Material Presser Foot; Height Of The Material Presser Foot - Duerkopp Adler 609 Service Instructions Manual

3.

Material presser foot

3.1 Height of the material presser foot

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Caution Risk of Injury!
Turn the main switch off.
Check and set the height of the material presser foot only with the
sewing machine turned off.
Rule and control
The distance between the material presser foot 2 and the needle plate
1 should be 0.3 mm.
The setting can be made with a feeler gauge.
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Turn handwheel until the material presser foot is at its lowest point.
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Use the feeler gauge to check is the height is correct.
The spool must abut the radius of the retainer (the left side).
During the entire course of the needle movement, the guide piece 5
should neither strike the top, nor protrude out from the guide 6.
Adjustment
Setting the height of the material presser bar
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Loosen clamping screws 3.
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Set the material presser foot higher or lower (place the feeler
gauge under the foot).
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Press the retainer against the spool.
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Tighten screws 3 again.
Setting the guide piece
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Loosen screw 4.
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Push the guide piece 5 accordingly.
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Tighten screw 4 again.
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