SINGER W2031 - Manual (Page 5)

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Lead the thread through the arm thread guide (Fig. 11).
Run the thread down from the ihrettd guide to the tension discs and around
them from right to left and up. Draw the thread up through the check
spring.
Then downward again around the underside of the slack thread regulator and
up through the eye of the thread take up lever from right to left.
Now run the thread down through the
face plate guides and then through the
loop of the needle bar thread guide
from the back.
Finally, run the end of the thread thr­
ough the eye of the needle from LEFT
to RIGHT, drawing it through about
3 or 4 inches.
You are now ready to sew.
7. To Prepare for Sewing
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Hold the end of upper thread loosely, leaving it slack from the needle.
Turn the balance wheel toward you until the needle goes down and rises to its
highest position.
Pull the thread you are holding, and lower thread will be brought up with it
through the hole in the needle plate, as shown in Fig. 12.
Place both ends of the upper and lower thread behind the presser foot (Fig. 13)
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8. To Commence Sewing
1. Place the fabric to be sewn beneatth the presser foot.
2. Lower the prestser foot by lov/ering the presser bar lifter.
3. Commence sewing by slowly turning the balance wheel in direction toward you
while gradually pressing the lever of the foot or knee control. Always turn
balance wheel toward you and not away from you.
9. To Remove the Work
1. Raise the needle bar to its highest position, by turning the balance wheel toward
you.
2. Lift the presser foot by lifting the presser bar lifter.
3. Move the fabric back to the left and cut off the thread by passing it over the
thread-cutter above the presser foot,
4. Leave both ends of the thread a few inches long, under and to the back of
the presser foot
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