Attaching snap-in feed cover, Changing the needle, Changing needle plates – SINGER 1280 User Manual

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NOTE:

Remove bobbin if it contains thread in order

to prevent thread being caught when plate is replaced.

•

Raise needle to highest position by turning the hand

wheel

to'ward you.

• Raise presser foot,

• Open slide plate. Place thumb under right side of

needle plate, lift it up and withdraw it to right.

• Replace needle plate under clarriping pin A, push it

firmly

to the left and press down until it snaps into

place.

• Close slide plate.

Changing Needle Plates

Attaching Snap-in Feed Cover

♦ Raise needle40 highest position by turning hand

wheel

tov^ard you.

♦ Raise presser foot, open slide plate and insert gen

eral purpose needle plate,

♦ Slide snap-in feed cover away from you over needle

plate until points B and C are positioned directly

over holes in needle plate as illustrated. Snap in

point 8. Then push point C in toward point 8 until it
snaps into place. Close slide plate.

♦ To remove, open slide plate, then simply lift up front

edge of feed cover and remove. Close slide plate.

Changing the Needle

♦ Raise needle to its highest position by turning the

hand wheel reward

you.

Loosen the needle-damp

screw D and remove the needle.

♦ Insert new needle with the flat side of the needle to

the back, up into clamp E as far as it will go.

♦ Tighten needle-clamp screw.