Baby Lock Enlighten (BLE3ATW-2) Instruction and Reference Guide - Manual (Page 47)

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Bypassing the Threading Port
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Heavy weight threads can be used through your regular loop-
er thread paths. Specific techniques may require that the
thread bypass the thread port for the thread pull to be loosened.
Start with the machine threaded with regular serger thread.
1. Open front cover and raise the presser foot.
2. Just above the threading port, clip the looper thread to be
replaced. Pull the thread out of the upper guides and remove
the cone.
3. Place the specialty thread on the spool pin. Thread it into the
upper guides and clip it a couple of inches beyond the base
plate (fig. A).
4. With machine engaged in the serging position, hold the
thread end at the looper eye and use the tweezers to pull the
existing looper thread out of tube extending from the thread-
ing mechanism (fig. B). Leave the thread in the tubular loop-
er.
5. Tie the specialty thread onto the regular thread with an over-
hand knot (fig. C). Pull on the regular thread from the loop-
er eye until the specialty thread comes through the looper
eye.
6. Place upper looper thread under the foot and to the left: clip
lower looper thread at the base plate.
If the thread is heavy and the overhand knot (step #5) is too
large for the looper tube, (follow directions #1 thru #6 on
page 43) to make a thread cradle. Then:
1. Engage in the serging position.
2. While holding the loose ends of the thread cradle with one
hand, use the tweezers to pull the cradle loop out of the tube
extending from the threading mechanism with the other
hand.
3. Insert 2 inch(5cm) of your decorative thread into the cradle
loop. Pull on the loose ends of the thread cradle from the
looper eye until the specialty thread comes through the loop-
er eye.
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