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Raising And Lowering The Presser Foot; Knee Lifter - ELNA eXpressive 860 Instruction Manual

Raising and Lowering the Presser Foot

The presser foot lifter raises and lowers the presser foot.

q Presser foot lifter

You can raise the presser foot higher than the normal up

position. This allows for changing the needle plate, and

also helps you to place thick layers of fabrics under the

foot.

w Extra lifted position

The knee lifter is extremely helpful when sewing

patchwork, quilting etc., since it allows you to handle the

fabric while your knee controls the presser foot.

Attaching the knee lifter

Match the ribs on the knee lifter with the notches in the

knee lifter socket and insert the knee lifter.

Adjusting the knee lifter

The angle of knee lifter can be adjusted to fit your knee.

Loosen the setscrew and slide the angle bar in or out to

adjust the angle of the knee lifter.

Tighten the setscrew to secure the angle bar.

Using the knee lifter

Push the knee lifter with your knee to move the presser

foot up and down.

You can control how high the foot rises by the amount of

knee pressure you exert.

NOTE:

Do not touch the knee lifter while stitching, otherwise the

fabric will not be fed smoothly.

q Knee lifter

w Knee lifter socket

e Rib

r Notch

t Setscrew

y Angle bar

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