Brother MD-611 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• COVER

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• SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

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  • [1] Safety indications and their meanings

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  • [2] Notes on safety

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  • [3] Warning labels

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• CONTENTS

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• 1. NAMES OF MAJOR PARTS

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• 2. SPECIFICATIONS

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• 3. INSTALLATION

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  • 3-1. Table processing diagram

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  • 3-2. Installing the control box

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  • 3-3. Installing the oil pan

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  • 3-4. Installing the machine head

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  • 3-5. Tilting the sewing machine head

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  • 3-6. Installing the operation panel

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  • 3-7. Installing the treadle unit (motor-driven work clamp specifications)

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  • 3-8. Installing the two-pedal foot switch (pneumatic work clamp specifications)

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  • 3-9. Connecting the cords

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  • 3-10. Connecting the ground wire

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  • 3-11. Connecting the power cord

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  • 3-12. Installing the cotton stand

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  • 3-13. Installing the pneumatic unit (pneumatic work clamp specifications)

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  • 3-14. Installing the eye guard

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  • 3-15. Installing the motor cover

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  • 3-16. Lubrication

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  • 3-17. Installing the machine head fixing bolt

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• 4. PREPARATION BEFORE SEWING

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  • 4-1. Installing the needle

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  • 4-2. Threading the upper thread

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  • 4-3. Winding the lower thread

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  • 4-4. Installing the bobbin case

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  • 4-5. Thread tension

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    • 4-5-1. Lower thread tension

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    • 4-5-2. Upper thread tension

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  • 4-6. Home position detection

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• 5. USING THE OPERATION PANEL (BASIC OPERATIONS)

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  • 5-1. Name and function of each operation panel item

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  • 5-2. Loading sewing data

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  • 5-3. Setting the program number

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  • 5-4. Setting the X-scale and Y-scale

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  • 5-5. Setting the sewing speed

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  • 5-6. Checking the sewing pattern

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  • 5-7. Setting the work clamp lift amount

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• 6. USING THE OPERATION PANEL (ADVANCED OPERATIONS)

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  • 6-1. List of advanced functions

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  • 6-2. Setting memory switches

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  • 6-3. List of memory switch settings

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  • 6-4. Using the lower thread counter

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  • 6-5. Using the production counter

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  • 6-6. Setting the split number

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  • 6-7. Using user programs

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  • 6-8. Using cycle programs

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  • 6-9. Direct selection (combination table)

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  • 6-10. X and Y parallel movement of sewing pattern

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  • 6-11. Clearing memory data (reinitialization)

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• 7. USING CF CARDS

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  • 7-1. Notes on handling CF cards (sold separately)

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  • 7-2. Structure of a CF card folder

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  • 7-3. Data read/write mode

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    • 7-3-1. Reading all sewing data from the CF card at once

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    • 7-3-2. Writing all sewing data to the CF card at once

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• 8. SEWING

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  • 8-1. Sewing

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  • 8-2. Using the STOP switch

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  • 8-3. Using the thread wiper switch

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• 9. CLEANING

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  • 9-1. Cleaning the rotary hook

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  • 9-2. Cleaning the control box air inlet ports

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  • 9-3. Draining the oil

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  • 9-4. Cleaning the eye guard

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  • 9-5. Checking the needle

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  • 9-6. Lubrication

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• 10. STANDARD ADJUSTMENTS

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  • 10-1. Checking the machine head switch

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  • 10-2. Thread take-up spring

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  • 10-3. Arm thread guide R

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  • 10-4. Adjusting the needle bar height

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  • 10-5. Adjusting the needle bar lift amount

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  • 10-6. Adjusting the needle contact pressure of the driver

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  • 10-7. Adjusting the needle clearance

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  • 10-8. Adjusting the shuttle race thread guide

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  • 10-9. Rotary hook lubrication amount

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  • 10-10. Adjusting the position of the movable knife

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  • 10-11. Replacing the movable and fixed knives

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    • 10-11-1. Installing the feed plate

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  • 10-12. Adjusting the thread wiper

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  • 10-13. Presser foot installation position

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  • 10-14. Changing the intermittent stroke

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  • 10-15. Adjusting the work clamp lift amount

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  • 10-16. Adjusting the air pressure (pneumatic work clamp specifications)

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• 11. TABLE OF ERROR CODES

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• 12. TROUBLESHOOTING

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• 13. 7-SEGMENT DISPLAY

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• END COVER

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