SINGER 29K73 - Manual (Page 8)

Raise needle bar to its highest point and lift feeding
foot A, Fig. 7 by moving lifter B, Fig. 5 upward.
Press down lever C, Fig. 7 and swing needle plate
around as shown.
Turn hand wheel until point of shuttle is nearest
operator, then lift out shuttle with thumb and fore­
finger.
Turn shuttle over and bobbin will drop out.
NOTE: For 29K72 machine, move bobbin retaining
spring D, Fig. 7 outward before taking out the bobbin.
TO REMOVE THE BOBBIN
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NOTE: If hand wheel and bobbin winder are fitted
on front of machine, the slot in the side of the bobbin
must face to the outside. The top of hand wheel must
then turn over to the right (clockwise) as when sewing
to insure properly wound bobbins.
When bobbin is sufficiently full, remove it from the
spindle. Loosen thumb screw D, Fig. 9 on the winder
and move screw upward in slot until the rubber ring
is out of contact with the hand wheel, then tighten
thumb screw.
Fig. 7. Taking out th« Shuttle
TO WIND THE BOBBIN
Disengage hand wheel from operating stitching
mechanism by drawing out plunger F, Fig. 8 and
turning it slightly to left or right.
Place spool of thread on the spool pin and pass
end of thread through the center slot or hole in the
bobbin. Then press the bobbin, with slot in the side of
the bobbin facing to the left, as far as it will go,
on bobbin winder spindle.
Loosen thumb screw D, Fig. 9 on bobbin winder and
push it down until the rubber ring presses against the
rim of the hand wheel, then tighten screw.
Turn hand wheel over toward you as when sewing
and simultaneously guide the thread with the finger
as shown in Fig. 9.
Fig. 9. Winding the Bobbin
Re-engage the hand wheel v/ith the stitching me­
chanism by turning plunger F, Fig. 8 slightly while
simultaneously turning the hand wheel slowly until
the plunger enters the hole in the inner disc.