17. ADJUSTMENT OF THE PEDAL
WARNING :
Turn OFF the power before starting the work so as to prevent accidents caused by abrupt start of the sewing machine.
(1) Installing the connecting rod
1) Move pedal 3 to the right or left as illustrated by the arrows so that motor control lever 1 and connecting rod 2 are straightened.
(2) Adjusting the pedal angle
1) The pedal tilt can be freely adjusted by changing the length of the connecting rod.
2) Loosen adjust screw 4 , and adjust the length of connecting rod 2 .
18. PEDAL OPERATION
The pedal is operated in the following four steps:
1) The machine runs at low sewing speed when you lightly depress the front part of the pedal. B
2) The machine runs at high sewing speed when you further depress the front part of the pedal. A
(If the automatic reverse feed stitehing has been preset, the machine runs at high speed after it completes reverse feed stitching.)
3) The machine stops (with its needle up or down) when you reset the pedal toits original position. C
4) The machine trims threads when you fully depress the back part of the pedal. E
* When the auto-lifer (AK device) is used, one more operating switch is provided between the sewing machine stop switch and thread trimming switch.
The presser foot goes up when you lightly depress the back part of the pedal D , and if you further depress the back part, the thread trimmer is actuated.
When starting sewing from the state that the presser foot has been lifted with the Auto-lifter and you depress the back part of the pedal, the presser foot
only comes down.
• If you reset the pedal to its neutral position during the automatic reverse feed stitching at seam start, the machine stops after it cornpletes the reverse feed
stitching.
• The machine will perform normal thread trimming even if you depress the back part of the pedal immediately following high or low speed sewing.
• The machine will completely perforrn thread trimming even if you reset the pedal to its neutral position immediately after the machine started thread
trimming action.
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