If you don't own a manual .................
On a lot of these machines you're up a creek with out a manual. THAT I totally agree with. I didn't think that far ahead.
Like I've said elsewhere I watched my mom use the HOTHER for decades. I threaded it for her for years, I'm near sighted she was far sighted, so I could do the needle in nothing flat, she'd have to fight with it. I watched her thread the top so many times when I first got the machine to run I did it without thinking.
So, yeah, MUV's videos can be very helpful.
Joe