SINGER W816 - Manual (Page 10)

UPPER THREADING
1. Turn the hand wheel toward you to raise the
take-up lever to its highest position.
2 . Place a spool of thread on the spool pin.
3. Lead the thread through the upper arm thread
guides.
4. Down and between tension discs from right to
Left.
5. Draw the thread up through the check spring
and with a slight tug into the hook, (See insert
Fig. 6 )
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6. Then up through the eye of the take-up lever
from right to left.
7. Lead thread down, through the thread guide 19
and face plate guides then through the needle
bar guide.
8. Thread needle FROM front to back, drawing it
through about 3 or 4 inches. Hold the end of
the upper thread loosely and turn the hand wheel
toward you until the needle goes all the way
down and comes back up. A loop (Fig. 7 ) will
be formed over the upper thread which then
can be pulled out straight. Place both thread
ends under the presser foot and draw toward
of the machine, leaving both threads
^ thr#e'VOr^*four:*inches.,'long. ■ ■
Fig. 7