[amayausers] Re: Amaya

Anand & Doug,
The grabber has a built in stall protection. If something solid gets in the 
way of the grabber and the thread trap, it will immediately disable itself. 
This prevents the grabber motor from stall damage and also prevents injury 
to the operator .

Doug,
When we got our first Amaya, my wife Sharon, found the solution to the glare 
off of the chrome grabber blade in the closed position and also a big help 
in threading a needle. If you notice, there is a groove in the top side of 
the grabber blade about 3/8" wide and the full lenght of the blade. If you 
cut a piece of white backing and lay it in this groove and then close the 
grabber blade, you will be amazed at how it lights up the area behind the 
needles and shows the needle holes. We have requested Melco to paint this 
groove white for about 3 years but I guess it isn't a high priority and they 
must figure that it  would be just as easy for you to do the fix 
yourself........

Rod Springer

Embroidery Cottage
Rod & Sharon Springer
Melco Amaya Tech & Trainer
Design Shop Pro+ Digitizing

Boise, ID  83713
208-938-3038

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kesavan" <kesavan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:45 PM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya


> Doug,
>
> If you go to a show check out how the grabber on all the other brands of
> machines work.
>
> Anand,
>
> I have had my Amaya for over 3 years and have never had the grabber chop 
> my
> fingers. If you think about it, if the grabber were to be placed on the 
> back
> of the head, how would it grab the thread after a trim. Also, it would be
> sticking out behind the head itself and could, depending on what you were
> stitching, possibly hang up on a garment.
> I did make two modifications on my machine to the grabber. First I removed
> the screws that connect it to the actuator arms and painted it flat black,
> second, when I re installed it, I used small flat head screws. This is
> because at times, if everything is lined up exactly right, when a trim is
> done and the grabber moves back to capture the tread after trim, the round
> head screws would drag on the left hand hoop support arm. I believe Melco
> has a field mod for this problem. The flat black is to cut the glare when
> trying to see to rethread a needle.
>
> Regards,
> Doug Parker
> JTB Embroidery Services, Inc.
> Denver, Colorado
> jtbembsvcinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>

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