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Hi all,

Sorry for the late reply to your comments, I’ve been knocked down by the flu but thankfully it wasn’t the CORONA!!  Tested negative. 
Thanks for the great responses. You guys are the best. Definitely an oddball needle size for sure. I’m gonna try some 16 or 31 class needles and adjust if needed. Got the machine for free and had to order a needle bar for it since it was missing. I’m hoping I can utilize something that will work if I tweak the head a little bit.  If I can getting it working it will be a fine addition to my falconry glove process for sure. Will post back if I find needles that work

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I am not experienced in this subject. So, purely out of curiosity, I decided to see what I could find out about 16x97 needles. I found this Singer site in the UK that lists your particular needle in a list of industrial machine needles. You might want to reach out to the owners of this site to see if they can help you with info or a possible replacement or even source for the needles you need.

https://www.singersewinginfo.co.uk/industrial/industrialneedles

I also have a friend who is from Gloversville, NY and his mother was an industrial sewing machine mechanic. He might know of a local source for vintage machine items like needles. I would think that the machine you have was abundant at one time when Gloversville was booming.

If I find more info, I'll post here.

regards,

Rob

 

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I finally saw my friend and he is reaching out to contacts in Gloversville to see if anyone has parts and such for a machine like yours.

Stay tuned...

regards,

Rob

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Contact Diamond Needle in NJ.  They might be able to help.

glenn

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