Originally Posted by
miriam
Mickey, just because the needle will go down the hole doesn't mean you should use a big honkin needle. Finding and polishing out burrs caused by stunts like that is a pain...
Have you tried them? The 130 needles available in larger sizes will work fine with the old cast iron straight stitchers, there is luxurious clearing in all ends from needle plate to every part under there. I'm not saying all machines can go above a size #18 needle.