Bobbin Placement and Threading

1.Turn the Balance Wheel (9) counterclockwise to raise the needle to its highest position.

2.Raise the Presser Foot with its Lever (4).

3.Remove the Extension Table (6), and then the shuttle cover (located on front of the free arm).

4.Remove the Bobbin Case by grasping the Bobbin Case Latch (A) and pulling it out. See illustration below.

5.Unwind about four inches of thread from the full Bobbin and insert the Bobbin into the Bobbin Case.

6.Pull the trailing thread into the slot, down and to the left, until it enters the delivery eye under the tension spring (C).

7.Holding the Bobbin Case by the Latch (A), insert the Bobbin Case into the shuttle race and release the Latch. The Bobbin Case Finger (B) must fit into the Notch (E) at the top of the race.

Bobbin Case

8.Raise the Presser Foot and needle to their highest positions.

9.With your left hand, hold the end of the upper thread (F). With your right hand, turn the Balance Wheel (9) counterclockwise until the needle moves down and back up again to its highest position. The upper thread should have caught the lower thread in a loop.

10.Pull the upper thread toward you and the lower thread (G) will come up from the bobbin in a large loop.

11.Pull out about six inches of both threads and place them

between the toes of the Presser Foot and to the right and back of the Presser Foot.

SKU 90715

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90715 specifications

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