Brother SB170 - Manual (Page 16)

KNOWING YOUR SEWING MACHINE — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
15
3
Raise the needle by turning the
handwheel toward you
(counterclockwise) so that the mark on
the wheel points up.
• If the needle is not correctly raised, the
sewing machine can not be threaded.
1 Mark on the wheel
4
Pull up the spool pin and put a spool of
thread on this pin.
CAUTION
5
While holding the thread from the spool
with your right hand, pass the thread
toward you, in the groove on the thread
guide.
• Make sure that the spring in the groove
catches the thread.
1 Spring
6
Feed the upper thread as shown in the
following illustration.
7
Make sure you guide the thread through
the thread take-up lever from right to left
as shown in the following illustration.
1 Thread take-up lever
Memo
● If the thread take-up lever is lowered, the
upper thread can not be wrapped around
the thread take-up lever. Make sure you
raise the needle by turning the handwheel
toward you (counterclockwise) so that the
mark on the wheel points up.
● If the spool of thread is in the wrong
place, or is set incorrectly, the thread
may tangle on the spool pin and cause
the needle to break.
1
1
1
1