Brother XL5050NTC, XL5070NTC, XL5000, XL5060NTC User Manual
Step 3
Winding the bobbin. (Your machine may be supplied with a fully wound
bobbin, but you may want to fill another bobbin with your own thread.)
Step 4
Lower threading. (Your machine may be supplied with a threaded bobbin,
but you may want to use another bobbin with your own thread.)
• Set the power switch to on (I).
Place a spool of thread on the spool pin (
figure 3a).
Unwind some thread and pass the thread around the
tension disk.
• Take one of the bobbins from the accessory pack.
• Pass the thread through the hole in the bobbin from
the inside.
Clip the bobbin onto the bobbin winding shaft.
Push the bobbin winding shaft firmly to the right until
it clicks into place against the stop (
figure 3b).
• Hold the end of the thread and press the foot controller
to wind the thread around the bobbin a few times.
Trim the excess thread (
figure 3c), and continue
winding until the winding shaft stops automatically.
• Push the bobbin winding shaft back to the left, cut the
thread, and remove the bobbin from the shaft (
figure 3d).
Unwind the thread from the tension disk.
• Set the power switch to off (O).
Raise the needle to its highest position by turning the balance wheel towards you (counter-clockwise).
Open the shuttle cover behind the extension table.
• Hold the bobbin case in your left hand with the
bobbin case finger pointing towards you (
figure 4c).
With your right hand, pull the trailing thread into the
slot in the bobbin case (
figure 4c).
• Draw the thread down under the spring into the
delivery eye (
figure 4d).
• Hold the bobbin case by the latch, with the finger
pointing upwards (figure 4e).
Insert the bobbin back into the shuttle, release the
latch, and push the bobbin in until it clicks.
Make sure the bobbin case goes in all the way, or the
latch will not hold the bobbin properly.
Leave the shuttle cover open.
delivery
eye
bobbin
case
finger
spring
tension
disk
slot
latch
• Remove the bobbin case from the shuttle, by pulling
the latch (marked in red on
figure 4a).
• Leaving about 10 cm (4 in) of thread trailing, insert
the bobbin into the bobbin case (
figure 4b).
figure 3a
figure 3b
figure 4a
figure 4b
figure 4c
figure 4d
figure 4e
figure 3c
figure 3d
GETTING STARTED:
XL series Sewing Machines
XL5050NTC XL5060NTC XL5070NTC
To help you get started, please follow these simple instructions in the order shown below.
However, before you do so, read the safety instructions in the Instruction Manual.
Step 1
Unpack the sewing machine, and familiarise yourself with all the parts
and controls that are mentioned in these instructions.
Step 2
Prepare the sewing machine for use.
Foot
Controller
Mains
Plug
Power
Switch
Balance
Wheel
Foot
Controller
Connection
Bobbin Winding
Shaft
Stitch
Length
Dial
Pattern
Dial
Reverse
Lever
Take-up
Lever
Guide
Thread
Cutter
Presser Foot and
Needle Assembly
Presser Foot
Lever
Extension Table
(accessories and
bobbins inside)
Shuttle
Cover
Spool Pin
Tension
Dial
Tension Disk and
Thread Guide
Figure 1a Figure 1b
Bobbin and
Bobbin Case
• Plug in the foot controller connector at the right hand side of the machine, as shown in figure 1a. Connect the
mains plug into a wall socket, and place the controller on the floor.
Grip the top of the spool pin, and pull it upwards as shown in
figure 1b until it clicks into place at a height of
about 50 mm (2 in). Be careful not to pull the pin off the machine.
Set the tension dial to 5.
Set the pattern dial to straight stitch.
Set the stitch length dial to between 2 and 3.
• Using the fingerhold on the left-hand side, pull firmly
upwards and forwards to remove the extension table.
• Inside the extension table is the storage compartment.
Open the storage compartment with a sharp tug, to
find various accessories and a number of bobbins.
Starting to sew.
• With your right hand, turn the balance wheel towards
you (counter-clockwise), so that the needle moves
down and back up again to its highest position.
Pull the upper thread towards you, and the lower thread
will come up from the bobbin in a small loop (
figure 7c).
Pull the free end of the loop all the way out.
• Pull out both threads to about 15 cm (6 in), pass them
between the toes of the foot, and out to the back of the
machine, straight behind the foot (
figure 7d).
Close the shuttle cover and refit the extension table.
• Set the power switch to on (I).
Make sure the presser foot is up, and raise the needle to its highest position
using the balance wheel.
Place the fabric under the foot with the needle about 1 cm (3/8 in) from the rear
edge of the fabric, and lower the presser foot onto the fabric.
• To start sewing, press down on the foot controller.
To stop, release the foot controller.
To reverse sew, hold the reverse lever all the way down whilst sewing.
• When you have finished sewing, raise the presser foot and the needle.
Gently pull the fabric out, and cut the thread using the thread cutter (
figure 8).
Step 6 continued
To learn how to use the more advanced features of the XL series sewing machine, you should read the Instruction Manual.
For further assistance, phone: 0870 830 4020, email: support@brother-support.co.uk
or visit our website: www.brother-support.co.uk
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thread cutter
Step 7
Drawing up the thread from the bobbin.
• Make sure the power switch is set to off (O).
Raise the needle to its highest position by turning the
balance wheel towards you (counter-clockwise).
Raise the presser foot by pushing the presser foot
lever upwards (
figure 7a).
• With your left hand, hold the end of the upper thread
(
figure 7b).
• Hook the thread around the needle threader and
across the front of the needle, just below the hook
(
figure 6e).
• Holding the thread loosely with your right hand, rotate
the needle threader, so that the hook comes back out
of the eye and the threader springs back upwards.
The hook should pull a loop of thread through the
needle (
figure 6f). If it does not, then try again.
• Pull the free end of the loop to draw the thread all the
way out through the back of the needle.
figure 6e
figure 7a figure 7b
figure 7c figure 7d
figure 8
figure 6f
Step 5
Upper threading.
• Make sure the power switch is set to off (O).
Important: Raise the presser foot by pushing the
presser foot lever upwards.
(see
figure 6a in step 6 below)
Raise the take-up lever (just visible through the slot)
to its highest position by turning the balance wheel
towards you (counter-clockwise).
Place a spool of thread on the spool pin (
figure 5a).
Unwind some thread and hook the thread around the
back of the thread guide, making sure that the thread
is not wound round the tension disk.
• Holding the thread at the top of the take-up lever guide,
pass the thread down to the right of the guide, then
under the guide and back up the left side (figure 5b).
• Pull the thread up the left of the take-up lever guide,
and all the way to the back of the slot (figure 5c).
• Pull the thread over to the left, then back downwards
again (
figure 5d).
This should hook the thread around the take-up lever,
which is just visible inside the slot. If it does not, then
try again.
needle
guide
take-up
lever
tension disk
thread
guide
Step 6 continued over the page
Step 6
Threading the needle.
• Make sure the power switch is set to off (O).
Raise the needle to its highest position by turning the
balance wheel towards you (counter-clockwise).
Raise the presser foot by pushing the presser foot
lever upwards (
figure 6a).
• Pass the thead behind the needle guide, leaving about
10cm (4in) of thread trailing (
figure 6b).
• If your machine doesn’t have a needle threader, then
thread the needle by hand (from front to back), and go
straight to Step 7.
Needle threader:
• Pull the needle threader down and rotate it (
figure 6c)
so that the hook passes right through the eye of the
needle from the back (
figure 6d).
hook
figure 5a
figure 5b
figure 5c
figure 5d
figure 6a
figure 6b
figure 6c figure 6d
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