5.
Correct
use
5-4. Winding the lower thread
A cAUTION
Do
not touch
or
place anything against
any
of
the
moving parts while winding the lower thread, other-
wise personal injury
or
damage
to
the machine
may
result.
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case A
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case B
1.
Place the bobbin all the way onto the shaft.
2.
Thread the thread as shown
in
the illustration at left,
wind the thread around the bobbin several times in
the
direction
of
the
arrow,
and
then
press
the
bobbinpresser
0.
3.
Turn on the power switch.
(The
POWER indicator on the operation panel will illu-
minate.)
4.
Check that the needle is not touching the presser foot,
and then while pressing the
STEP BACK switch
8,
depress the foot switch 8 to start the machine.
Keep depressing the foot switch
8 until the lower
thread stops being wound onto the bobbin.
Release the
STEP BACK switch 8 after the machine
starts operating.
If you release the foot switch before winding is com-
pleted, depress it once more while pressing and hold
ing the
STEP BACK switch
8.
5. The bobbin presser 0 will automatically return to its
original position after a set amount of thread
(80 -
90°/o
of the bobbin capacity) has been wound on.
6.
Release the foot switch
8.
7.
Remove the bobbin, hook the thread onto the knife
0,
and then pull the bobbin
in
the direction of the arrow to
cut the thread.
8.
To
wind more thread onto the bobbin, loosen the set-
screw
0 and pull the bobbin presser 0 outward.
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If the thread winds onto the bobbin unevenly >>
If the thread winds onto the bobbin unevenly, loosen
the nut
0 and turn the bobbin winder thread tension
stud
8 to adjust.
NOTE
BAS-341 E • 342E
If the thread winds
on
as shown in
A,
turn the bob-
bin winder thread tension stud
8 clockwise; if it
winds on as shown in B, turn the bobbin winder
thread tension stud
8 counterclockwise.
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