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Machine Maintenance
Clean and Oil Your Infinity
The only place where you need to regularly oil your machine is the bobbin hook assembly. Failure to keep
the hook assembly lubricated can cause severe damage to the machine. We recommend that you oil the
hook assembly with each bobbin change and before use if you haven’t used the machine for a few days. A
change in the sound of the machine while quilting also indicates that it may need to be oiled.
NOTE
: Internal oiling needs to be done when the machine is taken to a service technician for
routine maintenance and cleaning, every 24 months or 15 million stitches (whichever comes first).
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IMPORTANT
: Only use light sewing machine oil in the hook when oiling your machine.
To clean the bobbin area and oil the bobbin hook
ONLINE
: To see how to clean and oil the bobbin area, watch the video
Maintaining Your Machine
at:
http://www.handiquilter.com/videos/hq-infinity/244/
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1. Turn off the machine by powering off the front switch. Then remove the bobbin and bobbin case.
2. To clean the bobbin basket area, use canned air. This ensures that you don’t damage any of the
wires or the bobbin-thread cutter. Any dust or lint will be blown out of the openings surrounding
the bobbin basket.
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IMPORTANT:
Use short bursts of canned air. Be sure to also follow the specific instructions that
come with the canned air.
3. Put a small drop of oil on the hook in the region
where the bobbin basket assembly and the
rotating hook meet. The oil will work its way
back into the interlocking area of the hook and
bobbin basket.
4. Replace the bobbin and bobbin case and turn on the machine.
Machine Quilting Tip: After oiling your machine
After oiling, always sew on a scrap piece of fabric off to the side of the quilt as oil may cling
to thread. Over oiling can cause excess dripping from the bobbin assembly.
