Super Bull and the 2010 short Arm Ferdco

[esantoro]

I was just reading about the Super Bull and the 2010 short Arm on Ferdco's website. They list the needle system for this machine as 794S Serv1. Perhaps this is nothing , but I didn't know part of the nomenclature was

for the machine's needle system was Serv1.

I'm asking because lately I've been using the Serv1 needle point and have been impressed with the stitch quality. Previously I had been using the tri/diamond point needles. While the Serv 1 points seem to lay down a nicer stitch, the Tri/diamond points seem to last longer between replacement.

Does this seem consistent with anyone's experience?

Ed

[Art]

Ed,

The needle system is 794, the S is the point and point orientation, at least that is how I see it. The "stuff" after the 794 is the desire to identify all the modifications that have been developed over the years for specific applications. All of these "new" specifications are things we accomplished with the needle and awl machines by putting the awl in different orientations. With threaded needle machines you have a thread groove in the needle that can only be placed one way so that the machine will function, hence needle orientation has to have a separate needle for each position. Let's face it, there aren't as many (the percentage is probably way less than 1%) needle and awl machines out there anymore so there is less incentive to develop specialized awl tip configurations for them. By the time they get the awl machine cranked up and adjusted and operating, they have probably made a five or ten year supply.

Art

I was just reading about the Super Bull and the 2010 short Arm on Ferdco's website. They list the needle system for this machine as 794S Serv1. Perhaps this is nothing , but I didn't know part of the nomenclature was

for the machine's needle system was Serv1.

I'm asking because lately I've been using the Serv1 needle point and have been impressed with the stitch quality. Previously I had been using the tri/diamond point needles. While the Serv 1 points seem to lay down a nicer stitch, the Tri/diamond points seem to last longer between replacement.

Does this seem consistent with anyone's experience?

Ed