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1. Keep your hands away from needle when you turn ON the power switch or while the machine
is in operation.
2. Do not put your fingers into the thread take-up cover while the machine is operating.
3. Turn OFF the power switch when tilting the machine head, or removing the belt cover or the V
belts.
4. During operation, be careful not to allow your or any other person's head, hands or clothes to
come close to the handwheel, V belt and motor. Also, do not place anything close to them.
5. Do not operate your machine with the belt cover and finger guard removed.
6. When tilting the machine head, be sure to confirm that the head support bar is properly
attached to your machine head, and be careful not to allow your fingers or the like to be
pinched in the machine head. In addition, when the machine is used with the control panel, do
not tilt or raise the machine head while holding the control panel.
1. To ensure safety, never operate the machine with the ground wire for the power supply
removed.
2. When inserting/removing the power plug, the power switch has to be turned OFF in advance.
3. In time of thunder and lightening, stop your work and disconnect the power plug from the
receptacle so as to ensure safety.
4. If the machine is suddenly moved from a cold place to a warm place, dew condensation may
be observed. In this case, turn ON the power to the machine after you have confirmed that
there is no danger of water drops in the machine.
CAUTION :
Note that safety devices such as "belt cover", "finger guard", etc. may be omitted from the
illustrations in this Instruction Manual for easy explanation.
When operating the machine, be sure not to remove these safety devices.
BEFORE OPERATION
CAUTION :
Check the following so as to prevent maloperation of and damage to the machine.
• Before you put the machine into operation for the first time after the set-up, clean it thoroughly .
Remove all dust gathering during transportation and oil it well.
• Confirm that voltage has been correctly set.
Confirm that the power plug has been properly connected to the power supply.
• Never use the machine in the state where the voltage type is different from the designated one.
• The direction of normal rotation of the machine is counterclockwise as observed from the pulley side.
Take care not to allow the machine to rotate in the reverse direction.
• When tilting the machine head, tilt it after removing knee lifter hook.
• Never operate the machine unless the machine head and the oil tank have been filled with oil.
• For a test run, remove the bobbin and the needle thread.
• For the first month, decrease the sewing speed and run the sewing machine at a speed of 80% of the
maximum sewing speed or less. See "27. SEWING SPEED TABLE" for the maximum sewing speed.
• Operate the handwheel after the machine has totally stopped.
FOR SAFE OPERATION
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