Alfa Network 233 - Upper Threading Guide

10
UPPER
THREADING
(Fig. 10
pageS)
1 .
Turn the
Balance Wheel
towards
you, raising
the
take-up lever
and needle
to their
highest points.
2. Place
spool of
thread on
spool pin.
3.
Lead thread
through
thread
guides
X and A,
by a circular
motion
with
your
hand.
4. Down,
around
and between
the
pair of Tension
Discs
B from
right to left.
5. Into
curve
on the
right-hand
side
of Check
Spring
C above
the
n
threaded Discs,
6. Under
Thread
Guide Bar D
and up through
slot of 0.
7. Up
into take-up
lever
from
RIGHT
to LEFT.
8. Down
through slot
of Thread
Guide D again.
9. Into Guide
immediately
beneath
Face Plate.
10. Through
Needle
Clamp
Guide
and
into
Needle
from LEFT
to
RIGHT,
pulling
four to
five inches
of
thread beyond
Needle
eye.
LOWER
THREAD
TO
PULL
THROUGH
(Fig.
11)
Fig.1
Hold
the end of
upper thread
lightly and
turn Balance
Wheel towards
you until
it has completed
one downward
and
upward
movement.
A
loop (Fig.
11) will
be formed
over the
upper thread
which
then 'can be
pulled out
straight.
Place
both
thread ends
under the
slot of the
presser foot
and draw
towards
the back
of the Machine,
leaving
both
threads four or
five inches long.
LIGHT SWITCH
& LAMP
REPLACEMENT
To Light
Switch
S (Fig. 10 PageS)ý
should
ALWAYS
be pushed whether
switching
ON or
OFF.
To remove
the Lamp, which
is a Screw Type
240V 15W,
open the Lamp
Cover Housing
G
by turning
to the
LEFT away
from you, tnen
unscrew
the Bulb. Replace
by the
reverse procedure.
ALWAYS
DISCONNECT
THE MACHINE
FROM
THE MAINS
FIRST