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A
B
C
D
A
Disengage the movable upper cutter
Place the movable upper cutter in nonworking
position
1. Turn the hand wheel toward you until the upper cutter is
raised to the highest position.
2. Open the front cover.
3. Push the movable cutter holder to the right as far as it will go.
4. Turn the knob away from you until the cutter clicks into the
nonworking horizontal position (A).
Note:
If the cutter stops in the up position;
- Turn the hand wheel toward you until the cutter clears the top
of the machine. Continue to rotate the cutter to the horizontal
position.
To place the movable upper cutter back in cutting
position
1. Open the front cover and push the movable cutter holder to
the right as far as it will go.
2. Turn the knob up and toward you until the cutter clicks into
the cutting position.
Note:
Always have the cutter down in the cutting position when
sewing, because this machine must trim off any excess fabric to
form the stitch over the fabric edge.
Attaching the 2-thread overlock
converter
2-thread overlock stitches are sewn using one needle thread and
the lower looper thread. Before sewing, the two-thread converter
must be attached to the upper looper, so the machine will sew
with only two threads.
1. Open the front cover.
2. Bring the upper looper to its lowest position by turning the
handwheel toward you.
3. Insert the pin (A) of the converter in the hole (B) of the
upper looper.
4. Put the positioning rib (C) in contact with the upper edge of
the looper.
5. Insert the point (D) in the hole of the upper looper.
Removing the 2-thread overlock converter
1. Remove the point (D) from the hole of the upper looper and
remove the converter.
2. Put the the 2-thread converter back to the accessory storage.