[TheForge] Making needles?

[Bruce .]

The notch on the sewing pliers is roughly equivalent to that on a sewing
machine -- a standard shank fits it well, but it doesn't require a specific
shaped shank.

I checked out the Singer site and find the needles are only 90/14 or
100/16. The former of the two numbers is in centi-millimeters (to coin a
unit) so those are 0.9 and 1.0 mm, respectively.  I can get equivalent
needles (different brand) at the fabric store, but passed them by because
of the relatively small diameter.  The needle I'm using measures nearly 2
mm in dia.


On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Kim George <klgeorge at kent.edu> wrote:

> what's the dia. of the hole that it's clamped in? Would a needle for a
> leather machine work? SINGER has needles that fit my harness machine
> and it's about 100 yrs. old.
>
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> Kim George
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Bruce
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