Pfaff 5483 - Clearance between Presser Foot and Needle Plate

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Correct
setting:
Clearance between presser foot and needle plate
With the presser bar lifter 1 raised, there must be a clearance of 7.0 mm
between presser foot and needie plate (Fig. 24.0.3).
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24.0.2
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24.0.3
24.1 Screw on the feed dog and the needle plate, making sure the feed dog moves
freely in Its slots.
24.2 Screw on the presser foot and lower It onto the needle plate by means of presser
bar lifter 1.
24.3 Turn out regulating screw 2 (Fig. 24.0.2) to reduce the pressure on the presser
bar so that It Is just sufficient to hold the presser foot down on the needle plate.
24.4 Push the 7-mm-thlck blade of the gauge under the presser foot from the rear
until It Is positioned under the presser foot fulcrum (see Fig. 24.0.3).
24.5 Loosen clamp screw 3 of presser bar lifting bracket 4 and raise presser bar lifter1.
24.6 Turn the balance wheel until the needle enters the needle hole in the presser foot.
24.7 Adjust the presser foot laterally until the needle is centered in the needle hole
of the presser foot.
24.8 Push presser bar lifting bracket 4 down until it contacts the raised presser bar
lifter 5, and tighten clamp screw 3.
24.9 Remove the gauge from under the presser foot and lower the foot onto the
needie plate.
24.10 Check this adjustment (see "Correct setting").
24.11 During the sewing test regulate the presser foot pressure by means of regulating
screw 2.
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