Brother Computerized Sewing and Quilting Machine Winding the Bobbin Using the Spool Pin

■Winding the Bobbin Using the Spool Pin

The main spool pin cannot be used to wind the bobbin while sewing. For details, see “Using the Supplemental Spool Pin” on page 25.

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aTurn on the machine.

bOpen the top cover.

cAlign the groove in the bobbin with the spring on the bobbin winder shaft, and then slide the bobbin onto the shaft.

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aGroove in bobbin

bSpring on bobbin winder shaft

dPivot the spool pin so that it angles upward, and then place the spool of thread on the spool pin.

*Make sure that the thread unwinds from the front.

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aSpool cap

bThread spool

cSpool pin

LOWER/UPPER THREADING

eSlide the spool cap as far as possible onto the spool pin, and then return the spool pin to its original position.

fWhile holding the thread from the spool with both hands, pull the thread through the lower notch in the thread guide plate, then through the upper notch.

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aLower notch in the thread guide plate

bUpper notch in the thread guide plate

gPass the thread through the thread guide.

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aThread guide

hPass the thread under the pin on the bobbin winding thread guide, and then pass it around the pretension disk.

*Make sure that the thread passes under the pretension disk.

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aPin

bPretension disk

i Follow steps g through j on page 26.

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Getting Ready

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