Baby Lock imagine BLE1AT-2, Instruction Manual

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Bypassing the Threading Port
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Heavyweight threads can be used through your regular looper
thread paths. Specific techniques may require that the thread
bypass the thread port for the thread pull to be loosened. Start
with the machine threaded with regular serger thread.
1. Open front cover and raise the presser foot.
2. Just above the threading port, clip the looper thread to be
replaced. Pull the thread out of the upper guides and remove
the cone.
3. Place the specialty thread on the spool pin. Thread it into the
upper guides and clip it a couple of inches beyond the base
plate (fig. A).
4. With machine lock button released, use the tweezers to pull
the existing looper thread out of tube extending from the
threading mechanism (fig. B). Leave the thread in the looper
arm.
5. Tie the specialty thread onto the regular thread with an over-
hand knot (fig. C). Pull on the regular thread from the looper
eye until the specialty thread comes through the looper eye.
6. Place upper looper thread under the foot and to the left: clip
lower looper thread at the base plate.
If the thread is heavy and the overhand knot (step #5) is too
large for the looper tube, follow directions #1 thru #6 on page
43 to make a thread cradle. Then:
1. Release machine lock button.
2. While holding the loose ends of the thread cradle with one
hand, use the tweezers to pull the cradle loop out of the tube
extending from the threading mechanism with the other hand.
3. Insert 2 inch(5cm) of your decorative thread into the cradle
loop. Pull on the loose ends of the thread cradle from the
looper eye until the specialty thread comes through the
looper eye.