White 656 - Changing Needle Plate and Presser Foot; Replacing the Needle Plate; Replacing the Presser Foot

15
To
Change
Needle
Plate
Be
sure
Presser
Foot
is
UP and
needle
at
top
position.
Raise
hinged
cover
plate
attached
to
needle
plate)
and
leave
UP.
Carefully
remove
screws
holding
needle
plate--
and
gripping
the
raised
cover
plate
slide
entire
assembly
off
machine.
Set Stitch
WIDTH
Lever
at
0.
Turn
assembly
over--under
side upward--
holding
needle
plate in
one
hand,
hinged
cover
plate
in the
other.
Notice
that two
small pins
- - one
at each
side
of cover
plate
- - fit
into
grooves
at
each
end
of assembly.
One
pin
is under
spring-hinge
at
one end--the
other
pin
is unobstructed. Lift
that
pin
out of
groove--then
the other
pin
can
be
freed
as
the
tongue
on
cover
plate
is separated
from
the
spring
latch
on
needle
plate.
Just
reverse
the
entre
procedure
to
attach
another
type
of
needle
plate
to the
hinged
cover
plate
and
re -
install
the
changed
assembly
on machine.
CAUTION-
- After
Changing
A
Needle
Plate
or Presser
Foot
Always
Turn
Machine
Wheel
by
Hand
While
Needle
Goes
Down
and
Comes
Back
Up.
Such
a
Production
Avoids
Breaking
Needle
and
Damaging
Machine.
— To
Change
Presser
Foot
Be sure
Presser
Foot
and needle
are
both
UP.
Loosen
thumb
screw
A
with
fingers
or
screw
driver
until Presser
Foot
slips
down
and
off. To
replace
with
another
foot merely
reverse
the
procedure.
After
changing
a
foot
always
hand-turn
machine
carefully
to
bo sure
needle
does
not
strike
foot.