SINGER 101-12 - Manual (Page 24)

Turn the balance wheel over toward you until the
needle bar moves up to its highest point; loosen the
thumb screw (B, Fig. 15, page 17) in the needle clamp
(G, Fig. 15) and put the needle up into the clamp as
far ns it will go, with the flat side'of its shank toward
the right, then tighten the thumb screw. To select
the correct needle, see page 53.
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To Set the Needle
To Thread the Needle
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Turn the balance wheel over 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; pass the thread into the thread guide
(1) at the left, down, under and from right to left
between the tension discs (2). Hold the spool
tightly in the right hand and with the left hand pull
the thread up under the thread take-up spring (4)
until it enters the retaining fork (3), then pass the
thread up and from right to left through the hole
(5) in the end of the thread take-up lever, down
into the eyelet (6) at the front of the face plate,
into the lower wire thread 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 commence sewing.