Originally Posted by
amyjo
Thanks, Jon, any idea where we can get these needles? I have purchased lots of them but none for a Davis. I will tell my daughter what you said about the machine. I sure hope she is going to give it to me. I really like it.
I purchase Davis long needles through ebay. Here are a couple ebay adds:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Advance-New-...item53fef2e482
http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pcs-Pfaff-...item3a5f0272a6
The Boye 10 needles should be a hair under 2" as incorrect needles can get mixed in the wood tube. The MTx190 are round shank industrials so the scarf to the right, long groove to the left must be done manually since there's no flat. I use the MTx190's myself.
Here's a similar owners manual for the Davis underfeed. This model is a little later than your daughters and uses a standard 15x1 needle but is otherwise very close.
Jon