Hi All



Yep 132k6 is good if you want to do tarps for a B-double or stitch polishing
mops for buffing.

Or serious motor trimming with plastics.



It is a lot heavier than a 111W.



A 132 is not good for lighter work



Take a trip to the nearest industrial sewing supplier and ask to see the
range of needles for both machines.



For normal upholstery or sail making a 111 is fine up to a fabric thickness
of a bit over 3/16"

After that the 132 comes in.

But doing lighter work on a 132 is not good.



The 132 does not like light weight threads at all. Light work is spoiled by
the heavy threads required Needles from about size 22 up to the equivalent
of a 3" framing gun nail.

Normal sewing thread will break. Special threads are required.



The 111w only just copes with normal sewing threads as used on a domestic
machine the min needle size is 16 it is happier with an 18 or bigger



If you get one of these machines do not try to run it at 3-5000 rpm the
normal speed for an industrial machine these days.



Go to a supplier and get the right motor around 750 rpm max for the 111 and
650 for the 132. We ran a 132 on a CNC stitching machine at around 1000 but
the setup had to be perfect. It was never that happy.



Run em any faster and the beautifully (Hand) honed and hardened bearings
will simply seize, lock up and break something. And that will mean goodbye.



Final tip Use Teflon added oil, is a huge improvement compared to the normal
white machine oil on the hook and base. The rotating part you put the bobbin
in. it will run much cooler



Cheers



Macka Australia



PS Hi Don Nichols.. I spoke to you on this forum about 7 years ago. (you
gave me good advice too)



Thank You



John McNamara