Altering The Balance; Balance With Direct Entry Length Buttonholes; Balance With Direct Entry Length Keyhole Or Round Buttonholes; Balance For Manual Keyhole Or Round Buttonhole - Bernina 880 Manual

Altering the balance

⦁ touch the «i»-icon
⦁ touch the «Balance»-icon

Balance with direct entry length buttonholes

The balance alterations have the same effect on both beads.

Balance with direct entry length keyhole or round buttonholes

The balance alterations have the same effect on both beads.
The keyhole or eye is balanced as follows:
⦁
sew straight stitches forward until
►
the sewing computer changes to the keyhole or eye, then
⦁
stop the sewing computer
⦁
touch the «Balance»-icon
⦁
turn the stitch length-knob until the picture in the right portion of the Display
is identical with the sewn buttonhole
The keyhole is distorted to the right 1:
⦁ turn the stitch length-knob to the left
The keyhole is distorted to the left 2:
⦁ turn the stitch length-knob to the right
⦁ touch the «i»- or «Close»-icon and finish the buttonhole
1 2

Balance for manual keyhole or round buttonhole

Any balance alteration affects both beads differently:
Left bead too dense 3:
⦁
turn the stitch length-knob to the left
►
the left bead is elongated, the right bead is shortened
3 Left bead too wide 4:
⦁
turn the stitch length-knob to the right
►
the left bead is shortened, the right bead is elongated
The keyhole or eye is balanced as follows:
The keyhole is distorted to the right 1:
⦁
turn the stitch length-knob to the right
4 The keyhole is distorted to the left 2:
⦁
turn the stitch length-knob to the left

Balance for manual standard buttonhole

The balance alterations have the same effect on both beads.

Balance for stitch counter buttonhole

The balance has a different effect on both beads (see picture of the manual
buttonhole).
⦁ re-program the buttonhole after each alteration in balance

Clear Balance

⦁ touch the yellow-framed icon in the special Balance-Display or
⦁ press «clr»-button
►
«clr» also deletes the programmed buttonhole!
Recommendation
Test-sewing of the buttonhole on the original material.
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In all direct entry length and manual buttonholes each individual
buttonhole sequence can be balanced separately.
In stitch counter buttonholes the balance affects both beads
differently (left and right): When altering the bead the keyhole or eye
are automatically altered accordingly.
Buttonholes
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