The Joy of Quilting with Your Long-Arm Machine
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Encoder for Machine:
INSTALLATION
• Carefully set the machine on its side
• Use the 4mm Allen wrench to remove the back outside wheel
• Grab the short cord encoder
• Before you put it on the machine, you need to loosen (but DO NOT completely
remove) the set screw with the 2mm Allen wrench.
• Grab the wheel and make sure the spacer is facing toward the machine
(away from the encoder)
• Tighten the wheel and encoder to the machine with the 4mm Allen wrench
Setting the Spring with the Set Screw
MACHINE ENCODER:
• Hold the encoder toward the front
handles of the machine (parallel to
the throat of the machine) with your
left hand.
• Insert the 2mm allen wrench into the
set screw.
• While holding the encoder with your
left hand, bring the set screw and
2mm wrench down with your right
hand until it is pointed down (at least
90 degrees from the encoder’s wheel)
and then tighten the set screw so that
it is hand tight (DO NOT over tighten).
CARRIAGE ENCODER:
• Set the carriage on the frame (you will be standing at the back of the frame).
• Rotate the carriage to the right so the wheel with the encoder on it is off the track
hanging off the frame.
• Insert the 2mm allen wrench into the set screw.
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
