CowboyBob Posted March 30, 2019 Report Posted March 30, 2019 What size needle & thread are you using? Quote Bob Kovar Toledo Industrial Sewing Machine Sales Ltd. 3631 Marine Rd Toledo,Ohio 43609 1-866-362-7397
Members tagfan Posted March 30, 2019 Author Members Report Posted March 30, 2019 @CowboyBobI am officially an idiot. Apparently the needles I used were 135x17, which I now know is a fabric size. I had assumed they had leather tips but they did not. Just bought some 135x16 tri tip needles and I hope that will solve the blow through problems. Thanks all - Quote
Members Matt S Posted March 30, 2019 Members Report Posted March 30, 2019 1 hour ago, tagfan said: @CowboyBobI am officially an idiot. Apparently the needles I used were 135x17, which I now know is a fabric size. I had assumed they had leather tips but they did not. Just bought some 135x16 tri tip needles and I hope that will solve the blow through problems. You're not the first to do that. Spent a morning recently trying to figure why my machine was running so heavy with a poor stitch til I realised I'd pulled a pack of 135x17 out the drawer instead of x16. Quote
Members tagfan Posted March 30, 2019 Author Members Report Posted March 30, 2019 (edited) Well the new needles didn’t make any difference. I just ground down the middle of the feed dog with a dremel and that seemed to help a lot. Little more grinding and there will be no marks left at all. Edited March 30, 2019 by tagfan Quote
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