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Question posted by camiewalton on May 26th, 2013

Thread Take-up Lever

My thread take-up lever lowered and I don't know what to use to get my big fingers inside the small opening to raise it. What do I use or what and how do I remove parts to get there?

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Users Manual - English - Page 19

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