Baby Lock Ovation (BLES8) Instruction and Reference Guide - Manual (Page 25)

Left Overlock Needle O-1
1. Place the thread cone or spool on the "OVERLOCK NEEDLE 1" spool pin. (see page 19, fig. C)
Glide the thread through the telescopic antennae thread guide "O-1" directly above the thread
spool. Snap the thread into the pretension thread guide on top of machine and down the
"overlock needle 1" thread path and in the guide just below the faceplate. Pull an 8 inch (20.5cm)
length of thread through the guide. Follow the arrows as shown in below illustration. Thread the
overlock thread guide above the needle.
2. Using the needle threader or tweezers, thread needle in the O-1 position.
Right Overlock Needle O-2
1. Place the thread cone or spool on the "OVERLOCK NEEDLE 2" spool pin. (see page 19, fig. C)
Glide the thread through the telescopic antennae thread guide "O-2" directly above the thread
spool. Snap the thread into the pretension thread guide on top of machine and down the "overlock
needle 2" thread path and in the guide just below the faceplate. Pull an 8 inch (20.5cm) length of
thread through the guide. Follow the arrows as shown in below illustration. Thread the overlock
thread guide above the needle.
2. Using the needle threader or tweezers, thread the needle in the O-2 position.
Note: Make sure that each needle is in the overlock needle position; right needle is O-2 and left
needle is O-1 as shown in below illustration..
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Overlock Needles
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Pretension
Thread Guides