Adler K268 thicker thread

[Trox]

3 hours ago, Kristian said:

Tusen takk Tor! 
(thank you Tor!)

I have  ordered 138 Weaver thread from Skinnlåven, and 160 needle from Amatec. I’ll let you know how that works. I don’t know the sub class as the sticker on the rear side is partly torn off.. 

-Kristian

Okay du er Norsk ja where are you located? You know the needle system and you can recognize other differences if you study the manual. Skinnlåven sells bonded nylon in USA sizes yes (not cheap though) Amatec selling Gütterman thread, C.Hemsen Oslo have Serafil polyester and are number one in leather prices. (They also have that nice French Fil au Chinois, for hand stitching) The cheapest threads are sold by T. Plassen, Aman Serafil, Coats and Gütterman. 

Let me know how that works out.

Tor

[shoepatcher]

On 6/5/2023 at 12:54 PM, Kristian said:

Thanks for the help guys! Much appreciated. @Trox, I see you have a DA 267, and have had a 67 as well. Do you know what maximum size needle and thread I can practically push out of my DA K268, and still be able to use the 110 needle and 69 thread without using wrenches...? I am not sure which subclass, but I believe it is one that is listed with needle range NM110-140, because it has 6mm stitch length.

Need to know exact model of your 268 to answer that question.

glenn

[Kristian]

I have now tested this and found 138 thread to be the thickest possible for this machine (at least with factory settings). The stitches look best with the 140 needle, although I can also use a 160 needle without the hook crashing into it. If I want stitches thicker than that, I will either do some saddle stitching, or blow the dust off my Singer 7-33 that I bought a year ago but actually have not tried yet
 

[Kristian]

Today when spooling thread onto the bobbin, I forgot to remove the thread from the needle, hence made a thread salad in the bobbin housing. I managed to remove it, but the machine wouldnt stitch afterwards. I found out that the hook timing was waaay off, probably as far off as possible. I also found out that I was able to time it back just by holding the house whilst manually cranking the wheel. This tells we that there is something wrong somewhere, and I shouldn’t stitch until something is fastened. Appreciate any help.

 

[kgg]

56 minutes ago, Kristian said:

I managed to remove it, but the machine wouldnt stitch afterwards.

If I'm not mistaken your machine has a safety clutch, has it tripped and have you reset it?

kgg

[Kristian]

I don’t know whether if has a safety clutch or not. But I found out by accident that it was possible to reset the hook timing by fixing the bobbin house by hand whilst manually turning the wheel… So I found a position on the hook vs needle that looked ok, and tried a few stitches, which went fine. If possible I would like to fasten the bobbin house a bit more…