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Hi Northmount, BIG thank you to you too for your help.. still finding my way around this great site but I’m no computer genius haha - not entirely sure how to respond to your comment but hope you see this.. thanks again H x

BIG thank you for the info - I’ve now sourced a packet of x10 134-35(R) SCHMETZ needles & they are the ones… Your a Star - thank you

Have recently bought a Seiko STW-8B walking foot sewing machine & am having problems finding replacement needles… I am aware that factory settings use standard style 135x17 needles in sizes from 12 to 24 so I bought some… However, I’ve since learned that these needles are 43.9mm long & the needle that came with my machine is 42.5mm long.. which has Schmetz NM120 19 stamped on it but no other information. I suspect previous owner for reason unknown to me has adjusted the needle height to accommodate this shorter sized needle… as I don’t know how to adjust the needle height back to factory settings I’m trying to buy some new needles but I don’t know what they are called ??? Can anyone help please?

Hello Uwe, HUGE thank you for your time & help. As it turns out I 'was' working the machine wrong, although I was doing as was told by my seller who I suspect may not have been as honest as he made out... on collection he did demonstrate the machine working & had said that he had been using it for the last 8yrs reupholstering car seats & that the machine had just been fully serviced was working perfect & ready for work... which is why I chose to buy his machine as it all sounded 'tickety boo' I think is the correct expression. However, I myself being inexperienced & not exactly the brightest bulb in the house, I never asked him to demonstrate how to change the stitch length, he just said (during his demonstration) to change the stitch length you push that button & skipped onto telling me something else. But, he told me the wrong button!!! & the mechanism that allows the concentric con rod that alters the feed dog travel was SEIZED SOLID so when I pushed the CORRECT button in (eventually) & turned the wheel until the pin locked into its little hole to hold the feed dog con rod still, I could not turn the wheel in neither direction to change the stitch length... I blathered it in thin machine oil & was working it free (with considerable difficulty) hoping & praying I was doing the right thing... it's now sort off freed off & is working as it should but it's still very stiff & I'm keeping it well oiled & keep adjusting it... What a learning curve. I didn't do all this on my own tho, my lad is fairly handy at classic car restoration (hence my upholstery adventure) & he rebuilds gearboxes & engines & the likes

Hello again everyone. Hoping someone may be able to advise me with Stitch Length Adjustment on my new to me Seiko STW-8B walking foot machine. I've got as far as knowing to push the button on the main bed (farthest away from the needle) & turn the pulley belt wheel & feel for the internal spring plunger to engage in a hole that corresponds to the numbers on the pulley wheel, BUT although I can feel the plunger engaging from hole to hole, it's not changing the stitch length & I can only turn the wheel forwards (as it would whilst sewing) I have an instructional manual for the similar Consew 226R & that says I should be able to turn the pulley wheel in both directions (forwards & backwards) but I can only turn the wheel forwards as it won't turn backwards... Am I doing something wrong or not doing something I should be ? Phew, that was a bit long winded. Hope I haven't bored you all to tears Any advice will be greatly appreciated H x

That's wonderful, thank you because the information available online is confusing. Only just got this machine

Hello, would anybody please know if walking feet for the Consew 226R also fit the Seiko STW-8B ?