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DANGER :
1. Do not lift the sewing machine for any purpose other than for installation, repair or adjustment
in order to prevent accidents resulting in personal injuries due to pinching. In addition, the
sewing machine has to be lifted for repair or adjustment only by a maintenance technician
who is familiar with the machine.
2. If you nd the sewing machine is too heavy to lift, the gas spring may have malfunctioned
due to outgassing.
Never lift the sewing machine in such a state since the machine can drop to pinch hands,
ngers and arms resulting in serious injury.
* Carefully read the description given in "10-14. (6) Standard of replacing time of the gas spring"
p.94 and "10-14. (7) Replacing the gas spring" p.95.
3. Be sure to carry out the work while strictly observing the following in order to protect against
serious injury to hands, ngers and/or arms due to pinching in the relevant parts of the sewing
machine.
• Be sure to hold the sewing machine by the ribs located on the front side of the bed.
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Be sure to securely x the sewing machine in the raised position by locking the hinge stopper.
4. Do hole hold any part other than the ribs located on the front side of the bed.
5. If you raise the sewing machine with the feed base remained this side, the feed base can move
to pinch hands and ngers resulting in an unexpected injury.
3-6. Raising and returning the sewing machine
The sewing machine can be raised/returned to/from four different heights.
1st step 2nd step
3rd step
4th step
WARNING :
When raising/returning the sewing machine from/to its home position, check to be sure that the
sewing machine is locked by the support shaft in the stop position of each step of the hinge stopper.