To set the needles – SINGER 216G User Manual
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To Set the Needles
Insert needles into the needle clamp as far as they
will
go
with
their
long
grooves to the front and the
needle eyes toward the ope
rator
and
tighten
the
set
screws 3 and 4 (Fig. 67).
After
tightening
the
screws
3 and 4 make sure that both
eyes of the needles are in
line with each other and are
directed
exactly
towards
the
operator.
Upper Threading
When
using
thin
silk,
em
broidery cotton No. 50 of a
similar
color
is
most
suit
able for both upper threads;
for coarse material, use em
broidery
cotton
No.
30
as
well as sewing silk (obtain
able in SINGER Shops).
!
Fig, 67
Two-Needle Clamp
Under Threading
The thread used for under threading should be, in so
far as possible, the same as that which is used for
upper threading.
To Thread the Needles. After having placed the spools
of thread on both of the spool spindles guide both
threads
together
through
the
thread
guide
eyelet
at
the top of the arm of the machine, and then to the
tension, where one of the two threads is passed in
front of, and the other behind, the middle tension disc
(Z, Fig. 68). After separating the two threads in the
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