Ricoma Quick Start Guide
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sure your thread has gone through the needle, pass the thread
down the presser foot. Now, you can rest your thread on the
spring. You should leave about two inches of thread hanging
and trim the excess.
Keep in mind: The color spools will need to be placed in the
same order on all heads. For example, if you place the white
thread on needle 1 on one head, you need to place the white
thread on needle 1 on the remaining heads as well.
TIP:
Mastering basic knot tying will save you time and materials.
When tying new threads to old threads while replacing a spool, you want to create a knot that will pull
easily through the needle’s eye.
The thread tubes will be used during the threading process.
These tubes carry the thread from the thread rack to the
machine’s head. Your machine comes pre-threaded with these
tubes in place.
In the future, you may need to remove the tubes to thread your
machine from scratch. To reattach them, attach one end of the
tube to the slot just below the top thread tension knob. Then,
attach the other end of the tube to the slot on the machine’s
head. You may find it easiest to work from the center out. Guide yourself by counting the slots on the
top and bottom to make sure you are attaching the tubes to their corresponding slots. The first slot on
the top should go with the first slot on the bottom and so forth. See Figure 16.
Your welcome kit contains two boxes of embroidery thread. You will need 15 spools of thread for each
of the machine’s heads. If you haven’t done so yet, remove the wrappers on the provided thread spools.
To release the tail of the thread, unsnap the base of the cone,
and unwind until the thread is completely out of the base.
To begin threading your machine, place each thread spool onto
the spool pins. The spool pins are the 15 pins secured with grey
foam and a clear plastic reel behind each of the machine heads.
Before positioning the spools, see Figure 17 to view which
thread spool pin corresponds with each needle.
Figure 15
Figure 16
Figure 17
Preparing your machine for threading
