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Unplugging before threading the needle?

I've just bought a Janome School Mate and, reading the instruction manual, I found a strange thing. It says to unplug the machine when threading the needle (which I don't understand, because when I thread the needle is when I need the light most).

Why do you think they wrote it? For fear that one might hurt his fingers in case the needles starts working accidentally or because touching the needle there is a danger of being electrocuted? I'm a bit confused.

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instruction manual,

threading the

needle is when

his fingers

touching the

confused.

i can only imagine they do not want you to stitch your fingers

i recently could have used a "remove toddlers and babies from room before threading needle" warning

LSS - baby plopped bottom right onto the foot control just as i was removing my hands from threading the needle :O aaahhyyy !!! NO the nachine was not off

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Janome is probably anticipating that someone too stupid to keep their foot off the foot control while threading the machine will drive a needle through their own finger and immediately call their lawyer to sue Janome for "manufacturing a 'dangerous device' witout adequate warning label". Labels warning against stupid behavior are now very common, meant to thwart Darwin's Natural Selection.

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:Your replies are so amusing you had me in tears from laughing! I suspectedit had something to do with the typical American passion for class action(I'm Italian and here in Italy we've just introduced the law for classaction, that it's nearly unknown here). Thanks for your replies, now I'm relieved that it has nothing to do with electricity.

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