Janome Harmony 8100, Instruction Book

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Threading the Machine
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Threading the Machine
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Raise the presser foot lifter. Press the up/down
needle button twice to raise the needle (see page 10).
Hold the upper thread as shown and pass the
thread under the thread guide
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.
Guide the thread around thread guide
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as
shown.
Pull the thread down and around the check spring
holder from right to left, then pull up the thread.
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Firmly draw the thread from right to left into the
eye of the take-up lever.
Then down through the lower thread guide.
c
Slide the thread behind the needle bar thread guide
from the left.
Thread the needle from front to back or use the
needle threader.
q Thread guide
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Needle Threader
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Raise the needle to its highest position. Pull down
the needle threader knob as far as it will go.
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Turn the knob in the direction of the arrow in the
illustration, then insert Hook
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into the needle
eye. Lead the thread around Guide
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and under
Hook
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.
c
Turn the knob in the direction of the arrow in the
illustration, drawing the thread loop through the
needle.
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Pull the thread through the needle eye.
* The needle threader can be used with a #11 to
#16 needle or a Janome Blue Tip needle. Thread
size 50 to 100 should also work well.
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w Guide
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