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Threading the Machine
Raise the presser foot. Press the needle up/down button
to raise the thread take-up lever to its highest position.
CAUTION:
Turn off the power switch before threading the machine.
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Turn the power switch off. Draw the thread around the
upper thread guide.
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Upper thread guide
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While holding the thread near the spool, draw the
thread down along the right channel.
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Right channel
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Pull the thread up around the bottom of the thread
guide plate.
Pull the thread up along the left channel.
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Thread guide plate
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Left channel
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Firmly draw the thread up and to the back of the
take-up lever. Draw the thread forward to pass it into
the take-up lever eye.
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Take-up lever eye
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Pull the thread down along the left channel and pass
the thread through the lower thread guide.
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Lower thread guide
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Slide the thread behind the needle bar thread guide
on the left.
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Needle bar thread guide
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Thread the needle from front to back, or use the
needle threader.
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Needle
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