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Heavyweight threads can be used through the chain 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 chain looper thread.
Pull the thread out of the upper guides and remove the
thread cone.
3. Place the specialty thread on the spool pin. Thread it into
the upper guides and tension disk. Bring the thread end
through the hole just left of the jet-air threading port. (This
will allow the front door to be closed while sewing. Leave
approximately 12 inches (30cm) of thread to be threaded
through the chain looper. (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 loop-
er arm.
5. Tie the specialty thread onto the regular thread with an
overhand knot (fig. C). Pull on the regular thread from the
looper eye until the specialty thread comes through the loop-
er eye.
6. Lay the thread end in the chain looper tray and close the
side door. (fig.D)
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
34 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 inches (5cm) of the 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
chain looper eye.Lay in the chain looper tray and close the
side door.
Bypassing the Threading Port
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