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TIMING OF THE RETAINER LOOPER
8-1 Front to back position of the retainer looper
When the needle bar descend from the top to the
bottom of its stroke and the point of the needle A is
same height as the point of the looper retainer B,
there should be a clearance of 2.0~2.2mm between
the point of needle and the point of looper retainer.
(In the beginning, the stitch length is aligned with
scale no.3 on the hand pulley.) when adjusting,
loosen the screw C of the looper retainer bar D and
adjust the front to back position.
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When the stitch length is changed much, necessary
to the adjust again because the clearance would be
changed.
8-2 Left to right position of the retainer looper
When the looper E at the extreme front end of its
travel, the point of the looper retainer should be on
the line F of the looper E.
When adjusting, loosen the screw H of the retainer
looper holder G and adjust the left to right position.
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When the needle bar descend from the top to the
bottom of its stroke and the point of the needle A is
same height as the point of the looper retainer B,
there should be a clearance of 0.8~1.3mm between
the point of the needle A and the left side of the
retainer looper B.
8-3 Adjusting the height of the retainer looper
The retainer looper is the nearest position to the top
of the looper E, there should be a clearance of
0.1~0.4mm between the point of the retainer looper
B and the top of looper E. When adjusting, loosen
the screw H of the retainer looper holde G.
< Note>
Before adjusting machine, be sure to turn off the
motor.
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