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What is the Needle size
highdob
Joined: Dec. 27, 2008
Posted: Jan. 16, 2009, 12:07 PM
What is the specific needle size for the HQ16?
I know that HQ uses the Groz-Beckert needle but replaces the factory label with a generic HQ label which has no information at all.
So what is the actual label description as used by Groz-Beckert for the 16/100 needle?
Re: What is the Needle size
kathisalter
Joined: Dec. 2, 2008
Posted: Jan. 16, 2009, 3:15 PM
Handi Quilter recommends using the Handi
Quilter needles. They are made for Handi Quilter. We sell 16,18 and 20 needles.

Cheryl Duncan
Handi Quilter Studio Educator
Re: What is the Needle size
highdob
Joined: Dec. 27, 2008
Posted: Jan. 16, 2009, 8:23 PM
Thank you Cheryl.
I know that Handi Quilter recommends the HQ needle.(I read the manual)
The HQ needle is made by Groz-Beckert and I am simply looking for the exact model number which Handi Quilter chooses to hide from the public by placing a Handi Quilter label on a Groz-Beckert needle container.
Why is this information a secret?
Re: What is the Needle size
crashnquilt
Joined: Nov. 24, 2008
Posted: Jan. 17, 2009, 9:49 AM
I looked under the GADGETS AND ACCESSORIES section and the needles are 135X5 needles. I have gotten them at a few other longarm suppliers in different sizes.
Re: What is the Needle size
maureenodoogan
Joined: Dec. 13, 2008
Posted: Jan. 21, 2009, 6:32 PM
a repeat from the old forum, but it was a great find to me. allbrands.com sells organ brand 135x5 titanium tipped needles in smaller sizes than handiquilter. i've been using 80/12's for quite a while now and love them. the difference is espcially noticeable when stitching through fused fabric - they make much smaller holes than the larger needles that i purchased from HQ when i bought my machine.

allbrands.com sells them in packs of 100. i've seen them elsewhere in smaller packages, although i don't recall where.

maureen