How Often Do You Change Your Needle?
05-12-2013, 08:54 AM
#31
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Just got my Janome 4800 back from the shop - I bought it in 2007 & was supposed to take it in for a checkup (free) a year later ... no I didn't - It kept jamming as I was trying to hem a pair of jogging pants. Got a huge lecture when I dropped it off and again when I picked it up to change the needle a lot more often than I had been doing. Repairman pointed out an article about it, cashier pointed out the same article ... the funny thing is I could have sworn that was the second thing I did after I rethreaded the machine when it started giving me problems.
I was told the machine needles are now manufactured out of much softer metal that in the old days.
I'll be changing needles a lot more often from now on ... needles are cheap!
I was told the machine needles are now manufactured out of much softer metal that in the old days.
I'll be changing needles a lot more often from now on ... needles are cheap!
Last edited by SuzzyQ; 05-12-2013 at 08:55 AM. Reason: spelling
05-12-2013, 11:29 AM
#33
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I am like Bearisgray -- I change my needles when the machine does not sound right or when I am sewing on a different fabric. I use the titanium needles for piecing so they last a long time -- I have never counted the hours on a needle -- I have a hard enough time remembering what size/type needle is in the machine (but that's another thread).
05-12-2013, 07:15 PM
#34
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I use Organ Titanium coated sewing machine needles and they last months longer then regular needles. I can tell when to change, my machine will make a different sewing sound. If you don't pay attention then the old needle sound will become normal sounding to you but it's not normal. I always match needle size to thread size.
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05-13-2013, 04:16 AM
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It's already too late when you hear the needle making the popping sound. Needles cost more than a dollar each but the quality of one's work is woth it.
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