The picture on the far right is of my machine, which looks different than the manual. The first difference is the metal piece with 3 holes to wrap the thread to increase tension. My manual doesn't have that at all. I have seen some pictures and videos of similar models with this 3 hole bracket, but in all of those the bracket was mounted horizontally and not vertically like mine. I did try twisting in to the horizontal position and I can get it to rotate to about the 5:00 o'clock position. I may be able to rotate it some more but I didn't want to break it. The Picture on the left shows where I put the thread before I threaded the bottom of the needle. Is that where it goes? The manual shows it goes through something, but it didn't like this in the picture.