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Hobbymatic
800., 801, 802,
803, 806, 807
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Contents Page
Removing the carrying case cover 1
Foot control receptacle 1
Electrical connection 2
Foot control 2
Disengaging motor 3
Removing bobbin case and bobbin 3
Disengaging the sewing mechanism 4
Bobbin winding 4
Inserting the bobbin 5
Inserting the bobbin case 5
Upper threading 6
Threadingtheneedle 6
Drawing up the bobbin thread 7
Presser bar lifter 7
Thread cutter 8
Regulating the stitch length 8
Sewing straight stitches 9
Zigzag stitches 9
Needle position 9
Selecting utility stitches, 802 to 807 10
Selecting stretch stitches, 806 and 807 10
Utility stitches, models 802 to 807 11
Stretch stitches, models 806, 807 11
Thread tensions 12
Changing the needle 13
Reverse sewing 13
Dropping the machine feed 13
Changing the sewing foot 14
Sewing feet 15
Special sewing feet 16
Buttonhole settings 16
Sewing buttonholes 17
Fitting detachable workplate 18
Changing the light bulb 19
Cleaning and oiling 19
Trouble shooting 20

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Parts of your sewing machine Some safety rules

a) Be careful not to injure your

fingers on the needle during sewing.

b) Make sure you unplug the lead

whenever you have to change the
needle, sewing foot, bobbin or
needle plate, or when you clean or
oil the machine or have to interrupt
sewing and leave the machine for a
while.

C) A 15-watt bulb is the maximum

size of bulb which can be used in
the sewing lamp.
1 Take-up lever
2 Thread guide
3 Bobbin tension stud
(for bobbin winding) IMPORTANT!
and thread guiding hook Valid for United Kingdom only!
4 Zigzag-stitch lever The wires in this mains lead are
5 Utility- and stretch-stitch coloured in accordance with the
selector dial (802-807) i’ollowing code:
6 Buttonhole and needle Blue: Neutral
positioning lever Brown: Live
7 Spool pins As the colours of the wires in the
8 Bobbin winder mains lead of this appliance may not
9 Hand wheel correspond with the coloured
10 Stop motion knob markings identifying the terminals in
11 Stitch length control your plug, proceed as follows: The
12 Reverse feed control wire which is coloured blue must be
13 Base (on portable machines) connected to the terminal which is
14 Needle plate marked with the letter N or coloured
15 Bed cover black.
16 Sewing foot holder with The wire which is coloured brown
sewing foot must be connected to the terminal
17 Sewing foot retaining screw which is marked with the letter L or
18 Presser bar with thread cutter coloured red.
19 Needle thread tension
20 Presser bar lifter Please note:
(on back of machine arm) When 13 amperes plug is used a
21 Needle set screw 3 amperes fuse has to fitted.
22 Drop-feed button
23 Free arm
24 Free arm cover
(enclosing sewing hook)
25 Motor disengaging knob

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 Removing the carrying case cover Foot control receptacle
Open the hinges on both sides of the Remove this receptacle from the machine
cover (G), move them back up (H) and for sewing. Before putting the machine
then remove the cover (I). away after sewing replace the receptacle
To replace the cover, reverse this proce in its original position. On models 800,
dure, making sure the bottom of the hinge 802 and 806 place it on the bed plate, and
catches properly in the slot. on models 801, 803 and 807 push it into
the free arm.

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 Electrical connection Foot control
Push plug G into the machine socket and Place the foot control on the floor under
plug H into the wall socket. Your machine the table. Press it down with your foot.
is now ready for sewing. The machine starts sewing. The more you
press down the pedal, the faster the
machine runs.

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 Disengaging the sewing mechanism Bobbin winding
Before you start winding the bobbin, Disengage the sewing mechanism. Raise
disengage the sewing mechanism. To do pins 7 and place a spool of thread on one
this, hold the hand wheel steady and with of them. Place a bobbin on bobbin winder
the other hand turn the stop motion knob 8 so that pin H enters slot G. Pass the
towards you. After bobbin winding, turn thread from the spooi around bobbin
the knob in the opposite direction to tension stud 3, wind it around the bobbin
re-engage the sewing mechanism. a few times and push the bobbin to the
right for winding. When the bobbin is full
push it to the left and remove it. Re
engage the mechanism.

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 Inserting the bobbin Inserting the bobbin case
Insert the filled bobbin in the bobbin case Pull up latch I and push the bobbin case
so that the thread unreels towards the onto stud B as far as it will go. Cutout H
back (G). Then draw the thread into slot H must point upwards. Release the latch.
and under the spring into eye I. Stud G and latch I must be flush.

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 Upper threading Threading the needle
Raise the sewing foot and the take-up Thread the needle from front to back.
lever. Pull the thread from the spool
through thread guiding hook 3, thread
guide 2 and from the right into needle
thread tension 19. Pass the thread around
the tension stud and pull it slightly to the
right behind guide G. Draw the thread
from the right through take-up lever 1 and
pull it through guide H.

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 Drawing up the bobbin thread Presser bar litter
Hold the needle thread a little taut. Turn Lever 20 has three positions.
hand wheel 9 toward you until the needle G = The sewing foot is raised. (Before you
moves down and up again and the take-up remove the work, turn the balance
lever is up. Pull the bobbin thread out of wheel forward to raise the needle and
the needle hole and lay both threads take-up lever 1.)
toward the left and back under the sewing H = The sewing foot is lowered for sewing.
foot. = Darning position for the darning foot

only. Position I is marked by a notch.

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 Regulating the stitch length
Thread cutter (G) the
The stitch length is set at mark G on
The thread cutter is an oblique slot th cont rol. The num bers
bar. stitch leng
located at the back of the presser indicate the length in mm.
ng foot. Pull the work out
Raise the sewi h length
towa rd the back . Draw the Fig. H shows how to set the stitc
of the mach ine ng stret ch stitches on
and pull them control for sewi
threads into the cutte r slot
models 806 and 807.
downwards to cut them.

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 Selecting stretch stitches on
Selecting utility stitches on models 806 and 807
models 802 to 807 The various tretch stitches poss
ible are
ible are
The various utility stitches poss indicated in gree n in the red sec tor of the
by black lette rs in the red sector the
indicated stitc h pane l and on pag e 11. Turn
mach ine and
of the stitch panel on the utility- and stretch-stitch selector
dial until
explained on pag e 11. ond ing to the stitch you
the letter cor resp
h selector dial
The utility- and stretch-stitc want app ears in the cuto ut at the bottom
d in a clockwise
5 should only be turne (see Fig.). Set the stitch leng
th selector at
direction. n stre tch sym bol (see Fig. below),
corresponding the gree
Turn dial 5 until the letter and the zigzag-stitch lever to the required
is in the centre of
to the stitch you want zigzag-width.
at the botto m (see Fig. below).
the cutout
to the
Set stitch length selector 11
th, and the zigza g-
req uired stitch leng
to the requ ired zigza q-wi dth.
stitch lever

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 Utility stitches, models 802—807 Stretch stitches, models 806, 807
A Straight stitch A Elastic triple straight stitch
B Zigzag stitch B Elastic triple zigzag stitch
C Elastic stItch C Honeycomb stitch
D Blindstitch D Pullover stitch
E Elastic decorative stitch E Feather stitq\h
F Shell-edge stitch F Overlock stitch

Models 802 and 803 have utility stitches

A to D.

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 Upper tension (19) The correct lower tension
G = Setting mark. The normal tension Let the bobbin case with a full bobbin
setting is in the white range between hang down freely by the thread. It must
3 and 5. The higher the number, the not slide down by its own weight, but
tighter the tension. should gradually move downwards when
you jerk your hand upwards lightly.
Lower tension
H = Regulating screw.
Turn it left for a looser tension, or
right for a tighter tension.
= Both tensions are correct.

J = Upper tension too loose or lower

tension too tight.
K Lower tension too loose or upper
tension too tight.

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 Reverse sewing
Changing the needle Push button 12. As long as you
keep this
hold the
Raise the needle bar. Then button dep ress ed, the mac hin e sew s
dle, loo sen scre w G and pull the
nee backwards.
rds. Inse rt a new
needle out downwa
705 H nee dle (with the flat
System 130/
its sha nk facing tow ard the back)
side of
go. Then Dropping the machine feed
and push it up as far as it will Push drop-feed button 22 to
position H.
tighten scre w G. (for embroidery,
The feed dog is dropped
darning etc.)
ton to
For sewing, push the drop-feed but
to pos itio n G.
the bottom, and back again

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 at the
Lower presser bar lifter 20 and
Changing the sewing foot same tim e rep osit ion the sew ing foot so
t push the red screw
To release the sewing foo that stud H fits in slot I. Hol e K and
g a sewing foot g foot
button G. When attachin J are used for atta chin g the dar nin
H ente rs slot I. Place the L serv es to
make sure stud
ing foot holder and the edge guide. Screw
sewing foot under the sew secure the sewing foot hol
der on the
h you r left hand.
and hold it in place wit presser bar .

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 Sewing feet
K Zipper foot
G Normal sewing foot
L BlindstitCh foot
H Clear-VieW foot Darning foot
M
i Buttonhole foot
N Guide
J Hemmer foot (special accessory
available from your Pfaff dealer)

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 Special sewing feet Buttonhole settings
G Zipper foot On models 802 to 807 set utility-
Insert the rear pin in groove I, and the front stitch dial
5 to B.
pin in groove J. The zipper foot can be Push lever 6 to buttonhole symbol G
adjusted sideways for stitching along the and
let it snap into position. Set the stitch
right or left zipper chain. density in the buttonhole sector of stitch
H = Darning foot length control 11. Move zigzag-stitch
Raise the needle bar. Push bracket M toward lever
4 to the right for straight stitching.
the back and hold it there. Insert the pin Insert the filler cord as follows (Fig. J):
of the foot in hole K and attach the foot so place it over the rear lug of the foot, pull
that it rests against its stop. Release bracket it
taut and clamp it in front lug K.
M so that it bears against screw N. Tighten As you sew, arrow L moves along scale
screw L. M.
This determines the buttonhole length.

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 Fitting the detachable workplate Fitting the detachable workplate
on models 800, 802 and 806 on models 601, 803 and 807
The foot control receptacle of these Push the workplate over the free arm until
models also serves as a detachable its two guide pins enter the holes
workplate. provided. Turn catch G on, the back
Turn the receptacle round and fit it to the downwards until it snaps into place. Swing
machine so that its two haoks enter the the support down (Fig. I) and press it
two holes in the machine base. Press the against the bedplate.
workplate down a little after fitting. To remove the workplate reverse this
(Figs. G and H below left.) proced ure.

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 Cleaning and oiling
Changing the light bulb On models 800, 802, 806: remo
ve cover 15
t to the
Switch off the electric curren (Fig. G). On models 801, 803, 807: remove
machine. Pull out the plug . (Fig . H>. Open
screws and need le plate
it so that
Tilt the machine back and turn free arm cover 24.
the top is in front of you. Remove the bobbin case. Clea
n the parts
towards G
Push the light bulb up, turn it round the sewi ng hook and the machine
bulb so that
and pull it out. Insert the new feed with a soft brush (Fig. I).
I. Push it up and turn
its pins slide in slots Do not oil the machine as it is
mainte
it towards H. (Fig. belo w, left.) to do is put a
nance-free. All you have
ay now and
drop of oil in the hook racew
then (Fig. J).

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 Trouble shooting

Cause: Remedy:

1. Machine skips stitches

Needle not inserted correctly. Push needle up as far as it will go, its flat
shank side facing toward the back.
Wrong needle used. Insert system 130/705 H needle.
Needle bent or blunt. Insert new needle.
Machine threaded improperly. Check threading.
Needle too thin for thread used. Select needle according to Needle and
Thread Chart.

2. Needle thread breaks

For any of the above reasons. See par. 1 above.
Thread tension too strong. Regulate thread tensions.
Poor-quality or knotty thread used, Use only good-quality thread.
or thread that has become too dry by
excessive storage.

3. Needle breaks
Needle not pushed up as far as it will go. Insert new needle and push it up as far
as it will go.
Needle bent. Insert new needle.
Needle too thin or too thick. Check Needle and Thread Chart.
Needle bent and strikes needle plate Let machine feed the work alone.
because work is pushed or pulled. Only gujde th material lightly.
Bobbin case improperly inserted. When inserting the bobbin case, press
against it until it snaps into place.

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Cause: Remedy:

4. Seam is not uniform

Tension out of adjustment. Check upper and lower tensions.
Thread too thick, knotty or hard. Use first-class thread only.
Bobbin thread wound unevenly. During bobbin winding, do not hold
thread in hand, but pass it through
thread retainer stud.
Kinks appear on top and bottom Thread machine properly and check
of material. both tensions.

5. Machine feeds irregularly or not at all

Lint has accumulated between tooth Remove needle plate and clean out lint.
rows of feed dog.
Feed dog dropped. Flick reverse-feed control to the right.
(Reverse-feed control is at left.)

6. Machine works heavily

Thread ends in hook raceway. Remove thread ends and put a drop of
oil into hook raceway.

7. Machine does not start

Motor is disengaged. Turn the motor disengaging switch until
the knob points downwards.

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