Piggy squeals

[Danotriglide]

Hi everybody,

Newbie here trying to sew pigskin. Singer 6700C machine with polyester upholstery thread and “leather sewing needles”. Thin pigskin about same thickness as poster paper. Problem is the thread starts shredding kind of and bunches up right before it goes thru the eye. It tries to lift the presser foot when the needle goes upstroke. Eventually it will choke if I keep going.

 

Thanks,

Dano

[AlZilla]

More foot pressure might help the lifting.

Does it sew cloth without shredding?

How about the thread and needle size?

[kgg]

7 minutes ago, Danotriglide said:

Newbie here trying to sew pigskin. Singer 6700C machine with polyester upholstery thread and “leather sewing needles”. Thin pigskin about same thickness as poster paper. Problem is the thread starts shredding kind of and bunches up right before it goes thru the eye. It tries to lift the presser foot when the needle goes upstroke. Eventually it will choke if I keep going.

What size of thread are you trying to use??? The max size of needle ( #18 / 110 ) in the manual indicates it could handle maybe V69.

Even through the machine could handle the same thickness of fabric when you are dealing with any type of leather or thickness the machine is going to struggle. In a nut shell this is the Wrong machine that was made / designed for fabric. 

kgg

[Danotriglide]

Hers some pics, changing needle to 100/16 to try. Thread is nylon upholstery thread. I’m not sure of size there’s some numbers on spool. Sews fabric perfectly.

Edited 59 minutes ago by Danotriglide

[Danotriglide]

Changing needle seemed to work!