arich Report post Posted October 3, 2016 Just brought home my first industrial! It's a Consew 255 and I'll be sewing about 1/4" (sometimes a little more) tooling leather The manual says up to #8 left twist thread however I don't see either of these when I search for thread to purchase. What is the best to use? I like the look of thicker thread Also- do I need triangle point needles for sewing leather? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikesc Report post Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) What to use depends on what you can get, and what you can get ( easily ) depends on where you are..you need to update your profile ( town or area and country ) so that you can be advised..needle and thickness of thread depends not so much on how thick the leather is as much as what will you be making with it, almost all thread on spools for machines nowadays is left handed twist, unless it actually says otherwise, probably why the manufacturers don't mark the twist on the vast majority of threads now. Edited October 3, 2016 by mikesc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billybopp Report post Posted October 3, 2016 Congrats on your new machine!! I'm not a sewing machine guy, but I read this post might get you headed the right direction ... http://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/42187-ll-vs-lr-needles-stitch-patterns/ There's a LOT of info there about leather needles, so be sure to check out the links in that thread. You also might want to poke around on the Schmetz needle learning center, there's a tremendous amount of info there, Who knew there was that much to a seemingly simple needle! Our own Cowboy Bob at Toledo Industrial has a great chart on their website for sizing thread/needle combinations. As mikesc mentioned above, right twist thread is relatively rare, and I remember somebody saying it's now used only on a few special machines. Right/left twist is also known as S/Z twist, and there's a bit of info about it on Superior threads website. Superior threads also has a LOT of great educational articles. Searching the web for S Z twist might reveal even more. Like I said, I'm not a sewing machine guy (yet), but I do find 'em fascinating so read lots on here to be ready for the day I find myself with one! I'm sure that at some point one of the real sewing machine folks on here will chip in with more info that I could ever provide. Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikesc Report post Posted October 3, 2016 Billybopp ..your first link there to a previous thread here is broken ..so here the link is again.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
