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Title: Cyclopedia of textile work : a general reference library on cotton, woolen and worsted yarn manufacture, weaving, designing, chemistry and dyeing, finishing, knitting, and allied subjects
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American School (Lansing, Ill.)
Subjects: Textile fabrics Textile industry
Publisher: Chicago : American school of correspondence
Contributing Library: Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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of cylinder stitch cams, so that all the marks will arrive atthe guide at the same time, which will sometimes require severalchanges. If using white yarn, it can readily be marked by placingone end of a scale at the hole in the guide, and grasping the yarn atthe other end of the scale, slightly twisting it between the thumband forefinger of the other hand, somewhat soiled with the oil oozingfrom some bearing. If dark yarn, use powdered chalk for marking.Care should be used that the length of yarn measured off should beas long as convenient, and the length accurate at the same tension.To Shorten or Lengthen the Stitch. A small set screw B^Figs. 41 and 42, bears against the stud which holds the stitch camin the cam ring. By means of this set screw, the stitch cam may be 130 KNITTING 117 adjusted up or down. The stitch cam B^ is riveted to a sphne, forwhich there is a key seat in the cam ring. This serves as a guide forthe cam. Turn the set screw B^ in to slacken or lengthen the stitch,
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Fig. 57. McMichael and Wildman-Machine. Revolving Needle Cylinder. and turn it out to tighten or shorten. The dial cam is adjusted in asimilar manner, by means of the set screw F^°, shown in Fig. 45.Turn the set screw in to lengthen, and out to shorten or tighten thestitch. 181 118 KNITTING The stitch is also adjusted by raising or lowering the dial andcap by means of the dial arch nut G. (Fig. 39.) Raising the dialslackens or lengthens the stitch, and lowering the dial tightens orshortens the stitch. This is similar in effect with that obtained byadjusting the cylinder cam Bl

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