Attaching the Handlebars Your Rocker Arm Cover Your Rear Handlebars Your Thread Stand Connecting Your Apprentice Plus to Your Carriage Assembly General Operation of the LCD Key Pad What is the Tension Release Lever? Adjusting the Height of the Hopping Foot...
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Dear Apprentice Plus owner, Thank you for your purchase of the Apprentice Plus Long Arm Quilting System by TinLizzie18… Your Affordable Long Arm Quilters. Appentice Plus by TinLizzie18 offers you the ultimate marriage of affordability and functionality, and comes with a one-year complete warranty.
Back • Your Apprentice Plus has a full labor warranty for one year from the day you receive your machine. We guarantee the machine parts for five years. • The machine must be cleaned and oiled regularly according to the instructions in this manual. Failure to properly maintain the machine will void this warranty.
Your Apprentice Plus comes with two handlebars (a right and left) along with the main control box which The Apprentice Plus machine ships without the attach to the front of the Apprentice Plus. There are four screws and four clamps to hold these in place. rocker arm cover attached to the machine.
Connecting your Apprentice Plus to your Carriage Assembly Your Apprentice Plus comes with a four spool thread stand. This thread stand is connected to the side Your Carriage Assembly will need the encoder assemblies attached to the carriage before placing your of your machine and can hold bobbin thread you are using to wind onto your bobbins and the top thread machine on the carriage.
General Operation of the LCD Key Pad Manual Stitch If you choose Manual, you will be in the manual stitch mode of the When you turn on your Apprentice Plus, during start up you will see machine. Figure 20 shows the LCD screen for Manual. You will...
Step 3: Use your wrench to tighten the bolt (C) Step 4: For your safety, replace the cover (B) prior to use, using the four (4) screws (A) Figure 28 Figure 24 14 | Apprentice Plus User Guide Apprentice Plus User Guide | 15...
Having the bobbin too full Figure 36 will cause tension problems. Oil reservoir location Figure 31 Oil dip stick out Figure 32 16 | Apprentice Plus User Guide Apprentice Plus User Guide | 17...
Your Apprentice Plus is capable of sewing with many types of threads. One thing to keep in mind is this machine is an industrial machine, so very light threads will be harder to use than more traditional Step 4: Place the bobbin case in the machine.
(if you use all three holes, it will add drag/tension to the A 134RSAN needle (size 18) will be installed on your Apprentice Plus from the factory. When it is time to thread). replace the needle, you can easily install one. Be sure the power switch is off. Remove the bobbin case.
• Is the tension lever handle down? It lowers the hopping foot and applies the tension disk. • Is the bobbin thread inserted in the slot of the bobbin case? • Adjust the tension disk small turns clockwise. Repeat until stitch quality is good. 22 | Apprentice Plus User Guide Apprentice Plus User Guide | 23...
Figure 62 Loosen screw only. Remove tension assembly from Tension assembly and barrel. barrel. DO NOT REMOVE Figure 63 Figure 64 Figure 65 Remove spring. Spring removal. Spring removed. 24 | Apprentice Plus User Guide Apprentice Plus User Guide | 25...
You will be ready to start quilting again. assembly. Figure 81 shows thread caught. Figure 82 Figure 82 show the race. 26 | Apprentice Plus User Guide Apprentice Plus User Guide | 27...
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Step 10: At lowest position, turn the hand wheel to raise the needle 2.5 mm (1/8”) See figure 86 Figure 86 Step 11: Hook point should be just above eye of the needle. See figure 88 28 | Apprentice Plus User Guide Apprentice Plus User Guide | 29...
Turning the bobbin winder to the right will move the friction wheel closer. Turning the bobbin winder to the left Figure 92 will move the friction wheel away. Figure 94 30 | Apprentice Plus User Guide Apprentice Plus User Guide | 31...
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