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INSTRUCTIONS
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OSCILLATING SHUTTLE.
‘A TRADE MARK OF

THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: ' DESCRIPTION
Machine No. 29-4 is intended forʼuse in manufacturing and
The improper placing or renewal of the Trade Marlr "SINGER" or repairing shoes, and is also useful for stitching other articles
any other of the Trade Marlrs of The Singer Manufacturing Company made of leather or cloth. It has one needle and one shuttle and

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(all of which are duly Registered Trade Marl“) on any machine that has makes the lock stitch.
The machine has a cylinder bed which enables it to stitch
been repaired, rebuilt, reconditioned, or altered in any way whatsoever
articles of cylindrical shapes and which adapts it especially for
outside a SINGER factory or an authoriled SINGER agency is forbidden.
sewing boots and shoes. A detachable table can be furnished
when desired, an extra charge being made for it. This table
is very convenient when flat work is being stitched.

To Operate the Machine

Raise the feeding foot. Place your feet upon the treadle and
THE IMPORTANCE OF USING with the right hand turn the balance wheel over toward you ; this
will start the machine. Continue the motion thus begun by an
SINGER” PARTS AND NEEDLES alternate pressure of heel and toe, until a regular and easy move-
ment is acquired and the balance wheel kept in continuous rotation
IN SINGER MACHINES by use of the feet alone.
When you are thoroughly familiar with the treadle movement,
The successful operation of SINGER machines can only be assured
and can restart the machine without turning the balance wheel in
if SINGER parts and needles are used. Supplies are available at all the wrong direction, place a piece of material under the feeding
SINGER Shops for the Manufacturing Trade, and mail orders will foot, let the foot down upon it, and operate the machine in this
receive prompt attention. way until you have become accustomed to guiding the material.

Needles and Thread

Needles for Machine No. 29—4 are of Class and Variety 29x3
SINGER Needles should be used for cloth, or 29x4 for leather, and are made in sizes, Nos. 1], I3,
In SINGER Machines 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 and 23. The size of needle to be used
These Needles and their Containers should be determined by the size of the thread which must pass
are marked with the freely through the eye of the needle. Rough or uneven thread,
Company's Trade Mark "SIMANCO.*" 1
or thread which passes with difliculty through the eye of the
needle, will interfere with the successful use of the machine.
”m Orders for needles must specify the quantity required, the
size number, also the class and vuricly numbers separated by an
Needles in Containers marked
x. The following is an example of an intelligible order:
"FOR SINGER MACHINES" “100 No. 16, 29 x 3 Needles,” for cloth.
are NOT SINGER made needles. 2 "100 No. 16, 29 x 4 Needles,” for leather.
The best results will be obtained in using needles sold by
Singer Sewing MachineCompany.
Copyright, U. S. A., l9l4 and |923 by I

The Singer Manufacturing Company

All Righh Reserved for All Countries
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4 upon the stud A and turn the needle plate as shown in Fig. 3.
Turn the balance wheel until the oint of the shuttle is nearest
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you, then lift out the shuttle and bobbin with the thumb and fore—
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THE FOLLOWING OF NEEDLES AND THREAD ECOlt
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. . finger; turn the shuttle downward and the bobbin '
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FOR CLOTH—ROUND POINT NEEDLES 29x 3

SIZES OF NEEDLES} COTTON SILK LINEN - i

To WInd the BObbln
11 and 13 80-100 00,0 ’ Place the spool of thread on the spool pin and pass the end of
14 0080 A the thread into the center hole in the bobbin; then place the
16 and 17 40-60 B4)
18 30-40 D»E
19 24-30 EE 60—80
21 20—24 40—60
22 16—20 24—40
23 12-16 16321

FOR LE.»\'l‘llEll~—\VI:I)<Iu AND TWIST PIIINT Nmznuzs 2!) x 4

SIZES OF NEEDLES COTTON SILK LINEN

11 and 13 60—80 A-B

14 40-60 C-D
16 and 17 30-40 D-E
18 24-30 EE 40—60
19 16—24 24—40
21,22, 23 12-16 16—24

To Remove the Bobbin

Turn the balance wheel over toward you until the needle bar
is at its highest point, then raise the feeding foot. Press down

FIG. 4. WINDING rim BoIIuIN

bobbin on the bobbin winder spindle and press it on as far as it

a will go, having the slot in the side of the bobbin at the right.
1 Loosen the thumb screw on the bobbin winder and push it down
until the rubber ring presses against the rim of the balance wheel,

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I , then tighten the thumb screw.

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Raise the feeding foot and run the machine, at the same time
. guiding the thread with the finger as shown in Fig. 4. When
the bobbin is sulficiently Wound stop the machine, pass the thread
into the slot in the edge of the bobbin and take off the bobbin,
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loosen the thumb screw on the winder, turn it up and tighten the
screw.

FIG. 3.. TAKING OUT THE SHUTTLE

 6 To Replace the Shuttle
To Thread the Shuttle After threading, turn the balance wheel until the shuttle
the shuttle
carrier lies at the right hand, then with the point of

Take the bobbin in the

right hand, the slot in the
edge being at the bottom,
allow about two inches of
the thread to hang free
from the bobbin.

FIG. 5

Hold the shuttle in the

left hand with the wide
opening up, let the end
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of the thread pass down
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through the shuttle (see FIG. 8. SHUTTLE Timmnno AND REPLACED

Fig. 5) and drop the bob-
nearest you and pointing toward the right,
drop the shuttle and
bin‘into it. back the needle
bobbin into the recess provided for it, and turn
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plate to its sewing position.

To Set the Needle

Turn the shuttle over
bar
in the fingers, holding the Turn the balance wheel over toward you until the needle
in the needle
bobbin in it, and draw moves up to its highest point; loosen the lower screw
clamp as far as it will go
the thread into the slot clamp and put the needle up into the
eye directly in line with
in the edge of the shuttle with the long groove to the left and the
The upper screw in the
and under the end of the the machine bed, then tighten the screw.
to setasmall needle
tension spring (see Fig. 6); needle clamp is for use only when it is necessary
shuttle by loosening
then pass the thread nearer to, or a large needle farther from the
through the delivery eye the screw and moving the clamp to the right or left.
which is in the upper edge
FIG. 'I of the, shuttle (see Fig. 7).
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To Oil the Machine
To Thread the Needle The machine must be thoroughly and carefully oiled at the
places designated by arrows in Figs. 10 and 11, and when in
Place the spool of thread on the spool pin so that when the constant use oil should be applied frequently.
thread is drawn off, the side of the spool nearest you will turn to
Use “TYPE B” or
“TYPE D" OIL, sold
only by Singer Sewing
Machine Company. For
description of these oils,
see inside front cover.

FIG. 10, 01mm PLACES IN MAHHNE AND STAND

Mo. 9. THREADING THE NEEDLE

the right. Raise the wire in the oil cup on top of the arm, pass the
thread under it and press the wire hack in position; then pass the
thread around the back of the pin which is near the tension discs,
and from back to front and right to left between the tension discs,
into the thread eyelet (see Fig. 9) and up and from front to back
of
through the hole in the take—up lever. Draw about 10 inches
thread through the hole in the take-up lever and pass it down
bar,
through the hole which runs through the centre of the needle
using the notched threading wire which is furnished
with the
machine. Then pass the thread from left to right through the
eye
of the needle. Draw about three inches of thread through the eye
sewing. FIG. 11. REAR VIEW or MACHINE Suowmo Forms To us, OILED
of the needle with which to commence
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To Prepare for Sewing
the needle thread, leaving Tensions
With the left hand hold the end of the balance wheel over
it slackfrom the hand to the needle, turn For ordinary stitching the upper and under threads should be
locked in the center of the thickness of the material, thus:

FIG. 13. PERFECT STITCH

If the tension on the upper thread is too tight, or if that on the

under thread is too loose, the thread will lie straight along the
upper surface of the material, thus:

FIG. 14. TIGHT Ul‘l’l-Jll TENSION

If the tension on the under thread is too tight or if that on the

upper thread is too loose, the thread will lie straight along the
under side of the material, thus:

FIG. 12. memo Ur or run Unnnu Tuna/m *- ‘* trainin?a

to Its Loose Urran TENSION
moves down and up again FIG. 15.
toward you until the needle under thread; draw up the needle
highest point, thus catching
the the
will come up With It through
thread and the under thread threads back To Regulate the Tensions
Fig. 12). Lay both
hole in the needle plate (see The upper thread tension is regulated by the thumb nut at the
under the feeding foot. top of the tension discs; to increase the tension turn over to the
right, or to the left to decrease. The under thread tension
is
To Commence Sewing spring;
the feeding foot, lower the foot regulated by the screw near the end of the shuttle tension
Place the material beneath the balance wheel over to increase the tension turn over to the right, or to the left
to
upon it and commence to sew, turning decrease. When the under thread tension has been once properly
toward you. adjusted it is seldom necessary to change it, as a correct stitch can
To Remove the Work usually be obtained by varying the upper thread tension.
highest point, raise the feeding
Let the needle bar rest at its cut
materIal backward about 3 inches and To Turn a Corner
f t, then draw the
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the threads
work. Leave the ends of Stop the machine and turn the balance wheel over toward
the threads close to the
under the feeding foot you by hand until the feeding foot is raised, then turn the work
as desired using the needle as a pivot.
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Stitch
To Regulate the Length of HINTS
by the stitch regulator which
The length of stitch is regulated on the feed bar. Loosen the
is held in position by a
thumb screw ' not too tight;
See that the bel t 18
The Belt . ' it shoul 1 l
down to lengthen the stitch
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thumb screw and move the

regulator
before be tight enough not to slip. If too loose remove the hook? rays
the thumb screw must be tightened end, shorten the belt and rejoin. d one
or up to shorten;
commencing to sew. after
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If the machine runs hard
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the Material
To Regulate the Pressure on . ' . some iine use a little kerosene or ben"
is regulated by the thumb
screw in the ailing places, run the machine rapidly, then wipe clean 3:3
The pressure on the material nut on the back of the machine oil. If it still runs hard it is c ertam that ' "
by the lock
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which is held in position

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nut and turn the overlooked in cleaning and oiling. some be‘nmg has been
center of the long arm. Loosen the lock
at the or to the
right to increase the pressure, seal}? fivoid Breaking
thumb screw around to the should be See that the feeding foot is
Needles.
left to decrease, then tighten
the lock nut. The
than in fabrics
pressure
and should only be e y astened by the thumb screw. Do not sew he'ivy sea
heavier for Work in leather
along evenly. fir veiy thick material with too fine a needle. A large needle arrild
feed to move the work
heavy enough to enable the iretgl to correspond should be used on heavy work. See page 4
Feeding Foot Whe ef'ttlilat the-needle is not bent and avoid pulling the material
To Regulate the Lift of the it has n s i c iing, either Will cause the needle to strike on the i ll >

foot rises off the fabric after 18“

While stitching, the feeding and then plate and break. e
moves toward the needle,
moved the Work forward, this lift should be by:Up per T hread. If t he upper thread
' breaks it
fabric; it is better that may Breaking
be caused of ' '
again upon the
descends work in hand; to
to clear the thickest part of the
only sufficient bar at
loosen the wing nut in the block on the long improper threading of machine.
adjust the lift the balance
and move the block toward leiiSion being too tight.
the back of the machine, opposite direction Hie thread being too coarse for the size of the needle.
to lift higher, or in the
wheel to cause the foot ie needle being bent, having a blunt point or belllf
to reduce the lift. set incorrectly. ' 5
Feed
To Change the Direction of the Breaking
it may Under Thr ea d .
of by;
be Caused If the under thread breaks
while stitching by the feeding
As the work is moved along changed as desired
of the stitching can be improper threading of shuttle.
foot only, the direction above it.
by means of the two handles
by turning the foot around l‘ension being too tight.
of the Machine
To Ensure Perfect Action lt .Sklppillg of Stitches. The needle may not be accurately
the top of the balance wheel St into the needle bar or the needle may be blunt or bent.
When the machine is in operation,
toward the operator.
must always turn over the feeding
without material between
Never run the machine
foot and needle plate. needle are
run the machine when both shuttle and
Do not foot.
is material under the feeding
threaded unless there the work lest you
try to help the machine by pulling
Do not without assistance.
machine feeds the work
bend the needle; the