SINGER 15-90 - Manual (Page 10)

Select the cor­
rect needle ac­
cording to the
table on page 7.
Be sure that the
needle is not
blunt or bent.
Raise the needle
bar to its highest
position and
loosen the thumb
screw K in the
needle clamp.
Push the needle
with its flat side
to the left up
into the needle
clamp as far as
it will go, then
t i g h t e n t h e
thumb screw.
8
TO SET THE NEEDLE
Eieoio
F ig . 5. S etting the N eedle
UPPER THREADING
(S ee F ig . 6 on the F ollowing P age )
Raise the take-up lever 5 to its highest point.
Place the spool of thread on spool pin at top of
machine
Pass the thread through the thread guide 1
Down, under and from back to front between the
tension discs 2 (the thread guard L guiding the
thread between the discs)
Hold the spool tightly and pull the thread against
the take-up spring 4 until it enters the retain­
ing fork 3
Pass the thread from back to front through the
hole 5 in the take-up lever
Down through the guide
6
on the face plate
Into the guide 7 on the needle clamp
From right to left through the eye 8 of the needle.
Draw about two inches of thread through the eye
of the needle with which to commence sewing.