The Joy of Quilting with Your Long-Arm Machine
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- IMPORTANT: The set screw will make the wheel of your encoder have pressure
pressing down onto your track. Without this screw, you will not have the pressure
on the wheel that is needed for the encoder to function. If you don’t loosen the
set screw before you put the encoder on the carriage, the spring of the screw will
break. Loosen the set screw first with the 2mm Allen wrench.
- Remove the cord.
• Put the wheel onto the encoder.
- NOTE: One side of the wheel has a
raised portion called a “spacer.” It
looks like a washer that is actually
part of the wheel. The other side
of the wheel is flat. You want the
spacer closest to the carriage, not
the encoder.
• Use the 4mm Allen wrench to put the
wheel back onto the carriage with
the encoder hanging from the wheel
(for now).
Encoder For A Single Wheeled Carriage (Q-Zone frames and older Grace Frames)
INSTALLATION
• Remove the back right wheel.
- NOTE: If there are any spacers on the wheel, make sure to put them back on
when you put the encoder on. You’ll have to use a 10mm open-ended Allen
wrench to remove the single wheel.
• Grab the long cord encoder
• Follow same instructions as above for the dual wheeled carriage.
Encoder with
Black Spring
Rubber
Track
Spacer 1
Washer
Spacer 2
Double Track Wheel
Lower Encoder
Upper Encoder
Lock Collar
Lock Collar
90 degrees
up
90 degrees
up
Encoder Spring Tensioning
Set Screw
