18. PEDAL OPERATION
The pedal is operated in the following four steps:
1) The machine runs at low sewing speed when
you lightly depress the front part of the pedal. B
A
2) The machine runs at high sewing speed when
you further depress the front part of the pedal.
B
A
(If the automatic reverse feed stitehing has been
C
preset, the machine runs at high speed after it
completes reverse feed stitching.)
3) The machine stops (with its needle up or down)
D
when you reset the pedal toits original position.
C
E
4) The machine trims threads when you fully de
press the back part of the pedal. E
* When the auto-lifer (AK device) is used, one
more operating switch is provided between the
sewing machine stop switch and thread trim
ming switch.
The presser foot goes up when you lightly de
press the back part of the pedal D , and if you
further depress the back part, the thread trim
mer is actuated.
When starting sewing from the state that the
presser foot has been lifted with the Auto-lifter
and you depress the back part of the pedal, the
presser foot only comes down.
• If you reset the pedal to its neutral position dur
ing the automatic reverse feed stitching at seam
start, the machine stops after it cornpletes the
reverse feed stitching.
• The machine will perform normal thread trim
ming even if you depress the back part of the
pedal immediately following high or low speed
sewing.
• The machine will completely perforrn thread
trimming even if you reset the pedal to its
neutral position immediately after the machine
started thread trimming action.
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