SINGER 29K73 User Manual
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TO REPLACE THE SHUTTLE
After
threading
the
shuttle,
turn
hand
wheel
until
the upright part of the shuttle carrier is to the right.
Then with the point of the shuttle nearest you, and
pointing
towards
the
right,
place
it
into
the
recess
as shown in Fig. 17. With needle bar at its highest
point, press down lever C, Fig. 17 and swing back
needle plate to its sewing position.
TO THREAD NEEDLE
jy
C
Fig. 17. Replacing Shuffle
TO SET THE NEEDLE
Raise needle bar to its highest point and loosen
screw H, Fig. 18. Then insert shank of the needle up
into the needle clamp as far as it will go with long
groove of the needle to the left and its eye directly in
line with the arm of the machine. Tighten screw H,
Fig. 18. Loosen screw G, Fig. 18 and move the clamp
to right or left until the needle passes through the
center hole in the needle plate, then tighten screw G.
CAUTION: There are two double end needle plates
furnished
with
each
machine.
Be
certain
needle
is
straight
and
corresponds
to
the
correct
needle
hole
size indicated on end of needle plate.
Fig. 19. Threading Needle
1.
Place the spool of thread on the spool pin so that
thread
will
draw
from
the
rear
side
of
spool.
See
Fig. 19.
2.
Raise the wire guide in the oil cup on top of
the arm and pass thread under guide 1, then press
guide back into position.
3.
Draw the thread around back of pin 2 which
is near the tension discs on top of the arm and from
back to front and right to left between the tension
discs 3. See Fig. 20.
4. Pass thread through wire eyelet 4.
5.
Lead thread up and from front to back through
the hole 5 in the take-up lever.
6.
Draw about 10 inches of thread through the
hole in take-up lever and insert the end into the slit
in the end of the threading wire supplied with the
machine.
Then
pass
end
of
threading
wire
down
through hole
6
which runs through the center of the
needle bar.
7.
Remove thread from threading wire then with
draw
threading
wire.
Pass
the
thread
from
left
to
right through the eye of the needle 7. Draw about
three inches of thread through the eye of the needle
with which to start sewing.
Fig. 18. Selling the Needle