Using The Automatic Needle Threader - ELNA 9600 "Haute Couture" Instruction Manual

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If the automatic needle threader is locked by turning the handwheel accidentally, re-
lease it as follows:
Carefully turn the handwheel to move the needle up or down a little, so that it frees the
automatic needle threader.
Press the auto needle threader button to restore the automatic needle threader to the
up position.
If the automatic needle threader will not return to the up position by pressing the auto
needle threader button, correct it as follows:
1. Turn the power switch off.
2. Open the face plate.
3. Turn the threader shaft counterclockwise to release the hook from the needle eye.
4. Turn the power switch on and the automatic needle threader will return to the up
position.
5. Close the face plate.

Using the Automatic Needle Threader

Turn the power switch on and lower the presser foot.
1 Hold the end of the needle thread gently.
2 Press the auto needle threader button
lowers automatically and the hook comes out through
the needle eye from behind it.
3 Pull the thread down around the thread guide, then
pass the thread from the right and under the hook as
shown.
4 Draw the thread to the left and slip it into the slit of the
thread holder from the bottom and cut the thread with
the thread cutter as shown.
5 Press the auto threader button
goes up automatically and pulls the thread out through
the needle eye. Pull the loop of thread to the back.
NOTES:
The automatic needle threader works well on the needles
nos. 11-14, sewing threads nos. 50-90.
Thick threads, nos. 20 and 30, are not suitable for the
automatic needle threader.
NOTES:
You may need to hold the thread end with your hand when
threading certain kinds of threads.
When threading monofilament thread, hang the thread end
on the thread holder on the face plate.
CAUTION:
Do not turn the handwheel while the automatic needle
threader is in the lowered position to prevent it from
damage. Do not touch the automatic needle threader while it
is moving.
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