Janome Skyline S9, Instruction Book

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Threading the Machine
CAUTION:
Always make sure to press the lockout key to lockout
the machine before threading the machine.
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Press the needle up/down button to raise the take-up
lever to the highest position.
Press the lockout key to lockout the machine. The
presser foot will go down and the upper thread tension
disks will open.
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Lockout key
Pass the thread in order
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Hold the thread with both hands and pass the thread
into the guide slot.
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Guide slot
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Hold the thread with both hands and draw the thread
around the corner of the guide.
Firmly pull the thread toward you along the right
channel until the thread snaps.
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Corner of the guide
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Right channel
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Draw the thread down along the right channel and
around the bottom of the thread guide plate. Pull the
thread up along the left channel.
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Right channel
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Thread guide plate
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Left channel
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While holding the thread at the spool, firmly draw the
thread up and to the back of the take-up lever. Draw
the thread forward to draw it into the eye of the take-
up lever.
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Eye of the take-up lever
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Then pull the thread down along the left channel and
through the lower thread guide.
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Lower thread guide
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Slide the thread from the right of the needle bar thread
guide to the left.
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Needle bar thread guide
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Thread the needle with the needle threader (refer to
the next page).
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