How to Put Thread in an Overlock Machine 4

Step 3. Turn the handwheel to set the needles in the highest position. Move the machine’s handwheel until the red line on the wheel lines up with the arrow on the needle position window. This lets you know that the machine’s 2 needles are in the highest position.
Some overlock machines stop with the needles automatically in the highest position. If this is the case for your machine, you don’t have to go to the trouble of manually raising the needles