[amayausers.com] Re: 1st Time Adjustment for WACF
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The "wings" were attachment pads that were primarily used on the older Amaya
cap driver in conjunction with a raised needle plate. They also helped to
stretch out the cap and give it a level surface to help prevent flagging.
The XT design no longer uses a raised needle plate or "wings" and with the new
design of the 270 degree cap frames, the caps are kept flat on top of the
sewing arm from the bill seam to the top the crown. This allows you to use
your presser foot in the same manner as when sewing flats to prevent flagging.
The new 270 frames have an angled stand-off that you push the bill of the cap
up to and a single strap/band that fits into the bill seam.
With the first Amayas (non-XT's)and the first 270 style cap frames I really did
not like to use them. I preferred the CCF/WAD and it did the job quite well. To
use the CCF/WAD, you needed to remove the "wings" as they would impact the
sides of the CCF/WAD frame as it rotated from side to side.
With the XT Amaya I have found the CCF/WAD to not work as well as the newer 270
degree frames. This is because the CCF/WAD will not alow the cap to sit "flat"
on the sewing arm and creats a kind of sloped bubble from the bill seam to the
crown that the presser foot now has to beat down. The "newer" style 270 cap
frame works much better for most styles of caps. They are also "much" eaiser to
use than the first 270 cap frame style....learn how to use them and you won't
be sorry. Using these newer 270 frames with a properly digitized design and
hooping the cap tightly will allow you to sew at 1200 stitches a minute on a
cap....
Altho I am not an advocate of using sticky spray on a regular basis, it does
have its uses. I have found on the low profile unconstructed caps, I will use
two pieces of cap backing. I lightly spray the backing and stick them together
and then spray the top side of the backing. this allows me to tightly hoop the
cap, smooth out the wrinkles and rub the cap down flat sticking it to the
backing. This has turned out to work pretty well. It more or less simulates a
structured cap to sew on......
Rod Springer
Amaya Tech & Trainer
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