White W2500 manual Testing Stitch Overlock Stitches, Thread Tensions, Thread by With scissors

TESTING STITCH
	OVERLOCK
	STITCHES
After threading is completed, use a scrap of fabric		that you
plan to sew and test to sew in the following order.
1.	Gently pulling all the threads to the left, lower the presser
	foot. Rotate the hand wheel towards you a few	times to
	see if the lock stitches are properly formed.

2.

Start the

machine at low

speed and feed

in test

fabric

under the

presser foot by slightly

pushing

it forward.

(This

can

be

done with the presser foot down

on

most fabrics

except

bulky

materials.)

Guide

the

fabric gently

as

machine automatically

feeds

the

material.

3.

Check

thread

tensions

by

test sewing on

spare

fabric.

(See page 36.)

4.

At fabric end,

carry on

running

machine at low

speed,

gently pulling

the fabric

towards

the back,

until about 5

to 6

cm of

extra lock stitches are

produced without fabric.

Cut

thread by

with scissors.

Fig.

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