Dbx1 Needles Too Short, Please Advise A Newbie(Seiko Te-6)

[Bigfoot]

Please advise me on the needles for a Seiko TE6 as it says in the manual that they are dbx1 but i purchased some(Organ ones from Ebay) and they are too short?!

Went to my local sewing machine shop today that does deal in industrial machines(allegedly) and he thought the Ebay needles were for a flat bed and not a cylinder like mine but he couldn't tell me what needles to buy?

He sold me few needles(DPx17 / 135x17) that he said would fit(I know, what a sucker!) but they were slightly too long.

Anyhoo, i now have a machine with no needles and not realy sure what to buy....is there a code for longer lenght DBx1??

ANY advise would be very helpful..

Thanks for your help

Gary

[CowboyBob]

No all DBx1's are the same length.Maybe you need to lower your needlebar alittle,try just holding the needle down alittle a couple of mm & see if it works.

[Bigfoot]

Thanks Sewmun, you were right.

I opened it up and I could see that the bar had been moved so moved it back and now working

Many thanks

[CowboyBob]

I'm glad it was easy.

Bob