Singer 246-3 - Threading Instructions; To Prepare for Threading; To Thread the Needle; To Thread the Unwinder

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4
TO
SET
THE
NEEDLE
Using
Socket
Wrench
#
164197
See
Fig.
4
Tu,
11
the 111uchine
pulley
over
from
the
operntor
to
move
the
needle
cw,
ie,
Z
up
to
its hiCJhest
position
Rciise
thC;
presser
bor
lever
J
to
dis-
r,iJ(JCliJr,
the
p,
cssP1
hrn
K,
ond
swing
presser
bm
K
out
to
the
left.
Loosen
,mt
M
with
socket
wrench
#164197.
\'/ith
twPr,1e1s,
insert
the
needle
throuCJh
tl1e
11tc<'clle
crn
I
ier
Z
os
fm
os it
will
go
against
the
stop
0,
then
securely
tighten
the
IHIIM.
TO
PREPARE
FOR
THREADING
See
Fig.
4
Frll
con,;eni
c;11r
i:
i11
thrr,r1di11q,
rc,i,,r, the
11resse1
I
JC11
I
e
·n,
1
J,
o n d
K
J
the
fllCssr·r
1)(1,
K
rn1t
to
the
left
Tlw11
swinCJ
tl1e
cloth
plcitc
out
tn
the
left
ond
OfH,,,
the
front
cn·.'tcr
plc,te
P,
Fig.
0.
Insert
!Yeedle
aqamst Stop
8.
TO
THREAD
UNWINDER
# 151031
For
Three-Thread
Stitch
(Tight
or
Purl-on-the-Edge)
See
Fig.
5
Pm,,
thf'
needle thread
from
tlw
sprnll
l'-1,
over
from
hrxk
to
f1011t
1h,o,,r1h
loop
Nl,
down
C111rl
f,,
Jill
top
lo
hottom
th,
ouqh
cycli:t
N2,
unrl
from
top
to
liottrn,1
tl11ouCJh
eyelet
N3.
Pc
,ss
tlw
right
looper thread
f,
c1111
lhe
spool
R,
over
f,
on1
hock
lo
f,
011t
th,
ouqh
loop
Rl,
clown
rn1cl
frrnn
toptn
hottn111
thrrn,qh
eyelet
R2,
rn1d
frorn
top
to
hnt-
tnm
throuqh
eyelet
R3.
Pnss
the
left
looper thread
fro,11
the
sr,nnl
L,
nver
frorn
I
iqht
to
left
throucih
lnor
L
1,
down
rn1d
from
top
to
hottnrn
thrnu<7h
eyPlet
L2,
crnd
frnm
too
to
hot
Fig. 4.
Setting
the
Needle
\
R2
tom
throucih
eyelet
L3.
Fig. 5.
Threading
the
Unwinder
M
t
IBJOO
NOTE:
When
sewinCJ
with
nylon
threocl,
threocl
unwinder
# 228706,
ovoiloble
ur,on
order,
moy
he
used
if
desired
I
5
TO
THREAD
THE
NEEDLE
(For Three-Thread
Tight
Stitch)
See Fig. 6
After
threodi11g the
unwinder,
lecid
the
thread
from
the
eyelet
N3,
Fig.
5
on
the
unwinder,
down,
and
from
back
to
front
through
the
eyelet
N4,
Fig.
6
behind
the
tension
discs, then pass the
thread
clockwise
between
the
tension
discs
N5.
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Fig.
6. Threading the
Needle
Turn
the
machine
pulley
over
from
you
until
the
needle
reaches
its
highest
position,
then, usin9 the
threading
wire,
shown
in
Fig.
7,
~Juide
the
thread
frorn
right
to
left
through
the
tube
N6.
Remove
the
thread
frorn
the
threading
wire
and
poss it
up
and
from
right
to
left
through
the
eyelet
N7.
Poss
the
thread
from
eyelet
N7,
down,
and
from
front
to
bock
through
the
needlu
eye
N8.
Drow
ubout
2
inches
of
threod
through
the
needle
eye,
with
which
to
con11nencu
sewing.