Adjustment
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Needle rise, hook-to-needle clearance, needle height and needle guard
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● Loosen screws 1, 2, 3 and 4.
● Bring the needle bar to 2.0 after b.d.c.
● Place the adjustment pin in hole 5 and apply pressure.
● Position the hook point towards the centre of the needle, taking care to ensure that the
● Adjust the needle height according to requirement 2.
● Adjust the hook post according to requirement 1 and tighten screws 4.
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Requirement
When the needle bar is positioned at 2.0 mm after b.d.c.
1. The point of the hook must be pointing to the centre of the needle and have a clearance
of 0.05 - 0.1 mm to the needle.
2. The top edge of the needle eye must be 0.8 - 1.00 mm below the hook point and
3. The needle guard 6 must lightly touch the needle.
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3
4
5
Fig. 13 - 04
needle is not deflected by needle guard 6.
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1
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4
6
2
8
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