Singer 211U157 - Page 8

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LOWER THREADING
BOBBIN REMOVAL
1. Open slide plates ir, bed of machine
2. Turn machine pulley over toward you until needle
bar reaches highest
position.
3 Raise bobbin latches a:1d lift out bobbins as indicated
ir Fig 11.
BOBBIN WINDING
Place bobbin on spindle as far as it will go.
Pass the thread from the thread unwinder through
threading points as shown in Fig. 12.
Wind end
of thread around the bobbin a few times.
Press latch against bobbir,, then start the machine.
The
bobbin winder will stor autor1atically when the
amount of thread for which it is regulated is wound upon
the bobbin. For more thread on bobbin, loosen screws and
swing latch away
from bobbin, for less thread on bobbin,
swing latch toward bobbin.
Tighten screws.
It the thread does not wind evenly, loosen lock nut and
turr tension bracket up or down, as required, then tighten
lo:::,: nut.
!3obbins can be wound while the machine is sewing.
TO REPLACE THE BOBBIN AND THREAD
THE BOBBIN CASES
The following instructions apply to both bobbin cases:
Hold the bobbin between the thumb and forefinger of
the right hand with the thread from the bobbin as shown in
Fig 13, place it on
the center stud of the bobbin case,
then push down the latch as shown. Draw the thread
into the slot 1 in the edge of the bobbin case and back of
the proJection 2, leaving a loose end of thread about two
inches long above the slide. When closing the slides, leave
Just enough space for the threads to pass through,
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Fig. 11
LOCK NUT
TENSION BRACKET
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LATCH
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Fig. 12
LATCH
LATCH
Fig. 13