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Step 3-1:
Remove your sewing machine from the carriage before continuing.
You will also need to turn the top plate up-side down, to be able to access the
supporting hardware.
3-2:
Unscrew the Socket Head Screw and remove the back wheel on the
right side (if you are facing the front of the carriage) from the top plate
before attaching the encoder. You will use the Socket Head Screw to attatch
the encoder assembly. (Use this wheel to reassemble the encoder, as shown
above in Step 1-2, to work with this carriage.)
Note:
If your wheel bolted directly into wheel bracket without using a nut skip
to step 3-4
3-3:
If the wheel was bolted on using a nut, place the Nylock nut that was
removed from the top plate in Step 2-2 over the hole it was removed from.
3-4:
Insert the Socket Head Screw through the encoder, Washer (for Start
Right Frame only), and the Wheel which was removed and replace the wheel
on the hole it was removed from, but do not fully tighten. (See Fig. 3-1)
3-5:
Angle the encoder so that its wheel touches the track and tighten the
Socket Head Screw until the encoder is secure so that it can’t wiggle.
Make
sure that the encoder wheel is the only part that contacts any part of the
carriage. When the top plate is sitting upright, the encoder should be angled,
so that the encoder’s wheel touches the track on the Bottom Plate and the
spring on the encoder is partially compressed.
Step 3 - Top Plate Encoder Attachment
Step 4 - Bottom Plate Encoder Attachment
Step 4-1:
Unscrew the Socket Head Screw and remove the back wheel on the right side. You will use
the Socket Head Screw to reassemble the carriage. (This wheel will be used to reassemble the encoder,
as shown above in Step A-2, to work with this carriage.)
Note:
If your wheel bolted directly into wheel bracket without using a nut skip to step 4-3
4-2:
If the wheel was bolted on using a nut, place the Nylock Nut that was removed from the back right
wheel of the bottom plate in Step 4-1 over the hole from which it was removed.
4-3:
Insert the Socket Head Screw through the Encoder,
Washer (for Start Right Frame only), and wheel and into the
hole which it was removed from, but do not fully tightening.
See fig. 4-1.
4-4:
Angle the encoder until it touches the track and
tighten the Socket Head Screw until the encoder is securely
attached so that it can’t wiggle.
Make sure that the encoder
wheel is the only part that contacts any part of the carriage.
When the bottom plate is sitting upright, the encoder should
be angled up slightly, so that the encoder’s wheel touches
track on the quilting frame and the spring on the encoder is
partially compressed. (See Fig. 4-1)
Fig. 4-1
*Nylock
Nut
Wheel
Encoder
Socket Head
Screw
Fig. 3-1
Encoder
*Nylock
Nut
Socket Head
Screw
Wheel
*Washer
*Washer
* Washer is only used in Start Right Assembly
* Nylock Nut not used on some Frames
