kgg Report post Posted November 5 I normally use A&E Bonded Nylon Thread and today I finally got around to sewing a dog lead. The width of the leather lead is 3/4 " and is made up of 2 layers of 6.5 oz chrome tan leather glue back to back that way it has a nice finish on both sides. I didn't have the matching brownish color thread in V138 (Tex 135). I probably could have gotten two 1 lb spools (1 for top thread and 1 for bobbin winding) from A&E however I decided to go based on cost to go with two 8oz spools of V138 (Tex 135) from Tandy Leather which was thread from the Leather Machine Company. The label on the bottom of the 8 oz spools indicated V138 (Tex 135) Bonded Nylon. I threaded the Techsew 2750 Pro up, new project means new needle (Schmetz #23), new bobbin of thread and adjusted bobbin tension. Ready to go, pedal to the metal. Made the rookie mistake of not doing a test piece run. Top tension was way off, top looked sorta OK but the bobbin thread wasn't a birds nest but nowhere being pulled up. What did drive me nuts was the needle positioner as in every-time I stopped the needle went to the down position. If I was keeping the Techsew 2750 Pro I would remove the needle positioner like I have done on the TSC441 clone. My impression of this thread is (not good or bad just it's different then what I'm use to): i) feels soft and acts more like Bonded Polyester ii) requires a lot more top tension then the A&E bonded nylon Next week I am planning on testing a sample of the V138 (Tex 135) Bonded Polyester from NEW-STITCH on a leather belt constructed the same way as the dog lead, double 6.5 oz chrome tan. I just received the thread yesterday from NEW-STITCH. Any thoughts / your experience?? kgg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DieselTech Report post Posted November 5 I have heard that leather machine co. thread has a UV agent added to it. Maybe that is the cause. I also got some tandy bonded polyester 346 thread & totally had to readjust my 441 machine for it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kgg Report post Posted November 6 4 hours ago, DieselTech said: I have heard that leather machine co. thread has a UV agent added to it. I couldn't find be it a brief search much information about their thread or even where it is made or how makes it for them. kgg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DieselTech Report post Posted November 6 19 minutes ago, kgg said: I couldn't find be it a brief search much information about their thread or even where it is made or how makes it for them. kgg Yeah I guess they are secretive on their thread. I heard of people saying it is junk thread, but I have not had no issues with their thread so far. Dog collars i made are a year + old & it is holding up fine. It has lost a Lil of its bright vibrant color, but not much. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
