MOVE
TO^
HIGHEST
POINT
LONG-^
GROOVE
TO
LEFT
LOOSEN
NEEDLE
CLAMPING
SCREW
INSERT
NEEDLES
AS
FAR
POSSIBLE
AND
TIGHTEN
SCREW
Fig. 8* Needle Setting
HOLD
THIS
END
TWIRL
OVER
TOWARD
YOU
Fig.
9.
Thread
Twist
Determination
SETTING
THE
NEEDLE
1. Turn machine pulley over toward you until
needle
bar is
at
highest
position
as
shown in
Fig.
8.
2.
Loosen
needle
clamping
screw
3. Insert
needle
into
needle
bar to
highest
posi
tion, with long groove of
needle
to
left
of opera
tor and eye of needle parallel to machine arm.
4. Tighten clamping screw.
THREAD
Left
twist
thread
should
be
used
in
needle.
Either
left
or right
twist
thread
can be used in
bobbin.
To determine thread
twist,
hold thread
as
shown
in Fig. 9.
With
left hand holding one end of thread,
twirl other end with thumb and forefinger of right
hand over toward you. If left
twist
thread,
strands
will wind tighter. If right twist thread, strands will
unwind or
separate.
UPPER
THREADING
Turn machine pulley over toward you until
needle
bar is ot
highest
position.
Pass
thread through threfading points as indicated
MOVE
TO
HIGHEST
POINT
Threading
Needle
in
Fig.
10.
Draw
about 2 inches of thread through needle eye
to
start
sewing.
Threading
Tension
Assembly
'BEHIND
OIL
PAD
Fig. 10. Upper
Threading