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11. Sewing
If you have placed the thread and everything
is set correctly, as described in the previous -
chapters:
a) To place the material
• Turn the handwheel
s
in an anti-clockwise
direction to fully raise the needle.
• Use the foot lever
j
to raise the needle
retainer
;
.
• Place the material under the sewing foot
and lower the sewing foot back down.
b) To start a seam
• Hold the two thread ends run to the back
”
firmly with the left hand.
• Step very carefully on the foot switch – just
enough to do the first 3-4 sewing motions.
While doing this, guide the material with the
right hand.
• Once the first sewing motions have been
performed successfully, hold the lever for
backward operation
2#
pressed briefly ...
• and press again on the foot switch – just
until you have returned to the starting point
of the seam. When you now want to continue
with the seam from that point, it is held firmly
by several overstitches.
c) To finish off a seam
Sew back and forth at the end of the seam using
the reverse lever, as at the start of the seam.
The end of the seam is now also held firmly.
Lervia KH 4000
s
”
2#
j
;
