ELNA 8600 - Threading the Machine

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Threading the Machine
Raise the presser foot with the presser foot lever. Press
the “Up/Down Needle” key until the needle is in an up
position. Turn OFF the power switch.
Using both hands, pull thread towards left and insert
thread into slit q. Pull thread forward around guide w.
(Thread pathway is indicated on the machine with solid
line.)
Guide the thread down right channel and around the
checkspring holder e.
Pull the thread up the left channel to the take-up lever.
Firmly pull thread from right to left, over the take-up lever
and down into the take-up lever eye r.
Proceed down left channel and through the lower thread
guide t.
Slide the thread to the left behind the needle bar thread
guide y.
Thread the needle from front to back manually or use the
built-in needle threader. See page 28.
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