11. Care
After each use, remove any pieces of thread, material, and fluff. Only in this way will you ensure that the sewing machine continues to work correctly and lasts for a long time.
Warning!:
Before carrying out any maintenance work on the sewing machine, first pull the plug out of the power socket. This will prevent the risk of accidents due to the machine being started unintention- ally.
a)Clean the gripper area
Important!
Never disassemble any of the mechani- cal parts at the gripper. Extensive expe- rience with mechanical devices is required in order to reassemble these.
Only Customer Service has the special equipment necessary for disassembling the gripper mechanisms. It should be enough for the user just to clean this area with a brush or vacuum cleaner.
First raise the needle fully, by turning the handwheel.
Open the gripper cover
Take out the bobbin.
•Clean away all dirt with a brush or a vacuum cleaner (fitted with a brush attachment).
b)Clean the feeder
Take out the needle.
Take out the sew foot, as described in Chapter 8.
Remove the screws from the stitch plate and take out the stitch plate. You can now clean the feeder.
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