Members Constabulary Posted November 3, 2013 Members Report Posted November 3, 2013 I just went through some older needles of my Adler 4 and found a monster. Its a 328 system needle made by Leo Lammertz. The lower part is even thicker than the part that goes into the needle bar. The thickest part is 3mm !!! It´s marked with a size11 but size 11 is neither a metric nor a US size, right? Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Moderator Wizcrafts Posted November 3, 2013 Moderator Report Posted November 3, 2013 Possibly a number 28 or 30 needle. My largest needle is a #27, which I use to pre-punch evenly spaced holes for small rivets, to be set along the outer edges of some Bling belts. Quote Posted IMHO, by Wiz My current crop of sewing machines: Cowboy CB4500, Singer 107w3, Singer 139w109, Singer 168G101, Singer 29k71, Singer 31-15, Singer 111w103, Singer 211G156, Adler 30-7 on power stand, Techsew 2700, Fortuna power skiver and a Pfaff 4 thread 2 needle serger.
Members Constabulary Posted November 4, 2013 Author Members Report Posted November 4, 2013 ha - good idea I just found this needle chart, so it seems to be a 28. http://www.ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/singer-needle-sizes-1950.html Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Members gottaknow Posted November 5, 2013 Members Report Posted November 5, 2013 I have a box of size 31's for my Singer 7. I use one for a center punch. Regards, Eric Quote
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