SINGER 15-30 Treadle Sewing Machine - Manual (Page 11)

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Sewing Machine No. 15
11
To Thread the Needle
(See FIG. 11)
Turn the balance wheel over tow toward you
until the thread take-up lever (5) is raised to
its highest point. Place the spool of thread on
the spool pin at the top of the machine, lead
the thread toward the left through the thread
guide (1) at the back and at the top of the
face plate, down, under and from back to
front between the tension discs (2) up back of
the tension thread guard (3), down into the
loop of the takeup spring (4), up and from
back to front through the hole in the end of
the thread take-up lever (5), down into the
eyelet (6) in front of the face plate, into the
lower wire guide (7), then from left to right
through the eye of the
needle (8).
Draw about two inches of thread through the
eye of the needle with which to corn com-
mence sewing.
To Set the Needle
Turn the balance wheel over toward you until the needle bar (9, Fig. 5) moves up to its
highest paint, loosen the thumb screw (10, Fig 5) in the needle clamp (11, Fig. 5) and put the
needle up into the clamp as far as it will go, with its flat side toward the right, then tighten the
thumb screw.
FIG. 11 THREADING THE NEEDLE