Domestic engineering; Home economics; Home economics -- Equipment and supplies; Household appliances
=233. Sliding Doors.= When sliding doors slip off the slide, they may
be replaced. They are hung like a barn door. There is a metal track
above the door between the walls. The door is hung on this track by
pulleys which slide along the track. Sometimes, by accident, these
pulleys are slipped from the track. The door then must be lifted so
that the pulley can be set back on the track. Usually the door needs
to be lifted but a fraction of an inch and then pushed a little to one
side or the other to get the pulley into place.
CHAPTER XXIII
SEWING MACHINES
[Illustration: FIG. 132. Lock-stitch machine.
1. Bed Slide
2. Presser Foot
3. Presser Foot Thumb Screw
4. Needle Clamp
5. Needle Clamp Thumb Screw
6. Needle Bar Thread Guide
7. Needle Bar Bushing
8. Thread Cutter
9. Face Plate Thumb Screw
10. Slack Thread Regulator
11. Tension Spring
12. Tension Regulating Thumb Nut
13. Tension Discs
14. Thread Take-up Spring
15. Thread Guide
16. Presser Bar Lifter
17. Face Plate
18. Pressure Regulating Thumb Screw
19. Presser Bar
20. Thread Take-up Lever
21. Thread Guide
22. Arm
23. Spool Pin
24. Bobbin Winder Stop Latch
25. Belt Cover
26. Bobbin Winder Thread Guide
27. Balance Wheel
28. Bobbin Winder Pulley
29. Bobbin Winder Spindle
30. Bobbin Winder Worm Wheel
31. Stitch Regulating Thumb Screw
32. Bed
33. Throat Plate
34. Feed Plate
]
=234. Different Types of Sewing Machines.= There are two types of
sewing machines in use--the chain-stitch and the lock-stitch. Sewing
machines are made to run by hand, foot or mechanical motor power. This
makes no difference in design or care of the stitching part of the
machine. Motor and foot power run the machine faster than hand power.
The treadle of the foot-power machines swings on pivots. These should
be kept oiled and clean from lint and thread. The large and the small
wheels for the belt should be oiled at the axle.
=235. Lock-Stitch Sewing Machine.= A lock-stitch sewing machine (Figs.
132 and 133) consists of shafts and wheels which move the needle, feed
plate and bobbin. The top thread is guided from spool to needle thru
a tension so that only the needed amount passes forward each time the
needle is raised after the thread has caught in the cloth.
When there is a difference in the size of the thread used on the
machine, the tension must be adjusted to fit the thread, unless the
tension is automatic. If the tension is not properly adjusted or the
machine threaded properly, the thread will either break, tangle at the
needle point, or draw the top thread tighter than the bottom one (Fig.
134).
A longer stitch is needed for coarse thread than for fine thread.
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