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2-13. OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR BUTTON SEWING MACHINE - continued.
c. Threading Needle. To thread the machine perform the following steps:
(1) Pass the thread from the thread winder and from right to left, through guide (2).
(2) Continue to pass the thread from right to left through the guide (3).
(3) Continue to pass the thread around the left hand side of, and between, disks, inside the post of the
automatic tension assembly (4).
(4) Continue to pass the thread forward and to the right hand side of, and between the tension disc (5).
(5) Continue to pass the thread forward through guide (6), then forward through guide posts (7).
(6) Loosen thread nipper releasing thumbscrew (1), releasing the thread from the grip of the thread
nipper (8).
(7) Continue to pass the thread under thread nipper (8) to the right of guide post (9).
(8) Continue to pass the thread forward and through guide (10), forward through guide (11) and forward
through guide (12) at top of face plate.
(9) Continue to pass the thread down and from left to right through roller guide (13) at lower end of face
plate.
(10) Continue to pass the thread up and from left to right through thread take-up (14).
(11) Continue to pass the thread down through face plate thread retainer (15) at bottom of face plate
and down and from front to back through eye of needle (16).
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