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The HQ Sweet Sixteen utilizes high-tech electronics
and an innovative touch-pad user interface to offer
greater functionality and ease of operation to home
quilters than ever before conceived in the quilting
industry. The HQ Sweet Sixteen quilting machine is
a high quality machine that incorporates very robust
design features and is very easy to service.
The HQ Sweet Sixteen machine is constructed fol-
lowing a specific sequence of operations, similar to
About the HQ
Sweet Sixteen
About the Manual and HQ Support
The purpose of this service manual is to help the
technician complete a repair on a machine accurately
and quickly. The manual is complete with photo-
graphs and explanations that we hope will aid you in
your repair efforts. In addition to the teaching aids
found herein, you will also find all of the tools listed
that are necessary for adjustments. If you need help
in locating these tools for purchase, please contact
Handi Quilter.
Handi Quilter’s Customer Relations technical staff
is available for assistance and advice during normal
Service Manual General Rules
• Adjustments shown in the manual should only be
made if a setting deviates from the tolerance specified
in the manual.
• Adjustments should be made only in the logical se
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quence shown and described in the manual. (Do not
jump ahead or start in the middle of the adjustment
sequence – this may cause additional or more serious
problems than the original issue.)
• Safety must be considered when working on any
machine. Safety warnings are included throughout
this manual where appropriate, but these warnings
do not address all possible safety concerns that might
confront the service technician.
the construction of a house. Walls cannot be erected
until the foundation is in place. Similarly, this serv-
ice manual has been written with an adjustment
logic that is driven by the construction processes
used to create the machine. If the service technician
carefully follows the adjustment steps in the order
presented, a fine running quilting machine is possi-
ble each and every time.
business hours. For additional help in technical
training, we refer you to the training schedule at the
Corporate Office in North Salt Lake, Utah which is
available on the Rep website or by calling the HQ Rep
Support Line at 1-866-262-1680.
A digital copy (pdf) of this manual is available online
on the Rep website. Go to www.HandiQuilter.com
and click on Rep Login, then use the username and
password provided to you to obtain access to the Rep
website.
• When working on or near any live electrical as
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semblies, the power cable must be removed from the
machine.
• We urge you to observe the cautions in the manual.
• Please note that the hand wheel must always be
turned in the direction of normal rotation unless
otherwise instructed. This is especially true when
making the loop-lift timing and needle-height
adjustment. (Exceptions are removing thread locks
or testing belt tension. The hand wheel may be
rocked forward and reverse in these cases.)