Originally Posted by
ploverwi2
I I can not believe that people wait until a needle breaks. That can be dangerous, and it can wreck your expensive machine some day. It costs well over a hundred dollars to have a new needle bar installed on a machine,
When you break a needle, it is a mistake. I don't think that needles get old and then break--they usually break because they have run into something like a pin or you are trying to do something too heavy, etc.
Anyway, I don't remember to change my needle very often---just don't think about it as long as it is sewing well.