What Size Needle To Use In A JUKI DDL-8700 And Lets Talk Threads.

In this video I talk about what size needle to use in the JUKI DDL-8700.
I also talk about what threads I use , At the end of the video there's a part which shows you what the recommended needle to use on what type of fabric, basically the smaller the needle the finer the fabric and the thicker the needle the thicker the fabric.

[@brendaeves3236]

Very informative video, thank you- trying to decide on a juki this helps

[@patriciajrs46]

Thank you very much for this. As an American, it's a little bit difficult to understand you, but I love listening to your voice. It's nice that you teach, here, the fabrics that are best suited, and intended for certain needles. I didn't know that it made that much of a difference, for needle type and fabric type. Most people don't tell us that. Thanks again.

[@TinaBambina]

Thank you Patti and thank you for watching ❤️

[@adrianamitte5991]

Thank you so much for sharing all this information 😊

[@valeriecutler3671]

Thank you love your down to earth approach to your tutorials. Learning so much.

[@TinaBambina]

Hi Valerie Glad you are enjoying them X

[@suzilouden5964]

Thank you for a lot of useful info & your personal input...I have just received my Juki 8700 and am about to turn up the hems on hubby's jeans. Feeling happier with your advice...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@TinaBambina]

Hi Suzi Your very welcome enjoy your new machine your gonna love it ❤️

[@suzilouden5964]

Thank you Tina. To be honest, am a bit intimidated at the moment but, she who dares, conquers. I might be back to pick you brains sometime. Have a great day.....😊

[@TinaBambina]

@@suzilouden5964 once you get your confidence with it you will soar , am here any time I can help X

[@TinaBambina]

@@suzilouden5964 My youngest daughter is learning how to sew, I keep trying to get her on my Juki but she is terrified of it, but I will keep trying with her x

[@suzilouden5964]

She's lucky to have a great teacher & will do very well under your guidance. Bonne courage 😊

[@hilltop9098]

Thanks for that, I bought size 19 and the top didn’t fit in the hole. ( same make machine and needle as yours). This was for really heavy bag canvas. I will use the number you showed next time.❤️

[@sunaariel]

i just got a Tacsew 8700/just like the Juki, i have learned so much from your videos!!! thanks!

[@TinaBambina]

Hi Una Your very welcome glad they have been helpful for you X

[@samuelkennerley5180]

I just got my ddl8700 today, I've signed up for the textile course at blackburn college, the plan is to learn to tailor mens jeans and jackets. In good time maybe suits. Thanks the video was helpful. Sam Lancashire

[@TinaBambina]

Glad it was helpful for you Samuel you may fined the how to maintain and care for the juki ddb2800 which I did also , good luck with your course it’s a great feeling making yourself clothing to wear and thank you for watching.

[@christopherkelly766]

Hi was very useful and specially about the needles and with what materials x

[@TinaBambina]

Thanks Chris x

[@barbaracartwright2737]

So helpful - I am about to buy a juki 8700 I am a quilter as well as sewing some of my own clothes. I already have a Janome 525 sewist ( a great little machine and a real workhorse ) also aJanome memory craft 8900 special addition which has the larger throat space and all sorts of fancy stitches. But I think the juki will be great to use to free motion quilt if I just drop the feed dogs and buy a quilting foot for the juki. All that to ask if you think the bonded thread you mentioned would be good to use to quilt or would it be too thick?

[@TinaBambina]

The bonded thread should be ok for quilting , it is a lot thinker and super strong X

[@margyboomgaard6286]

Thank you for the video! I have a Juki DDL 8700 and it came with the needles: DPx134/134 90/14. I bought Schmetz needles by giving the name of my machine: Juki DDL8700 and they send me the same blue Schmetz box but it says: Canu: 20:05 1 / NM:90 size:14 / 134 (R) / 135x5 / SY 1955 / DPx5. The needles fit, but I whas confused by hearing you say that I probebly have the wrong needles.

[@TinaBambina]

Hi Marty If the needles fit that’s all that matters really Xx

[@AzurBaumi]

It depends on the needle bar fitted on the machine. I bought a similar machine and it says DBx1 in the description, even on the seller's website. But it came with 134/DPx5/135x5 (different designations for the same thing) and the machine even has a sticker on it that says 135x5. In the manual I found out the needle bar can be either DBx1 or DPx5. So I think it is best to go with the needle type your machine was delivered with. The difference is in the needle shaft diameter. It is 2 mm for DPx5 and I believe 1.63 mm for DBx1. Up to a certain size. From 110 upwards or so, DBx1 needles also have a diameter of 2 mm.

[@brendaharrell653]

Do you place your small spool thread different than your large cone thread? I am having a difficult time used small spool jean thread thread and tension. If I don't hold the thread with my right hand and keeping tension.on it the bottom stitch is loose and loopy. Any suggestions?

[@TinaBambina]

Hi Brenda I don’t have any problems with the smaller cottons ,ever time you change a cotton double check the threading and make sure , the cotton is properly in both the tensions the small one on top and the main one X

[@brendaharrell653]

@@TinaBambina thank you so much! I absolutely love your videos! I love to sew and have 4 other machines but the Juki is a first for me. Thanks again and happy sewing!

[@jnkstyles]

Good day, what Juki oil do you use? I am not finding NF7 oil for my Juki.

[@TinaBambina]

Gp sewing oil by Rock oil

[@rndea100]

my 206k singer takes these needles

[@rndea100]

but i cud use either 15x1 or the db one in my 319k singer

[@frankjanvari8650]

hello I found your walking foot on Ebay just make sure they ship to the uk and customs fees ok ?thank you very much

[@TinaBambina]

Oh I will have to check this out are you sure it was for my model? because we have tried to get one In The past.

[@frankjanvari8650]

hello its a beautiful video please kindly film how many sewing machine feet you have for example zipper foot teflon foot and what other feet you have for different types of sewing projects please ok? Please kindly reply back ok?thank you very much

[@TinaBambina]

Hi frank thank you I haven’t got many feet only a piping foot zip foot and the one that I have on all the time , I wanted to get a walking foot but they don’t do them for my model .

[@2010stoof]

Has anyone successfully used 80/12 without resetting hook timing?

[@TinaBambina]

You shouldn’t have to adjust any timing because you are changing to a different size needle.

[@2010stoof]

@@TinaBambina ok. I was told by my dealer that if you go higher than 100/16 or below 90/14 (may be able to do 80/12) that you have to reset the hook. Not so much the timing but the distance from the hook point to the scarf. They said that too small needles and you'll skip stitches (hook point too far away) . Too large and you'll be hitting the needle with the hook and could break needles or tear thread. Or worse damage the hook. What needle sizes have you successfully used in your machine as set from factory?

[@TinaBambina]

@@2010stoof I bought mine brand new it was delivered and set up in my room about fourteen years ago, the man who set it up didn’t mention any thing about altering things when changing a needle, I’ve used from a seventy up to a hundred and had no problems at all.

[@2010stoof]

@@TinaBambina ok awesome thanks. What size do you use for gutermann sew all? I use 80/12 normally on home machine. I buy Mara 100 from wawak which is the same but alot cheaper and comes in 1000 yard rolls. Almost same price as their small spools at thread store but you get 1000 yards lol. If you're interested I can email you a chart converting the retail color numbers to the commercial Mara 100 numbers. The one they have now is tougher to use because it goes by industrial numbers in numerical order. I made one that uses retail numbers so easier to find your store numbers to the industrial Mara 100 numbers. They also have Mara 70 (Tex 40) and Mara 50 (Tex 60 in 16 colors only though) Mara 30 (Tex 100 which is identical to their heavy duty gold thread they have at thread store for the most part) And if you're going that route for good they have either a 400 thread chart which is good for all Mara 100 or a 700 color thread chart you can buy that covers the 400 from the Mara 100 but also the other 300 available in Mara 70 and others. They're charts that has the real threads wrapped on cards.

[@TinaBambina]

@@2010stoof I have a plethora of cottons and threads that I use. Thanks for the offer but I’m good .