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Wind the Bobbin

Note: Use (part code SA156) specific bobbins!

1. Turn on sewing machine.
2. Place bobbin on bobbin winder shaft (align spring with notch on bobbin), press down until snaps into place.
3. Slide bobbin winder to the right until it snaps into place (start/stop button lights up in orange).
4. Place spool of thread on spool pin so the thread unwinds to the front at the bottom.
5. Slide appropriate sized spool cap onto spool pin
   • rounded side of cap should face left
   • cap should be larger than the head of the spool.
6. Return spool pin to original position.
7. Pull thread and pass under the thread guide hook.
8. Pass behind the thread guide cover and to the front.
9. Pull to the right and pass under the bobbin-winding thread guide hook and then counterclockwise under the pretension disc.
10. Wind the thread clockwise around the bobbin five to six times.
11. Pass the end of the thread through the guide slit in the bobbin winder seat and then pull the thread to the right to cut it.
12. Slide the sewing speed controller to the right.
13. Press start/stop once.
14. Press start/stop again in the event the bobbin does not wind correctly, once the bobbin winding stops or when it becomes slow.
15. Cut the thread with scissors beside the bobbin-winding thread guide, slide the bobbin winder shaft to the left and remove the bobbin from the shaft.
16. Slide sewing speed controller back to the left.

Install the Bobbin

1. Press needle position button  once or twice to raise the needle.
2. Raise the presser foot lever.
3. Turn off the sewing machine.
4. Slide the bobbin cover latch to the right.
5. Remove the bobbin cover.
6. With the thread coming from the back of the spool, hold the end of the thread in your left hand, insert the bobbin into the bobbin case with your right hand.
7. Lightly hold the bobbin with your right hand and guide the thread through the slot on the left. 
8. Pull the thread toward the front to cut.
9. Reattach the bobbin cover by inserting the tab into the left hand corner and carefully pressing down on the right side until the cover snaps into place.

Install the Needle

1. Raise the needle/holder to the highest position.
2. Turn off the machine.
3. With the flat part of the needle facing the back of the machine, insert the needle into the needle area until it touches the needle stopper.
4. Tighten the needle screw with the screwdriver.

Thread Upper Thread

• Single needle

1. Turn the machine on.
2. Raise the presser foot lever.
3. Press the needle position button once or twice to raise the needle. (Verify mark on the handwheel is at the top to verify the needle is in the proper position)
4. Pick up the spool pin and, remove the spool cap if necessary, and place the spool onto the spool pin. (Ensure the thread unwinds to the front at the bottom)
5. Slide the spool cap into the spool pin and return the spool pin to its original position.
6. Pull the thread from the spool and pass it under the hook of the thread guide.
7. Pass the thread behind the thread guide cover and to the front.
8. Pass the thread through the guides as illustrated on the machine.
9. Thread the needle.
   • Automatic
     1. Pass the thread behind the needle bar thread guide.
     2. Lower the presser foot lever to lower the presser foot.
     3. Pull the end of the thread, to the left and then pass the thread through the notch of the thread guide and then firmly pull the thread from the front and insert it into the slit of the thread guide disk marked “7” all the way.
     4. Cut the thread with the cutter on the left side of the machine.
     5. Lower the needle threader lever as much as possible to make the hook turn.
     6. Raise the needle threader lever slowly.
     7. Carefully pull the loop of thread through the eye of the needle to pull out the end of the thread.
   • Manual
     1. Pass the thread behind the needle bar thread guide.
     2. Lower the presser foot lever.
     3. Pass the thread through the eye of the needle from front to back.
10. Raise the presser foot.
11. Pass the end of the thread through the presser foot, and then pull out about 5cm of thread toward the rear of the machine.

• Twin needle

  Used to sew parallel lines of the same stitch with two different threads of the same thickness and quality.

  Applicable stitches (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 42, 43, 44, and 45)

  Only use part code X59296-121 twin needle.

  Use with zigzag foot “J”.

  Attach stabilizer material if bunching occurs.

  Select the twin needle setting before sewing.

  Lift needle and presser foot to change sewing direction.

  1. With twin needle installed, thread upper thread for the left needle following instructions 1-9 for single needle.
  2. Manually thread the left needle.
  3. Insert the extra spool pin into the bobbin winder shaft and slide the thread spool on it, thread winding off from the front of the spool.
  4. Thread the upper thread for the right side of the needle as the left side was threaded.
  5. Without passing through the needle bar thread guide, manually thread the right needle.