Manual Buttonhole

(_DStitch width:

3 to

6,.5

(_) Stitch

length:

Blue

zone

Needle

thread tension:

2to6

 

(_ Presser foot B:

Buttonhole foot

* Manual Buttonhole

:_ If the diameter of the button is more than 1'"(2°5 cm), a buttonhole must be made manually as follows:

[!]Turn the handwheel toward you to raise the needle to its highest position. Raise the presser foot Jiftero

[] Set the stitch at " _1" by turning the stitch selector,

:_" If the stitch is already at " U ", reset the machine in accordance with the instructions on page 76,

Attach the buttonhole foot (B)_

PuJl the buttonhole lever downward as far as it will go.

[] Lower the needle into the garment where the buttonhole is to start, and lower the foot..

[] Sew the front bartack and left row, then stop the

machine after sewing the desired total length of buttonhole.=

[] Pull the buttonhole lever toward you..

[] Sew the back bartack and right row, then stop the machine at the starting point.

_' To cut the opening and to reset for sewing the next buttonhole, refer to the instructions on page 76.

_WIDTH (b

_LENGTH ®

®

J

f

f

%%

J

J

82

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385. 17630 specifications

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