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Bought this machine not long ago and used it with the needle it came with, but it is now dull and I have to replace it. According to the parts catalogue widely available on the net, the system is DBX1 or DAX1. In my books this is the same as 16x257, which I have tons of and used them in my older Juki DDL 553. These ones I have are 37.8mm long. But when I replace the original needle with DBX1, the machine skips stitches on light-weight slippery fabrics like silk etc. seemingly randomly, while stitching any cottons perfectly. I can fix this by lowering the needle by 1.5mm. Therefore it sounds like this machine needs a different needle system or... has a wrong needle bar??? Any ideas appreciated! I know this is a textile machine, but this is the only stitching forum I know of.

You can always sleeve a smaller needle, but as Constabulary pointed out, an adjustment may be required.

I find this bag very cute.

Kudos! Very creative.

What I see is that fingers are cut very close to one another. Been there done that not going back. This leads to either leather or stitches ripping in between fingers sooner or later. I pattern gloves from a hand with fingers spread as far apart as possible and those never rip.

What is preventing knives from cutting stitches when inserted/removed from the pockets?

650 watts is plenty.

These are probably used for stitching canvas straps onto truck tops?

Nice! do you use a clicker press?

One is hand lift, the other is foot pedal lift. You get more lift with the foot pedal. My 335 is old casting and it takes up to #22 needle. Tex 70 is definitely a go, even Tex 90 works. Not sure what that is in ## but both are smaller than #138.

The industry has not been devastated - it is thriving. Workforce - a different story.

These two pikers probably stole those boots. They are similar but simpler than modern riding boots. You'll need lasts though.

Thanks, but I make my own.

Another US textile factory bites the dust. This is so sad. US made textiles used to be the best quality you could find.

The seller can say anything, that does not make it truth. All DDL series machines are high speed textile bottom feed machines. Period.

Depends on what you define as canvas. The kind found on folding beds, or the kind used for towing straps.

I doubt it is capable of stitching belts with or w/o a roller foot. Kid gloves - possible. Wallets - kind of possible. Anything heavier is going to cause frustration.

It will stitch a broad range of textiles and lightest leather, that is it. Might work with a roller foot if this machine is all you can afford.

Colombia is a very strong competitor in leather business worldwide. They turn out amazing quality hides and stunning patterns and stitching. It is nearly impossible to compete with their quality and price. Italy makes goods just as good or better, but at a much higher price. Then there is Mexico, which is just plain outright cheap. India, Pakistan and then China do amazing work for cheap too. This is a very competitive market, while North America wears less and less leather garments and upholstery. Ecoleather (puke...) is replacing genuine leather everywhere, same as particle board replaced genuine wood in furniture. There are too many of us on this planet now, and goods have to be pumped out fast and cheap. Sad.

Dunno about the US, but up here in Canada COSTCO has a fantastic deal on APC 1500 VA back UPS. Worth every penny. Recently had the AC motor blown, possibly by a surge. Will be installing whole house surge protector soon and another separate protector for the AC.

The playing field between North America and 3d world is not level. I was involved with metal plating/galvanizing. It's a dying business in NA right now, as there are enormous fines imposed if gubmint finds traces of high oxidation states of chromium in wastewater, even if those came from a hobbyist flushing his kit down the toilet on the same drainage pipe as a 100% compliant business. In the 3d world no one looks your way even if a factory is dumping untreated waste. This impacts all businesses across the board in NA. Last I heard, the largest and only lead smelter in the US closed down its doors due to red tape and hostile regulations. What's the acronym for this - NIMBY mentality? Don't even get me started about insurance premiums! We are safe operators here, with policies and procedures in place, training, highest levels of compliance, yet we have to pay through the nose, while in the 3d world it costs next to nothing to insure the same activity. On top of that leatherworkers in general make almost the lowest wages of all industries. You have to find a niche. Having said that, it is used machines only for me, new ones would never be economical. And then I take time, shop around and wait for good deals for months, sometimes years.

You are thinking those rail mounted quilting machines. I was referring to regular single needle machines set up for quilting by changing the foot and removing feed dog

I saw these feet on quilting machines, but it looks like the guy in the video uses it for darning, which is very similar.

Do you guys upload your creations to thingiverse at all? That's a great place, as they have advanced interactive preview with 3d, and pretty good UI. I just started using it in my other line of business https://www.thingiverse.com/VintageElectronicsInc/designs and found it so easy to use.

I gotta try that! Last time I printed something flat and sizeable, it warped like crazy (it was a base for a monitor stand). Maybe that is just the cheaper filament I bought (produces off-white product, kind of milk color, where previously I used white filament which produced white products).