Presser Foot Pressure Dial; Dropping Or Raising The Feed Dog - Janome 5300QDC Instruction Book

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View from the rear
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Presser Foot Pressure Dial

pressure dial.
fabrics.
q Presser foot pressure dial

Dropping or Raising the Feed Dog

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The drop feed lever is located underneath the free arm
bed on the back of the machine.
To drop the feed dog, push the lever in the direction of
the arrow q.
To raise the feed dog, push the lever in the direction
of the arrow w, as illustrated, and turn the handwheel
toward you.
The feed dog must be up for normal sewing.
Adjusting the Needle Thread Tension
Straight stitch balanced tension
The ideal straight stitch has threads locked between two
If you look at the top and bottom of the seam, notice that
the stitches are evenly balanced.
q Needle thread (top thread)
w Bobbin thread (bottom thread)
e To loosen
r To tighten
number, the tighter the top thread tension.
e
Results depend on:
- stiffness and thickness of the fabric
r
- number of fabric layers
- type of stitch
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