Pfaff 1196 - 1199 Owner's Manual

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  • Pfaff 1196 - 1199 | Owner's Manual - Page 1
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    Parts of the Pfaff 1196 Parts of the Pfaff 1199 Carrying case of Pfaff 1196 Coverof Pfaff 1199 Accessories drawer Machine drive sewing Ultra-Matic stitch selector Zigzag stitching Foot control Reverse sewing Dropping the machine feed Presser bar lifter Changing the needle Changing the sewing foot
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    Sewing Machines 1196 and 1199 Compact Dear Pfaff Customer: Welcome to the modern, efficient world of the Pfaff sewing machine. You are probably very anxious to try out your new machine, but we suggest that you first take the time to read this instruction booklet. Your Pfaff sewing machine
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    for engaging and 1 11 disengaging the sewing mechanism 9 Ultra-Matic stitch selector 10 Needle position and buttonhole control 11 Master on-off switch 12 Base (of portable machines) 13 Bed cover 14 Sewing foot 13 2 15 Upper tension 16 Reverse-feed control 17 Presser bar lifter (on back
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    stitch selector 11 10 Needle position and buttonhole control 11 Master on-off switch 2O 12 Free arm 13 Free arm cover (enclosing the sewing hook) 13 12 14 Sewing foot 15 Upper tension 16 Reverse-feed control 17 Presser bar lifter (on back of machine arm) 18 Thread cutter 19 Carrying handle
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    Peop'e will envy you... this carrying case. It is not only attractive, but also very useful. The bottom part holds your Pfaff. while the top part holds all sewing utensils, such as spools of thread, bobbins, scissors and many other items. To remove the cover, depress the catches on the right
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    Pfaff 1199 Compact The Pfaff 1199 Compact is supplied with a cover. On the Ptaff 1196 the bedplate extension serves as a foot control receptacle. It is removed from the machine by pulling it for ward. Tr L j When removing this cover you will see how the detachable workplate and the foot control
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    1 lJ9 Compact the accessories oniinodated in an accessories drawer which is located on the right-hand side of the nitchine below the balance wheel. Slightly pu*;h up the catch in the direction indicated by an arrow and at the same time pull the accessories drawer out of the machine. The accessories
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    right away. only a few simple steps are necessary. Your machine is ready for sewing as soon as it is plugged in. Push the master plug into socket A in the machine base, and plug B into the wall socket. Place the foot control under the table in a convenient position. All you have to do now is push
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    you start winding the bobbin remember that you need two threads to sew a seam: an upper and a lower thread. These two 21. To wind the bobbin, turn the machine on by pushing button C (page 7), Make sure the sewing mechanism is disengaged. For detailed instructions on bobbin wind ing see page 10.
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    sure the needle is positioned above the needle plate. On the Pfaff 1196 remove the bed cover. Lift latch K (see ill.> and pull , the empty bobbin drops out. On the Pfaff 1199 open the free-arm cover and swing it toward the left. Then - just like with the Pfaff 1196 - lift latch K and pull out the
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    by pressing down on the foot control. The bobbin winder stops automatically when the bobbin is full. To re-engage the sewing mechanism after bobbin winding, turn the stop motion knob in the balance wheel (8) away from you. The sewing mechanism s re-engaged automati cally on starting the machine.
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    To insert the bobbin into the bobbin case Fig. 1: Insert the filled bobbin into the bobbin case, making sure the thread end drops from the top down towards you. Fig. 2: Pull the thread into the slot... Fig. 3: . . and . under the spring. As you draw the thread. the bobbin should rotate
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    • and to replace the bobbin case in the machine Lift latch K as far as it will go and push the bobbin case onto center stud S, making sure its slot (see arrow) points upwards. Release the latch and slightly press against the bob bin case to make sure it has snapped into place. I
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    into the slot in the top cover of the machine. By this motion, the thread is drawn into the upper tension which is enclosed under the top cover, Pull the thread to the right and pass it • through the slots in the thread guides and the take-up lever, as indicated by
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    cutter There is a sharp-edged slot on the back of the presser bar which serves as a thread cutter. Raise the sewing foot. Pull the work to the back out of the machine and trim the threads in the thread cutter. This causes the needle to move down and bring up the bobbin thread
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    items even after you have become well acquainted with your Pfaff. • Touch on-off' button 1 to turn machine on. • Presser bar lifter 2 must be at its lowest position in order to ensure that the sewing foot is down. • Reverse-feed control 3 must be in its hori zontal position and must show
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    White Mark Elastic za 0-4 -. STRAIGHT I - - 6''Q ZAG 7 Knob I 8
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    (about 12 stitches per inch). Start by making a sewing test. Press the foot control pedal. and watch your machine sew a straight-stitch seam. Then let your Pfaff run at different speeds. The harder you press the foot control pedal, the faster your machine will run. Now try a zigzag stitch. Zigzag
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    If you wish to sew a longer seam in reverse, flick the reverse-feed control to position C (vertical), as shown in Fig, 3 Darning with your Pfaff is discussed on page 26, When this control is turned to position D (Fig. 4), the darning symbol is visible, and the machine teed is disengaged. :H 2 t4
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    To sew a seam.. push presser bar lifter A (Fig. 1) upwards and place fabric under the sewing foot. Before you begin sewing, lower the presser bar lifter (Fig. 2). The sewing foot is now lowered on the goods. A 1 7 PFAFF a I •'I 1
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    /705 H needles only. Changing the sewing foot is lust as simple. The accessory box of your machine contains several special sewing feet (hemmer foot), buttonhole foot, etc.) which are used for vari ous sewing operations. Which sewing foot to use for a specific sewing job is discussed on page 23 and
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    whether the upper or lower tension needs adjusting. fhen regulate the tensions as follows: The upper tension is located under the top cover of your machine, as was already ex plained on page 13 The tension dial is pro vided with numbers 0 to 10. The higher the number, the tighter the
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    and zigzag sewing work On the Pfaff 1199 Compact the foot control receptacle also serves as a workplate. It is turned over and pushed onto the free arm, as illustrated. To remove the workplate, lift it up, then pull it out. To increase the sewing area of your Pfaff 1196 Portable, attach
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    . Take advantage of the many possibilities this machine offers you in straight and zigzag stitching. F&llng Ultra-Matic stitch selector: straight stitch Stitch length: 2 Central needle position Attach felling foot No. 93-040938-31 (can be obtained from your Pfaff dealer). Felled seams are used to
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    4 straight stitches. Draw the fabric into the hemmer foot by pull ng both threads backwards, as shown in Fig. 1. Feed the fabric edge into the hemmer foot scroll with your right hand Make sure the fabric does to the maximum stitch length in range 6 and proceed, as instructed above. -i 1LV 24
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    guiding the right edge of the foot along the zipper teeth(Fig.1). Leave the needle in the material, raise the zipper foot and close the zipper. Then lower the zipper foot the end of the seam, raise the zipper foot and open the zipper. Continue sewing to the end of the zipper. The finished zipper closure is shown in
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    Darning Ultra-Matic stitch selector: straight stitch Stitch length: 1-4 Central needle position Attach darning foot No. 93-040 960-91. For darning, the machine feed is dropped. To do this, swing reverse-feed control 19 to its left horizontal position so that the darning symbol is visible on its
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    on the tree arm of the Pfaff 1197. Stitch back and forth across the hole, first crosswise, then lengthwise. Triangular tears and rips are best darned with close stitches across and lengthwise. After you have finished darning, swing the reverse-feed control back to its regular sewing position.
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    cotton thread) under the groove in the sole of the cording foot. Sew over this filler thread with closely packed zigzag stitches. The seam more conspicuous cording effect take a mediumheavy pearl or cotton thread and sew over it with wide zigzag stitches. When stitching with longer stitches
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    zigzag stitch in stitch range 5 or 6. Central needle position Attach cording foot No. 93-040 91 5-35. To produce a durable shirring effect, a cotton thread. Place the filler thread under the groove of the cording foot and sew on the wrong side of the fabric. When you have finished the zigzag
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    Overcasting edges Ultra-Matic stitch selector: immediately to the left of number 8, Central needle position Attach ordinary sewing foot No. 93-040 956-91 E1 As you sew along the fabric edge, make sure the needle takes one stitch into the fabric and the other over its edge. In this way, a neat
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    needle. ttach cording foot with rooves. 1: Twin needle, cording foot and cording plate can be obtained from your Pfaff dealer. Cording is as shown in Fig. 2. On the Pfaff 1196 Portable. pull the filler thread through the slot at the bottom of the machine base after removing the bed cover. (Fig
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    To make different twin needles and size cording, the following cording feet can be ob tamed from any Pfaff dealer Three wnich row cording is used with foot twin No 93 needles 040 948 set from 31 24 to 2.8mm (approx. to '4 ) apart. Five-row cording which is used with toot twin No
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    -Matic stitch selector: straight stitch (initially) Stitch length: 1 Central needle position Attach ordinary sewing foot No. 93-040 956-91. -4 A;•;c :I s- vl Place the lace on the rigrit side of the material and sew it down with straight stitches on both sides (1). Cut the fabric open under the
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    ranges 4 and 5. Central needle position Attach ordinary sewing foot No. 93-040 956-91 The so-called press-open seam is particularly well suited for elastic materials, such as jersey and tricot. Sew this elastic seam with the machine set as instructed above, then press it open. ., , I> 1 I. ,.
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    b%pphque work Ultra-Matic stitch selector: straight stitch (initially) Stitch length: 1 Central needle position 4 Attach cording foot No. 93-040 91 5-35. I -7 / V V 3 .7. ?7. -. 4
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    other things. 1. Trace the design on the wrong side of the fabric. 2. Turn the stitch selector to a not100-dense zigzag sttch in stitch range 5 and sew over the edges of the appliqué on the wrong side. 3. Undo the first zigzag seam (Fig. 11 and trim the excess material close to the
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    left. This is done by turning knob 10 until it snaps into position. lithe needle position has to be changed for a certain sewing job. this is n dicated in the instructions. Norma neede position: the needle enters the need'e ho'e n the midde Left need'e position: the needle enters the needle hoe on
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    Ultra-Matic stitch selector; straight stitch Drop the machine feed (see pp. 18 and 26). Right needle position - (see p. 38). Attach clear-view sewing foot No. 93-040 920-91. Place the material and the button under the sewing foot and align them so that the needle will enter the right
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    of the buttonhole foot and place both strands under the two grooves in the sole of the foot. Lower the buttonhole foot. Then sew in reverse until the bar lifter to its highest position, and remove the material from the machine. Sew the first seam A until the buttonhole is the right length. as
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    the needle thread to draw up the bobbin thread. Hold both thread ends until the machine has made a few stitches. Move the hoop slowly and evenly, and follow the traced monograms can be embroider ed with the cording or clear-view sewing foot. Once you have acquired a little practice, you will be able
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    that the No. 93-040 929-31 or ordinary gauge finger now runs along the seam pre sewing foot No. 93-040 910-91. viously sewn or marked). For any subse quent seam, guide the gauge finger along the preceding line of stitches. To attach the quilting gauge place the spring on the
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    stitch selector. igzag stitch in stitch range or 7. entral needle position )rop the machine feed. ttach darning foot \0 .J 93-040 960-91. Kcsalpsnooitthtttsehdoadrsaeegranbrdeemdasrtenwndetidasthrnawetnhdidithswatrithththriicenlawedsoeomalmrbetarhdonreieodateodrafysstiesnartncrifyedf darning thread
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    . 93-040 946-45 which is inserted in the feed slot (see adjoining drawing). This cover 4 plate can be obtained from your Pfaff dealer. Drop the machine feed. Remove the sewing fooL Lower the presser bat ifter. 4 Mark the position of the eyelets on the fabric with dots. Place the fabric in a darning
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    and the stitch length by turning the outer ring of the stitch selector. The illustration on the oppostie page shows you how to set your machine. To sew an elastic seam, push the button identified by the elastic-stitch symbol. Turn knob 10 until the needle position symbol indi cated on the
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    ring of the stitch selector until the number indicating the desired stitch length (between 0 and 2) is above the mark Now your machine is ready for sewing an elastic seam. Before you switch over to another utilitystitch pattern by pressing another button, push button K. This button must also be
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    stitch F- Stitch length: between 0 and 1 Left needle position Attach ordinary sewing foot No. 93-040 956-91. >>>>>>>
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    3ewing on elastic Elastic stitch Stitch length: 1 Left needle position Attach ordinary sewing foot No. 93-040 956-91. Gather the fabric edge to reduce its ength to the desired waist size. Place the gathered edge between both lays of the split elastic, then attach the elastic with an elastic seam. 49
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    doth astic stitch itch length; between 0 and 1. tt needle position tach ordinary sewing foot :. 93-040 956-91. Place both pieces of fabric on top of each other with their edges overlapping about 1 cm ('12'), as shown in Fig. 1. Sew down one edge with an elastic seam, then turn the fabric over, and
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    Stitch length: 4 Central needle position Attach ordinary sewing foot No. 93-040956-91. Elastic triple straight-stitch addition, they are preferred for sewing bed ticks and inside leg seams on trousers. Sew the two pieces of material together with the machine set as indicated above, then press
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    the right (Fig. 2). Place the material under the blindstitch foot so that its folded edge runs along the edge guide mounted on the sewing foot (ill. at left). R1n0eeegidnulletahteetatskhteietscnhetheseedlleelcetpfotorssicttiliootcnchkwbyeixsteaucrstnolyintghiankt nttohhbee folded edge, catching only
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    . Joining elastic knitted fabrics Overlock stitch Stitch length: 4 Left needle position Attach ordinary sewing foot No. 93-040 956-91. The overlock seam is a special seam used for reinforcing edges of T shrts and mending underwear in the machine so that they extend to the left of the needle. 55
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    needle position Elastic or shirring thread. Attach buttonhole foot No. 93-040 924-91 When you push two utility-stitch buttons simultaneously, both utility-stitch patterns will be combined. This further increases the versatility of your Pf aft machine. It the elastic borders of knee-length stock
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    : zigzag stitch in stitch range 9 Elastic triple zigzag stitch Attach ordinary sewing foot No. 93-040 956-91. - fl Tfaaorhlrseeofeobluobanteshdtiacuetsiltoaersidnptilgcefaozrarimngdzmeanegstnstrdsotriinentqcgghu. irdiTisanhmigidsaesgaseltealidytmcshsuseitcthaeamadnt sections. ReintOrdflg hems
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    eedkt and Thread Chart 58 -- Thr- ead - Needle Typo of Fabric Type Size Size Point Style - Bed linen Fine men Muslin Cotton 50 or. 60 80 70-80 70-80 .,,,, ,...,' ." Dress fabrics, such as brocade, satin ottoman, taffeta, georgette, crêpe, chiffon, batiste, blouse fabrics and poplin
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    All you have to do to keep your machine in good operating condition is to oil the sewing hook and clean the machine feed regularly. This you can easily do yourself. Since your Pfaff sewing machine has been made from the finest quality materials, the only part that has to be oiled occasionally is
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    Changing the ight buth of your Pfaff is something you can easNy do yoursef The sewing ight illuminates the work in front and back of the needle without casting a shadow It it out (see ill.). Insert the new bulb and turn it toward B. Light bulbs for your Pfaff 1196 or 1199 can be obtained from your
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    Pfaff will rarely develop any trouble machine material must be feed properly? guided we recommend buttonholes that you set your machine for straight stitching • again. • If trouble should occur, check the fol Attwhreeemetnh, set accordingly? Are you sewing with a good quality thread
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