Originally Posted by
SteveH
I am having a hard time finding needles for this one. I am even considering taking one of my curved Wheeler & Wilson Needles, annealing the spring out, reversing the bend, then re-tempering it.
Fascinating machine, glad you found a shuttle and bobbin. Since you have 1 to look at, helps if you ever needed to make one. How long are the needles before bending? What shank dia? Looks like reversing the bend could be do-able?