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08-30-2018, 05:10 AM

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Not all. These still work

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Originally Posted by miriam

T K Evans,
Nice machine - looks like a lot of Kenmore machines -
Here is a link to a generic zz manual
http://www.dontai.com/wp/images/imperial-535-manual.pdf
I don't know if it will help with the decorative stitches though. I see a plastic cam stack so it is from the 80's
I'm thinking I like the drop in cams/disks better than the cam stack machines.
Much easier to work on and they seem to keep on going.

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Originally Posted by miriam

Actually there is a Belle Aire - it is a red machine. This MANUAL is the manual you need for that machine: http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_...al-rotated.pdf
Muv has a video for a Singer 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2tiiZ51J7g
The clones should thread the needle right to left - some of the Singer 15s thread left to right but they are the same beast and the same manual. It is unlikely that you will find a specific manual for a clone.

I'm not sure about the youtube in the last one. If one can find a similar White machine, https://www.singer.com/support might have it. I have looked for a few White manuals on the Singer site that weren't there, but a lot are.

I was thinking I have found some manuals on manualslib.com but when I searched for deluxe zigzag manuals all that came up were for Singer machines.

I don't remember any Japanese manuals on VSS, yet. I have a couple that I should scan and have posted.

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.

Last edited by OurWorkbench; 08-30-2018 at 05:25 AM. Reason: additional thoughts

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