Setting The Buttonhole Length; Turning Cutting On And Off - Brother DH4-B981 Instruction Manual

If the start switch is pressed after the power is turned on, the feed bracket will move to the cloth setting position. The
buttonhole length and the knife cutting operation can then be set.

6-2. Setting the buttonhole length

Specifications
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- 01
L1
L2
L3
- 02
L4
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L5
L6
L7

6-3. Turning cutting on and off

w
Buttonhole length
10 - 50 mm
10 - 38 mm
14 - 18 mm
18 - 22 mm
22 - 26 mm
26 - 30 mm
28 - 32 mm
32 - 36 mm
36 - 40 mm
q
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1. The bottonhole can be set to a length of between 10
and 38 mm (10 to 50 mm with no looper thread trim-
mer.) in steps of 1 mm.
1. NOTE:
You cannot set the buttonhole length to a value that
would make the difference between the buttonhole
length and the tacking length less than 7 mm.
2. Press the "Up" switch q or the "Down" switch w to
set the desired buttonhole length.
q
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1. The buttonhole can be set in steps of 1 mm.
1. * Refer to the table below for the setting ranges.
1. NOTE:
1. You cannot set the buttonhole length to a value that
1. would make the difference between the buttonhole
1. length and the tacking length less than 7 mm.
2. Press the "Up" switch q or the "Down" switch w to set
2. the desired buttonhole length.
2. NOTE:
2. If the set buttonhole length is outside the allowable
2. setting range because of changes made to the
2. m a c h i n e s p e c i f i c a t i o n s , t h e d a t a w i l l b e
2. automatically changed so that it is within the
2. allowable range.
2. Example: For L1 specifications
2. If the buttonhole length has been set to 20 mm
2. and the machine is changed to L1 specifications,
2. the buttonhole length will be automatically
2. changed to 18 mm.
* The buttonhole length setting is only valid when in AUTO
* mode.
1. Press the KNIFE switch q.
1. * The setting will switch between cutting on and
1. * cutting off.
1. * When the KNIFE indicator is illuminated, cutting is
1. * turned on; if the KNIFE indicator is switched off,
1. * cutting is turned off.
1. * The knife will not operate when cutting is turned off.
Refer to page 35 for details on switching between cutting
before sewing and cutting after sewing.
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6. USING THE OPERATION PANEL
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