OOI79 Attach clear-view sewing foot No. 93-1 00 179-00 Right needle position Attach embroidery and darn ing
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 32
    Blindstitching I..93-IOO79 Apply clear-view sewing foot No. 91-100 179-00. Baste the hem about I16 Reduce the needle thread tension by one grade. Fold the hem (2) and place the fabric under the sewing toot so that the folded edge is in line with the left groove of the foot (see Basting seam
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 33
    and needle position. Some of the designs you can make are illustrated on this page. Additional ornamental effects are obtained by sewing over a filler cord. Sewing Curtains - 938 954 Stitch length: 2.5 to 3 Stitch width: medium Use a thin needle (see Needle and Thread Chart). Ease the needle thread
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 34
    appliqué, proceed as follows: 2 1. Trace the design on the right side. 2. Ssteittchthaelosntigtchtheleonugttlhinecso.ntrol on "1 and 3. Sew right the side fabric to with long be appliquéd stitches (1). to the 4. Follow wrong (stitch (2). lstehindegetohwutciltoihnnetasrolonfaortnrhoew'1d
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 35
    To change the light bulb, remove the face cover by pulling it in the direction indicated by an arrow. Push the light bulb into its socket, turn left and pull out. Insert the new bulb so that its pins slide into the socket slots. Press the bulb in and turn right. As you replace the face cover, slip
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 36
    end, re move the needle, the sewing foot and the bobbin case with the bobbin. I 1 On Piaft 85 machines, loosen the set screw, lift the front of the free arm cover and pull the cover out lengthwise of the arm (1 & 2). Pfaff 84 machines are tilted back. On port able machines, loosen the screw on the
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 37
    performance are dependent on regular cleaning and pro per oiling. Since your Pfaff sewing machine has been made from high-grade materials, there are only a few oiling points left. The raceway in the sewing hook is an important oiling point. From time to time, put a drop of oil into the hook raceway
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 38
    only high-grade machine thread or sewing silk. • Check to see that the bobbin case has been inserted correctly (p. 9). • Both tensions must be balanced correctly (p. 16). • Don't force the feeding motion, merely guide the material lightly. • Clean and oil the machine as instructed (pp. 36 & 37
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 39
    130 R, No. 93-847 990-00 Darning foot No. 93-102 826-91 All-purpose sewing foot No. 93-1 00 179-00 Embroidering and darning plate No. 93-030 125-45 Plastic bag for accessories (not ill.) Instruction book (not ill.) Zigzag sewing foot No. 93-838 954-00 (on machine) Zigzag sewing foot 0 Needles The
  • Pfaff 86 | Owner's Manual - Page 40
    the Machine Equipment Feed . Engaging and Mechanism Disengaging the Sewing Essential Parts of Pfaff 84 Essential Parts of Pfaff 85 Sewing Sewing Buttonholes Sewing Curtains Straight Stitching Trouble Shooting Upper Threading Winding the Bobbin Workplate of Pfaff 84 . . Workplate of Pfaff
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