Massive Report post Posted December 26, 2012 I have a saddle type, though walking foot machine. It runs 69 to 415 thread. I do a lot of different things on it, right at the moment I am running small projects with 138 thread. It sews great in leather, but I am attaching velcro that has an adhesive backing. I could use velcro without the PSA, but the result would not be as good for the end user. I want to try out a magnetic oiler, since I have one. They are pretty cheap, so if I mess this one up, no big deal. I don't have any thread oil on hand, except some spray silicon for sails, that I don't want to get close to leather. Has anyone tried any domestic oils, like olive oil, perhaps thinned if required. It will take weeks to get anything delivered to the Great White North. What I am fighting is that the neeedle gets sticky, and the thread decores. I have hand applied lube, and that works for a while, but not that great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billymac814 Report post Posted December 27, 2012 I stitch a fair amount of adhesive backed Velcro as well as patches that first get stuck on with very sticky carpet tape and what I do is put a drop of wd40 on the needle. It lasts a while, I'm not doing large production runs like that though, if that were the case some type of oiler may be better but it doesn't take long to put a bit of wd40 on the needle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
