Posts by Jay Todd

One of the best upgrades for your Class 7 industrial sewing machine is switching from the metal operator wound under bobbins used in the early 1900s to the pre-wound Style 41 bobbins

Mil Spec or Military Standard sewing threads are typically made in the USA and created to meet certain basic quality standards.  Mil-Spec standards have been adopted by many industrial thread users in the US. Nylon is one of the most widely used thread fiber materials used in heavy duty industrial sewing applications.  Let’s take a look at A-A-59826, the United States Department of Defense product standard for nylon thread to be used in machine sewing and hand sewing.  You can find the complete standard here, so I’ll focus on Types I, II, and III here, since these are the most widely used for industrial machine sewing.

Customers often ask for thread that meets Mil Specs.  These specifications or standards are often used by other government organizations and industries, so it is important to understand the basics of the standard. Here’s a summary of MIL-DTL-32072 the United States Department of Defense product standard for multifilament polyester thread to be used in machine sewing. The standard outlines minimum product physical specifications and is divided into several sections in the 17 page standard.

We get questions every week from manufacturers who want to use one or more ends of a colored yarn or thread for product identification (marker threads) and for production marketing and differentiation.   An understanding of the types of dyed yarns available, and the advantages and disadvantages of each is crucial to product performance and design. 

Should you be using a polypropylene or polyester sewing thread?  We compare these two different materials to help you decide.

What comes to mind when you hear someone say they work in manufacturing?  Chances are the image that springs to mind is something like this:

In this follow-up to 3 Great Ways to Keep up with Current Yarn & Fiber Pricing, I’ll discuss how to tell legitimate yarn and fiber pricing information apart from advertisements and junk when searching online. These easy tips have saved me time (I hope they’ll save you some too!):

I’ll share three methods we use to manage our yarn and fiber procurement and inventory costs.

As a large scale user of polyester, nylon, polypropylene and other yarns, Service Thread monitors and negotiates pricing through our global supply chain. Coordinating and keeping up to date on changing market conditions can be challenging. The following three methods have helped tremendously