No, I'm just saying that these needles are not uniuque to Sailrite.
You can by them at most anyplace that sells needles.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Keith" wrote in message
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From the Sailrite site:

"We have found that some home machines work better in heavy fabrics if the
tips of the needles are slightly blunted and, so, these needles have what
are called all purpose, modified ball points."

So are you saying all needles are made like this?
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Keith
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"Doug Dotson" wrote in message
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These are just standard needles. Nothing special about them.

Doug
s/v Callista

"Keith" wrote in message
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Yea, what Glen said. I would add that Sailrite makes canvas needles
for
regular machines. I've used these successfully on a regular home
machine
on
light to medium canvas stuff.

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Keith
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The standard answer to this question is to try Sailrite

Could these machines (the LSZ-1 for example) be used to sew clothes?


The pfaff 130 was made to be used by commercial underwear makers. We have used
ours to do a lot of sewing in addition to canvas work. It does zigzag and
stright stich. As long as you don't need fancy stiches it is the only machine
you need.


Dick

The standard answer to this question is to try Sailrite

Could these machines (the LSZ-1 for example) be used to sew clothes?


The pfaff 130 was made to be used by commercial underwear makers. We have used
ours to do a lot of sewing in addition to canvas work. It does zigzag and
stright stich. As long as you don't need fancy stiches it is the only machine
you need.


Dick

The pfaff 130 was made to be used by commercial underwear makers. We have used
ours to do a lot of sewing in addition to canvas work. It does zigzag and
stright stich. As long as you don't need fancy stiches it is the only machine
you need.


Canvas underwear! Yow!
:-D

The pfaff 130 was made to be used by commercial underwear makers. We have used
ours to do a lot of sewing in addition to canvas work. It does zigzag and
stright stich. As long as you don't need fancy stiches it is the only machine
you need.


Canvas underwear! Yow!
:-D

But the Pfaff does not have a walking foot, right? Doesn't that limit
you somewhat? I heard that, for instance, sewing sailcloth is
extremely difficult without walking foot. Is that true?

--Ernst

Cindy Ballreich writes:


The pfaff 130 was made to be used by commercial underwear makers. We have used
ours to do a lot of sewing in addition to canvas work. It does zigzag and
stright stich. As long as you don't need fancy stiches it is the only machine
you need.


Canvas underwear! Yow!
:-D

But the Pfaff does not have a walking foot, right? Doesn't that limit
you somewhat? I heard that, for instance, sewing sailcloth is
extremely difficult without walking foot. Is that true?

--Ernst

Cindy Ballreich writes:


The pfaff 130 was made to be used by commercial underwear makers. We have used
ours to do a lot of sewing in addition to canvas work. It does zigzag and
stright stich. As long as you don't need fancy stiches it is the only machine
you need.


Canvas underwear! Yow!
:-D

Canvas underwear! Yow!
:-D

a step up from sackcloth and ashes.

Canvas underwear! Yow!
:-D

a step up from sackcloth and ashes.

a walking foot is nicer when you have many thicknesses of cloth. I also find
the walking foot works better on sticky material, such as vinyl.

btw, I bought a Sailrite rather than a Pfaff 130 a.) when I heard a sewing
machine repairman with no axe to grind tell that parts are hard to get for the
130 and that a Singer 107 (older yet machine) was easier to keep running, and
b.) I noticed that the price of a "rebuilt" 40 to 55 years old Pfaff was about
the same as a brand new LSZ-1 Sailrite.

But the Pfaff does not have a walking foot, right? Doesn't that limit
you somewhat? I heard that, for instance, sewing sailcloth is
extremely difficult without walking foot. Is that true?

--Ernst

Cindy Ballreich writes:


The pfaff 130 was made to be used by commercial underwear makers. We have
used
ours to do a lot of sewing in addition to canvas work. It does zigzag and
stright stich. As long as you don't need fancy stiches it is the only
machine
you need.


Canvas underwear! Yow!
:-D