Singer CLASS 99 Sewing Machine User Manual


 
Class 99 & 99K
THE ADJUSTABLE HEMMER
To make hems from 3/16 to 15/16
inch wide.
Attach adjustable hemmer to
presser bar in place of presser
foot.
1.
Pull up bobbin thread as
instructed on page 18.
2.
Loosen thumb screw on hemmer
and move scale until pointer
registers with number of desired
width of hem. (No. 1 indicates the
narrowest hem and No. 8, the
widest.) Then tighten thumb
screw.
3.
Place cloth in hemmer and draw it
back and forth until hem is formed
as shown.
4.
Draw end of hem back under
needle, lower presser bar and
start to sew.
5.
Guide sufficient cloth into
hemmer to turn hem properly.
6.
Wide Hemming
To make a hem more than 15/16 inch
wide, loosen thumb screw in hemmer
and move scale to right as far as it will
go, then swing it toward you as shown
and tighten thumb screw. Fold and
crease down a hem of the desired
width, pass fold under extension at right
of hemmer, and the edge into folder as
shown and proceed to stitch the hem.
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