Pfaff 1221 Owner's Manual - Page 68

Changing the light bulb of your Pfafl Is something you can easily do yourself The sewing light illuminaoc lh work n front and hack of tb' needle without cactinq a shadow It is enclosed in the face coer of your ma chine. Changing the light ht lb is very simple Pt sh the burnt out light hull, into its swkot, turn it left and pull it out (seO ill). Insert the now hull and turn it rrqht tight htt!to' for your Pfaff 1221 or 1222 can be chratned front your Pfff dealer Trouble shooting When handled properly, your Pt aft will rarely develop any trouble. Whenever you hnve completed sewing, he sure lo restore the original setting o your machine, i. e. turn the stitch sIO le to straight stitching, setting it at about 2: turn the needle position control to its central position: raise the machne !ect: switch your machine off by pushing thn master on-off hutton, and ccc that the eresser bar lifter is set horizonlally [von if you have just sewn buttonholes darned, we recommend that you set your machine for straight stitching iqain ft trouble should occur, check the following Is the needle still in good condition and inseted properly? Have you selected the right needle and thread from the Needle and Thread Chart? Are you sewing wth a good quality thread? [las the bobbin case been inserted proper lv? Fot straight and zigzag stitching, the functional and decorativestitch me chanism must he disengaged. To make sure t m push the hutton on the top 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 materiai must be guided lightly, but must not be pulled. Before you start sewing, again famil iarize yourself with the fundamentals of machine operation until you know them, Check to see whether your sewing machine needs cleaning or oiltng. Are there pieces of thread wedged between the tension discs? To remove them, pull a narrow fabric strip be tween the tension discs, Has the button with the desired func tional or decorative-stitch symbol been pushed? Have the needle position and the stitch length been set accordingly? The Ptaft rotary hook will not normally jam, even it the machine Is handled improperly. It thread should happen to lam in the raceway of the sewing hook, however, put a drop of oil into the raceway and lerk 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,