Frister Rossmann 404 QUILTER PROFESSIONAL Quick Reference Instructions

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QUICK

REFERENCE

INSTRUCTIONS

FOR

404 QUILTER

PROFESSIONAL

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PRINCIPAL PARTS OF THE MACHINE

1. Upper thread guide

2. Tension dial

3. Speed adjustment lever

4. Reverse button

5. Take up lever

6. Face cover

7. Needle position button

8. Start/Stop button

9. Extension table

10. Needle clamp screw

11. Bobbin & shuttle cover

12. Buttonhole lever

13. Threading lever

14. Needle threader

15. Presser foot holder screw

16. Presser foot

17. Needle plate

18. Bobbin winder stopper

19. Bobbin winder spindle

20. Horizontal spool pin

21. Handle

22. Hand wheel

23. Stitch balance dial

24. Power switch

25. Foot controller connector

26. Plug connector

27. Presser foot lever

28. Feed dog height lever

12 13

14 15

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ACCESSORIES

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23

1. All purpose foot (On machine)

2. Narrow hem foot

3. Buttonhole foot

4. Zipper foot

5. Button foot

6. Satin stitch foot

7. Blind hem foot

8. Quilting / Straight stitch foot

9. Overlock foot

10. Cording foot

11. Embroide ry foot

12. Walking foot

13. Bobbin

14. Screw driver (Large)

15. Screw driver (Small)

16. Needle plate screw driver

17. Spool cap (Large)

18. Spool cap (Small)

19. Quilting guide

20. Buttonhole cutter

21. Extra spool pin

22. Finger protecter (On machine)

23. Needles.

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1. Place thread spool and spool cap onto spool pin. (Make sure the cut on the thread reel is towards right side before threading)

2﹒Follow the arrow direction, thread as diagram.

3﹒Thread through inside of the opening on the

bobbin edge, then place empty bobbin onto spindle.

4﹒Push bobbin winder to the right, hold the end of

thread. Slowly press the foot control to start winding.

WINDING THE BOBBIN

Spool

Gap

Spool pin

Spool cap

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5﹒When bobbin winder is completed, release the

foot control to stop machine then cut the thread.

6﹒Return winder spindle to left and remove wound

bobbin.

If it is not winding evenly, make adjustments: Turn screw clock wise: position down. Turn screw counter clockwise: position up. Until winding is even in bobbin.

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INSERTING AND REMOVING THE BOBBIN

1. Release the lock of bobbin cover plate (push to right) and remove the bobbin cover.

2. Remove the bobbin.

3. With newly wound bobbin draw thread on bobbin out approx 10 cm, then put the bobbin in bobbin case.

4. Whilst gently pulling the bobbin thread allow this to pass into indentation on bobbin case (A), and pull it towards to left.

(A)

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UPPER TENSION THREADING

1. TURN HANDWHEEL TOWARDS YOU UNTIL NEEDLE IS IN ITS HEIGHEST POSITION.

2. RAISE PRESSER FOOT.

3. PLACE REEL OF THREAD ON VERTICAL SPOOL PIN, AND FIT SPOOL PIN CAP 17 OR 18 ONTO SPOOL PIN TO SECURE COTTON REEL.

4. PULL THE THREAD UNDER THE THREAD GUIDE AND SLIDE IT UP OVER THE HOOK. (DIAGRAM 1)

5. PULL THE THREAD ACROSS THE TOP OF MACHINE, ENSURING IT IS LAID INBETWEEN THE TENSION LEVER DISCS ((DIAGRAM 2).

6. TAKE THE THREAD DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF SLOT AND UP THE LEFTHAND SIDE (DIAGRAM 3).

7. PULL THE THREAD FIRMLY, FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, OVER THE TAKE UP LEVER AND DOWN INTO THE TAKE UP LEVER EYE (DIAGRAM 4).

8. TAKE THREAD DOWM AND SLIDE INTO THREAD GUIDE FROM RIGHT (DIAGRAM 5).

9. SLIDE THREAD FROM RIGHT INTO NEEDLE BAR THREAD GUIDE (DIAGRAM 7).

10. THREAD NEEDLE FROM FRONT TO BACK MANUALLY. (ALTERNATIVLEY, TO USE NEEDLE THREADER, SEE NEXT PAGE).

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DRAWING UP BOBBIN THREAD

1. Hold the upper thread with your left hand and turn hand wheel slowly and towards you.

2. Gently pull the upper thread, and the lower thread will come up in a loop.

3. Pull both threads together taking them backwards and through presser foot to the rear of machine.

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Enlarged 1-5 times photo.

SETTING STITCH WIDTH

1. THE WIDTH OF EACH PATTERN IS SET AUTOMATICALLY. HOWEVER IT IS POSSIBLE ON SOME PATTERNS TO ADJUST WIDTH. IF BUZZER GIVES 3 BEEPS THE WIDTH LIMIT HAS BEEN REACHED. ADJUSTMENT IS DONE BY PRESSING+ OR – WIDTH BUTTONS. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ADJUST SIZE OF LETTERS.

SETTING STITCH LENGTH

TO ADJUST STITCH LENGTH FOR NORMAL SEWING PRESS THE LENGTH +/- BUTTONS TO SUIT. ADJUSTMENT IS LIMITED WHEN SEWING PATTERNS, AND 3 BEEPS WILL BE HEARD WHEN THERE IS NO MORE ADJUSTMENT. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ADJUST LETTER SIZE.

You can make a pattern enlarge up to 5 times after you press “insert” button for these 14 kinds of pattern. You can decrease sizes when pressed “Delete”.

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DROP FEED MECHANISM USED FOR FREE HAND EMBROIDERY

1. TO LOWER THE FEED MECHANISM, IN ORDER TO SEW ON BUTTONS & DO FREE HAND EMBROIDERY, SLIDE “FEED DOG HEIGHT LEVER” No 28 TO LEFT. THIS WILL ENABLE THE TEETH TO DISENGAGE.

2. ENSURE THAT FOR FREE HAND EMBROIDERY FOOT No 11, EMBROIDERY FOOT, IS FITTED.

3. WHEN SEWING ON BUTTONS FOOT No 5 MUST BE FITTED.

4. TO RETURN TEETH TO NORMAL SEWING SLIDE FEED DOG HEIGHT LEVER No 28 TO THE RIGHT, AND TURN MACHINE BY HAND & REVOLUTIONS TO ENGAGE.

18. Bobbin winder stopper

19. Bobbin winder spindle

20. Horizontal spool pin

21. Handle

22. Hand wheel

23. Stitch balance dial

24. Power switch

25. Foot controller connector

26. Plug connector

27. Presser foot lever

28. Feed dog height lever

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AUTOMATIC NEEDLE THREADER

NOTE: NEEDLE MUST BE IN ITS HEIGHEST POSITION PRESSER FOOT MUST BE REMOVED WHEN USING AUTOMATIC THREADER. NEEDLE THREADER CANNOT BE USED WHEN USING A TWIN NEEDLE

1. RAISE NEEDLE TO ITS HEIGHEST POSITION.

2. LOWER NEEDLE THREADER TO ITS LOWEST POSITION.

3. HOOK “A” WILL AUTOMATICALLY INSERT ITSELF FROM THE REAR INTO EYE OF NEEDLE, ENABLING UPPER THREAD TO BE PLACED AROUND HOOK “B” FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, AND UNDER HOOK A.

4. WHILST HOLDING THREAD IN RIGHT HAND, AROUND 5 CM HIGHER THAN THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE, RAISE NEEDLE THREADER WITH LEFT HAND. RELAX HOLD ON RIGHT HAND AT THE SAME TIME TO ALLOW THREADER TO PULL THERAD THROUGH EYE OF NEEDLE.

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PATTERN SELECTION

1. SELECT THE PATTERN LIST YOU WISH TO CHOOSE FROM BY PRESSING BUTTON No 1.

2. PRESS BUTTON No 6.

3. USING BUTTONS No 7 SCROLL ALONG THE PATTERN LIST TO SELECT WHICH PATTERN YOU WANT. THEN PRESS BUTTON No 6 AGAIN TO CONFIRM PATTERN.

WHEN SCROLLING THROUGH THE PATTERN LIST BY PRESSING BUTTONS No 5 THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE NEXT OR PREVIOUS LINE OF PATTERNS.

PATTERN END SELECTION BUTTON “PES”

1. WHEN SELECTING PATTERNS THE “<” SIGN WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN. BY PRESSING BUTTON No 12 THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THE MACHINE ALWAYS COMPLETES A P ATTERN AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU FINISH SEWING.

2. BY PRESSING BUTTON No 13 THE PATTERNS CAN BE MIRRORED, AND THE MIRROR IMAGE WILL SHOW ON THE SCREEN.

Sewing indication screen

1. Power on screen(straight stitch)

2. Pattern group indicator

3. Presser foot indicator

4. Pattern indicator

5. Stitch length indicator

6. Stitch width indicator

7. Stitch length adjust / pattern page up or down

8. Pattern selection button

9. Stitch width adjust / pattern selection up or down button

10. Mirror button indicator

11. PES auto stop indicator

12. PES auto stop button

13. Mirror button

14. Pattern group selection button

Pattern selection screen

1. Pattern group selection button

2. Pattern group indicator

3. Pattern selecting indicator

4. Pattern group selecting indicator

5. Pattern page up or down / Stitch length adjust

6. Pattern selection confirm button

7. Pattern selection up or down / Stitch width adjust

button

LCD SCREEN / OPERATION BUTTONS

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USING MACHINE MEMORY

MEMORY CAN BE USED FOR LETTERS & NUMBER SECTION, “A&1”.

1. TO SELECT “MEMORY SECTION” PRESS SELECT BUTTON No 1 TO MEMORY MODE.

2. PRESS “EDIT” BUTTON No 5 TO OPEN MEMORY.

3. PRESS BUTTON No 8, “PATTERN SELECTION BUTTON”, AND USING BUTTONS No 9 SCROLL UP & DOWN TO REACH THE REQUIRED PATTERN.

4. PRESS BUTTON No 8 TO SELECT DESIRED PATTERN, AND REPEAT 3&4 IT TO ADD AND SELECT MORE PATTERNS.

5. USING THE STITCH LENGTH BUTTONS WILL ENABLE SELECTION OF EITHER NUMBERS OR LETTERS.

* THE MEMORY HAS A MAXIMUM OF 30 PATTERNS

MEM mode Edit screen

1. Pattern group selection button

2. MEM mode Edit screen indicator

3. Edit mode indicator

4. MEM mode indicator

5. Edit mode button

6. Delete button / elongation smaller button

7. Insert setup button / elongation larger button

8. Pattern selection button

9. Edit position left / right button

10. Edit position number indicator

MEM mode sewing screen

1. Mirror button indicator

2. MEM mode sewing screen indicator

3. MEM mode indicator

4. MEM mode Edit button

5. MEM mode Pattern Number

6. MEM mode Pattern position / number

7. MEM mode Pattern screen

8. PES auto stop indicator

9. Auto stop button

10. Mirror button

11. Pattern group selection button

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BUTTONHOLE SEWING

1. PLACE BUTTON IN BUTTONHOLE FOOT AND ADJUST SLOT TO SIZE OF BUTTON.

2. REMOVE ORDAINARY SEWING FOOT & FIT BUTTONHOLE FOOT.

3. PULL UPPER & LOWER THREADS APPROX 10cm & LAY UNDER BUTTONHOLE FOOT.

4. PRESS PATTERN “SELECTION BUTTON” No 8 FOR SELECT MODE. USE EITHER OF STITCH LENGTH BUTTONS TO SELECT BUTTONHOLE LINE, AND THEN SELECT DESIRED BUTTONHOLE BY USING EITHER OF STITCH WIDTH BUTTONS.

5. PRESS PATTERN SELECT BUTTON No 8 TO SECURE BUTTONHOLE.

6. MARK OUT POSITION OF BUTTONHOLE ON FABRIC.

7. PLACE F ABRIC UNDER BUTTONHOLE FOOT & LOWER FOOT.

8. LOWER BUTTONHOLE LEVER, No 12, LOCATED UNDER LIGHT, AT REAR OF NEEDLE THREADER (SEE DIAGRAM 1).

9. START SEWING SLOWLY UNTIL FABRIC RETURNS TO THE START LINE AND THEN STOP SEWING.

10. RAISE BUTTONHOLE FOOT & REMOVE FABRIC.

Bartacks

Buttonhole locations (Marks)

(Diagram 1)

(Diagram 2)

(Diagram 3)

(Diagram 4)

Button adjuster

Button slot

Remake： Buttonhole patterns are one time stitches.

Buttonhole lever

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