Threading The Coverstitch Needles - Pfaff Coverlock 3.0 Owner's Manual

Threading the coverstitch needles

Threading the right coverstitch needle
(red, E on the needle clamp)
• Raise the presser foot to release tension discs.
• Pass the thread from back to front through the thread
guide on the thread stand (1).
• Thread the top cover thread guide by pulling the
thread towards the right until it slips under the guide.
Then pull the thread along the right side of the button
as illustrated (2).
• Lift up the handle and bring the thread under it. While
holding the thread with both hands, pass it between
the tension discs and pull it down to make certain it is
properly placed between the tension discs (3).
• Continue to thread points (4-8).
into the slot on the take-up lever cover (6). Then slip
the thread into the right slot on the thread guides (7)
and (8).
• Before threading the eye of the needle, make sure the
thread is in front of the thread guide located on the
bottom of the needle clamp for coverstitch.
• Thread the eye of the needle (9). Use the needle
threader (see page 21) to make the threading easier.
•
hang free.
• Place the thread to the back, under the presser foot.
18 Threading
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3
2
1
2
6
4
5
7
8
9
9