Attaching snap-in feed cover, Changing the needle, Changing needle plates – SINGER 1280 User Manual
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NOTE:
Remove bobbin if it contains thread in order
to prevent thread being caught when plate is replaced.
•
Raise needle to highest position by turning the hand
wheel
to'ward you.
• Raise presser foot,
• Open slide plate. Place thumb under right side of
needle plate, lift it up and withdraw it to right.
• Replace needle plate under clarriping pin A, push it
firmly
to the left and press down until it snaps into
place.
• Close slide plate.
Changing Needle Plates
Attaching Snap-in Feed Cover
♦ Raise needle40 highest position by turning hand
wheel
tov^ard you.
♦ Raise presser foot, open slide plate and insert gen
eral purpose needle plate,
♦ Slide snap-in feed cover away from you over needle
plate until points B and C are positioned directly
over holes in needle plate as illustrated. Snap in
point 8. Then push point C in toward point 8 until it
snaps into place. Close slide plate.
♦ To remove, open slide plate, then simply lift up front
edge of feed cover and remove. Close slide plate.
Changing the Needle
♦ Raise needle to its highest position by turning the
hand wheel reward
you.
Loosen the needle-damp
screw D and remove the needle.
♦ Insert new needle with the flat side of the needle to
the back, up into clamp E as far as it will go.
♦ Tighten needle-clamp screw.
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