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3-5. Adjusting the needle guard
The needle guard has been mounted on the feed dog. It therefore necessary to adjust the needle guard
whenever the feed amount is changed.
(Adjusting the clearance provided between the needle and the looper)
1) Turn the hand wheel to make the top end of the looper align with the center of the needle.
2) Loosen screw
❶
, move the entire unit of the needle guard to the right or left to make the needle guard
press the needle so that the clearance of 0.1 to 0.15 mm is provided between the looper and the needle.(0.05
to 0.1 mm for MS-1261AM)
(Adjusting the vertical position of the needle guard)
1) Turn the handwheel to bring the needle guard at a position where the needle guard starts pressing the
needle.
2) Loosen screw
❷
, and move the entire unit of the needle guard up or down so that the needle guard is lo-
cated at a position where it does not press and deform needle thread loops (just below the needle eyelet).
(Adjusting the clearances between the respective needles and loopers)
If the clearances between the respective loopers and needles are not equal after the clearance between
each needle and looper has been adjusted by moving the entire unit of the needle guard, adjust so that the
equal clearance is provided between the respective loopers and needles following the steps described below.
1) Turn the handwheel to make the top end of the looper align with the center of the needle.
2) Loosen screw
❸
, move the respective needle guards to adjust so that the equal clearance is provided
between the respective needles and loouers.
MS-1261A :
0.1
～
0.15mm
MS-1261AM :
0.05
～
0.1mm
Press the
section below
the needle
eyelet.
❶
❷
❸
WARNING :
Turn OFF the power before starting the work so as to prevent accidents caused by abrupt start of the
sewing machine.
