[TheForge] Making needles?

[Charles]

ebay item id 250622873862 has a pack of ten for four dollars in a 21 gauge needle which should handle v92 thread which is a common size for shoe uppers.   This is a chain stitch needle which is shorter than the normal lockstitch needles.   Most larger towns have an industrial sewing machine supplier that would have them in stock as well. 

Charles




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 From: Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <artgawk at thegrid.net>

 

Bruce, if it was me, i'd take a length of music wire, clamped to a grooved plate under a small torch, 
flatten every few inches...then do a series of tiny slit and drifts by hand until i came up with a few passable examples, cut, then toss the rest. You don't need a lot of them.