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Question posted by skye6438 on June 19th, 2013

How Do I Get The Needle To Dip Down Into The Bobbin Case To Bring Up Thread?

the tension for upper and lower threads is set at 4, but i cannot make the needle dip down and pick up bobbin thread. does the machine need to be on? i thought this was a manual process. thanks.

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