ChristinaC

I'm not for sure how to replay to each of you . Thank you sooo much for the help. The machine is a knock off of the old Singer ( it says made by Nakajima ) . I think this is older than me LOL !! Some background info.. *** My husband and son ( 13 yrs old ) picked this machine up so they can have something to do together .Son is REALLY into making holsters ** So I am the one to try to find out what needles and how to get this machine running .. We didn't want to spend thousands of dollars on something he might not enjoy doing . Right now he is sewing by ALL by hand. So for Christmas he put his money in on this machine and I hope I can atleast get it going to help him some . Burkhardt - The 135 x 17 is what google told me ( which I'm older than goggle lol ) wish I had my grandma to ask . The manual does say 16x231( DPx1) Constabulary - Yes is says 16 x 231 my son wants to use it for 9-10 ounce leather thread #138 kgg - Thank you CowboyBob- Thank you

We just purchased a Rex 345-3L Industrial Sewing machine. This has been changed over to a foot feed. I tried all the stores around me to find a needle that would work for heavy leather . I have a manual for it , it says 16 x 231 needle. If I understand this correctly I could use a 135 x 17 size #22 or # 23 . The lady I got it from and leather store said I need a Flat shank. Which so far all I can find is a round shank . I'm having a heck of a time finding a Flat Shank 135x17 size # 22 or 23 . Has anyone ran into this problem ? If so what are you using ? This is for my son he is using the machine to make gun holsters/ belts / ANYTHING leather lol ..... Thank you so much for your help