Originally Posted by
jlhmnj
There are a few pictures in the Needlebar on your Free Westinghouse AAE. Uses a short needle called Free Rotary, CC1221, cc, or Boye 2-1/2 which is shorter than the universal or 15x1. My understanding is 206x13 are also too long and not a substitute for Free Rotary needle.
http://needlebar.org/cm/thumbnails.php?album=298
Jon
The website isn't working for me right now, I'll have to try again later. I did find this video which explained modifying the modern needles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YO-R8Zblws