SINGER S18 User Manual
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Step
z
Raise the presser foot lifter. Press the Up/Down
needle button twice to ensure that the needle is in
its highest position. Turn the power switch off.
Set a spool of thread on the spool pin.
Pass the thread through the guide
q
from behind.
Step
x
Pass the thread through the thread guide plate
w
, then draw the thread between the pre-tenison
disks
e
behind the pre-tension dial
r
.
Certain threads may twist or become loose
when sewing at high speeds. You may need to
thread through the three holes in the guide
plate as illustrated in fig.(A).
The standard setting of the pre-tension dial is
that the screw head
t
sinks about (1/8˝ to 3/16˝)
y
.
Turning the pre-tension dial clockwise will increase
the tension on the thread.
Step
c
Holding the thread with both hands, draw the
thread down and around the tension dial
u
from
right to left.
Pull the thread up to insert it between the tension
disks
o
and pass it over the tail of the check
spring
i
.
Step
v
Draw the thread under the thread guide
!0
,
behind guide
!1
and through the eye of the
take-up lever
!2
.
Pass the thread through the thread guide
!1
again. Hold the thread with both hands and slip the
thread into the thread guide
!3
as shown.
Step
b
Draw the thread down to the needle bar thread
guide
!4
, and then pass the thread through the
needle eye on the left side of the needle
!5
.
Threading the Needle Thread
c
!0
!1
!2
!3
o
u
u
i
i
y
t
b
v
u
!0
!1
!3
!4
!5
w
e
r
!2
(A)
x
z
q
!4
!5
Pre-tension dial (side view)