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2-11. OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR CLOTHING SEWING MACHINE - continued .
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Threading Needle. To thread the machine perform the following steps:
(1) Pass the thread from right to left through the holes of the thread retainer (1).
(2) Continue to pass the thread down between the tension disks (2), with the thread running from
right to left up and over the tension controller spring (3).
(3) Continue to pass the thread from right to left under hook (4).
(4) Continue to pass the thread through the thread guide (5).
(5) Continue to pass the thread up and from right to left through the hole in the end of the thread
take up lever (6).
(6) Continue to pass the thread down through the thread guide (7). (7)Continue to pass the thread
down through the bottom thread eyelet (8) below faceplate.
(8) Continue to pass the thread down through the thread guide on the needle bar thread guard (9)
(9) Continue to pass the thread from left to right through the eye of the needle. Leave about four
inches of thread through the eye of the needle.
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