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Thread check spring and thread regulator
.04.06
Requirement
1. The movement of the thread check spring should be completed, when the needle point
penetrates the material (spring stroke approx. 7 mm).
2. When the thread is being looped round the hook and the loop is at its largest, the thread
check spring should have moved approx. 1 mm.
Fig. 11 - 06
● Adjust thread tension 1 (screw 2) in accordance with requirement 1.
● Adjust thread regulator 3 (screw 4) in accordance with requirement 2.
For technical reasons it may be necessary to alter the specified spring stroke:
Turn thread regulator 1 (screw 2) towards "+" (= more thread) or towards "-"
(= less thread).
4
3
-
2
+
Adjustment
1
7 mm
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