Kenmore 1240 Instructions Manual

Section ] Knowing Your Sewing Machine Identifying Parts ........................................... 2, 3 Installing and Connecting Machine ..................... 4 Bobbin .................................................... 5, 6, 7 Threading-Top Thread ............. ........................ 8 Using the Controls Top Tension Control .......... ...

Knowing Your ewing Machine 1. Hand Hole Cover Plate 2. Seam Guide Lines 3. Presser Foot 4. Needle Clamp Screw 5. Presser Foot Screw 6. Thread Guide 7. Face Cover Thread Guide 8. Top Thread Tension Control 9. Face Cover Plate 10. Take-up Lever 11. Upper Thread Guide 12. Special Stitch Dial (Model 1250 only) 13, Stitch Width Control 14. Special Stitch Variegat ...

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cabinet cutout. 3. Slip machine head onto the pins and tighten hinge screws securely. 4. Push the speed control plug onto three-prong connector under the bed plate. Lower machine head to front cabinet flap. 5. Plug the speed cont ...

REMOVING BOBBIN CASE FROM SHUTTLE •/ iilE•• .• •.... •i•-if!••_• i 1. Turn hand wheel to raise needle to its highest position. Lift hand hole cover plate. 2. Pull open latch of bobbin case. 3. Pull bobbin case straight out of shuttle. To thread the bobbin case, see page 7. ...

Pull end of thread through hole in bobbin as shown. Place bobbin onto bobbin winder shaft with end of thread coming from the top of the bobbin. Push bobbin winder latch against bobbin until it cl ...

o its highest position. Holding latch open, position case into shuttle, and release latch. Case should lock into place when latc ...

THREADING OF TOP THREAD Fig 1 Fig 2 _if,,,,,_ _i_,i ¸ • Fig3 " '" "i,,,, __ y 1. Place thread on spool pin as shown, with the thread coming from the back of the spool (Fig. 1-O). Draw thread through the top thread guide(s)(Fig. 1-_or (_). 2. Holding the spool with the right hand, pull the thread through the tension discs. The spring wire loop should be pu ...

is this one that regulates your top thread tension. It consists of discs between which the thread passes. The pressure on these discs is regulated by turning the dial. The higher the number, the tighter the tension. T ...