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BEWARE I was told by a trained Bernina sewing machine repair person. She told me that she has gotten machines in her repair shop that needed massive work due to titanium needles. Sometimes when they hit a pin when FMQ the needle does not break but does throw the whole machine out of whack. Me, I prefer to just replace a needle then bring my machine in for massive repair.
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I now use only Titanium Topstitch needles. I purchased them from Superior Threads. I love them. The eye is larger and for my old tired eyes that is great. I usually remove all my pins before I sew. Yesterday I was sewing two pieces of fleece together and left some pins in (just to see if it would go over them) carefully I sewed over the pins with no problems. I am still going to remove the pins from now on, just wanted to try it. I did use a longer stitch. I am sold on these needles. I do have to say that I use a Simplicity machine not a fancy new one. Don't know if that makes a difference or not. BrendaK
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Originally Posted by Grandma Nancy
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Do you use them? Are they really good? I was looking at a link posted on the board and it seems to make sense.
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Originally Posted by Grace creates
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BEWARE I was told by a trained Bernina sewing machine repair person. She told me that she has gotten machines in her repair shop that needed massive work due to titanium needles. Sometimes when they hit a pin when FMQ the needle does not break but does throw the whole machine out of whack. Me, I prefer to just replace a needle then bring my machine in for massive repair.
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I use the titanium needles in my Babylock.....they last forever! In fact, I put a new one in this week and wrote down the date so I can keep track of how long I do actually use it. I don't really understand how one of these needles breaking could cause more damage to a machine than any other....they are only titanium coated, not made of some super-hard material.
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