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Threading the Machine
To set the needle thread:
Raise the thread take-up lever to the highest position by
turning the handwheel.
Raise the presser foot.
z
Draw the thread from the spool and pass it under the
thread guide. Then draw it down along the right
channel.
q
Thread guide
w
Right channel
x
Draw the thread up around the bottom of the thread
guide plate.
Pull the thread up along the left channel
e
Thread guide plate
r
Left channel
c
Firmly draw the thread from right to left over the
thread take-up lever and down into the take-up lever
eye.
t
Thread take-up lever
v
Draw the thread down along the left channel and slip
the thread behind the needle bar thread guide from
the left.
y
Needle bar thread guide
b
Pass the thread through the needle eye from the front
or use the needle threader (refer to the next page).
z
x
c
b
v
q
w
e
r
t
y
z
x
c
v
b
