L-15

FAQs & Troubleshooting

L-15

Date: 03/07/2015 ID: faqh00000467_013

(1) Spool pin
(2) Thread guide (back)
(3) Thread guide (front)
(4) Thread take-up lever
(5) Mark on the handwheel

Make sure the main power switch is off when threading.
Make sure you thread the machine properly. Otherwise, the thread could tangle and break the needle.

Raise the presser foot using the presser foot lever.

(1) Presser foot lever
Raise the needle to its highest position by turning the handwheel toward you (counterclockwise) so that the mark on the handwheel points directly up.

When you use the needle threader, make sure the needle holder is in the highest position, otherwise the hook may be damaged.
Pull up the spool pin and put a spool of thread on this pin.

If the spool of thread is in the wrong place, or is set incorrectly, the thread may tangle on the spool pin and cause the needle to break.
Feed the upper thread as shown below.
Pass the thread through both thread guides: the back one first, and then the front one.

(1) Thread guide (back)
(2) Thread guide (front)
Make sure you guide the thread through the thread take-up lever from right to left.
Put the thread behind the guide above the needle.

The thread can easily be passed behind the needle bar thread guide by holding the thread in your left hand, then feeding the thread with your right hand.

(1) Needle bar thread guide
Pass the thread through the eye of the needle from front to back.
Pass the end of the thread through the presser foot, and then pull out about 5 cm (2 inches) of thread toward the rear of the machine.

(1) 5 cm (2 inches)