Optional Accessories; Large Extension Table; Useful Tips For Trouble Shooting; General Disturbances - Singer 6180 Bedienungsanleitung

Optional accessories

Large extension table

To mount the extension table, open the support
base and push the guide pins of the table as shown
into the openings A, B, C and D on the machine.
1 2
C
D
Extension table
1

Useful tips for trouble shooting

= Fault
= Cause
= Solution

General disturbances

= Machine does not sew.
= The main switch is not switched on.
= Switch on the main switch.
= Buttonhole lever is not in the top position
during sewing of patterns.
= Bring the buttonhole lever into the upper
position.
= Buttonhole lever is not lowered during sewing
of buttonholes.
= Lower the buttonhole lever.
= Machine is blocked/knocking.
= Thread is caught in the hook.
= Clean the hook area.
= The needle is damaged.
= Replace the needle.
A
B
Support base
2
= Machine does not transport.
= The presser foot is in the upper position.
= Lower the presser foot.

Problems with stitches

= Leaving out stitches
= The needle is not completely pushed into the
needle holder.
= See „Changing the needle".
= The needle is blunt or bent.
= Replace the needle.
= The machine is not properly threaded.
= See „Removing the bobbin case", „Inserting
the bobbin into the bobbin case", „Inserting
the bobbin case into the hook".
= Thread is caught in the hook.
= Clean the hook area.
= Irregular stitches
= Needle thickness does not match the fabric
and thread.
= See „Changing the needle".
= The machine is not properly threaded.
= See „Removing the bobbin case", „Inserting
the bobbin into the bobbin case", „Inserting
the bobbin case into the hook", „Threading
the upper thread".
= Upper thread tension is too loose.
= See „Setting the tension of the thread".
= You have pulled at the fabric or pushed it
against the transport direction.
= Only guide the fabric lightly.
= Lower thread is not evenly wound.
= Wind again.
= Needle breaks
= You have pulled at the fabric or pushed it
against the transport direction.
= Only guide the fabric lightly.
= Needle thickness does not match the fabric
and thread.
= See „Changing the needle".
= The needle is not completely pushed into the
needle holder.
= See „Changing the needle".
GB/IE 77