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To carry out work with the sewing machine raised,
follow the steps of procedure described below.
1. Move feeding fame
❸
to the rightmost po-
sition and fix it there. Then mount machine
head grip
❶
supplied with the unit by fully
screwing it into position.
2. Holding machine head grip
❶
, lift the sewing ma-
chine in the direction of the arrow until the main-
tenance position (where machine head support
❷
comes in contact with the table) is reached.
1-8. Raising the machine head
❹
❸
❶
❷
Maintenance position of the sewing machine
❻
❺
・
If a 20 kg or more load is neces
-
sary to be applied to the position
of machine head grip
❶
in order to
lift the machine head, gas spring
❺
has outgassed. Be sure to replace
the gas spring with a new one.
・
While raising the sewing machine,
gas spring
❺
works to move the sew
-
ing machine in the direction of the
arrow when the sewing machine is in
-
clined by approximately 45 degrees of
an angle with respect to the table. It is
therefore necessary to lift the sewing
machine until the maintenance posi
-
tion is reached while supporting the
sewing machine with both hands.
3. Turn stopper release lever
❻
in the direction
of the arrow to secure the sewing machine.
Never operate stopper release le
-
ver
❻
at any position other than the
maintenance position so as not to
allow your hand or other part of body
to be caught between the sewing
machine and the table.
WARNING :
Tilt/raise the sewing machine head with both hands taking care not to allow your fingers to be caught
in the head.
Turn OFF the power before starting the work so as to prevent accidents caused by abrupt start of
the sewing machine.
