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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