[amayausers] Re: Amaya

Doug,
Wait until you are 63----the white may work better for you then. :-)) I have 
the lighted magnifiers you are speaking of and use them for other tech work 
but haven't found it necessary to use them to thread needles. I do wear my 
reading glasses and have found the white to really work well.....guess a 
trip to the sewing room and an experiment with the flat black is in order to 
see if one is better than the other....

Rod Springer

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

Boise, ID  83713
208-938-3038

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Parker" <jtbembsvcinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 7:56 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Amaya


> Rod,
>
> Tnx for the information on the white backing in the groove on the grabber
> blade. I found the flat black paint does wonders. I use a 4 inch 6 power
> magnifier light when threading needles. It illuminates the needle very 
> well
> and with my 58 year old eyes I can see the eye of the needle very well. 
> The
> flat black paint cut the glare completely for me and when I get a thread
> break and have to rethread a needle, it is takes about 30-40 seconds and I
> am back running.
>
> Regards,
> Doug Parker
> JTB Embroidery Services, Inc.
> Denver, Colorado
> jtbembsvcinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> On 4/28/06 07:42, "Rod or Sharon" <springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> .
>> ----- 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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