Adjustment procedures
(9) Adjusting the longitudinal position of the blade point of low-
er knife
1. Bring the needle bar to its highest position.
2. Adjust so that the blade point of lower knife ❹ is in the center
of the thickness of looper when the clearance between the
right-hand edge of looper and the blade point of lower knife
❹ is 9 mm.
3. Loosen nut , move lower knife holder ❺ to and fro, and ad-
just the position of the blade point of lower knife ❹ .
4. After the adjustment, tighten nut .
(Caution)
1. Perform the work with the needle bar at the
highest position when actuating the thread trim-
mer mechanism by hand.
2. After the adjustment, actuate plunger by hand
and confirm that the thread trimmer device
smoothly works.
Results of Improper adjustment
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