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Contents Page
Part 1: Operating Instructions Class 281 - Original Instructions
(Edition 06/2011)
1 General Safety Instructions .......................................................................................................... 1
2 Product description ....................................................................................................................... 3
2.1 Product description.......................................................................................................................... 3
2.2 Designated use................................................................................................................................. 3
2.3 Technical Data Subclasses .............................................................................................................. 5
3Operation ....................................................................................................................................... 7
3.1 Threading the needle thread ............................................................................................................ 7
3.2 Setting Needle Thread...................................................................................................................... 8
3.3 Loosening the needle thread tension .............................................................................................. 9
3.4 Winding on the hook thread ............................................................................................................ 10
3.4.1 Adjusting the bobbin wind-on quantity ........................................................................................... 11
3.5 Inserting the hook thread bobbin .................................................................................................... 12
3.6 Adjusting the hook thread tension ................................................................................................... 13
3.7 Changing the needle ........................................................................................................................ 14
3.8 Adjusting the thread regulator ......................................................................................................... 15
3.9 Adjusting the stitch length ............................................................................................................... 16
3.10 Adjusting the sewing foot pressure.................................................................................................. 16
3.11 Lifting the sewing foot ..................................................................................................................... 17
3.12 Locking the sewing foot in lifted position......................................................................................... 17
3.13 Push button on the machine arm .................................................................................................... 18
3.14 Operating panel DAC basic / classic ............................................................................................... 19
3.14.1 Keys and their functions on the operating panel ............................................................................. 19
3.15 Sewing ............................................................................................................................................. 20
4 Maintenance .................................................................................................................................. 23
4.1 Hook lubrication (only for subclasses with oil lubrication of the hook) ........................................... 24
4.2 Gear box lubrication ........................................................................................................................ 25