You bet. Ed -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Linen Barn Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 6:06 PM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: Bobbins - Good Deal ? Ed, Your fine. giving info on good deals from venders is fine. If you were for example to ask for a quote on 50 patches from someone on the list any responses I would like to see go private e-mail, stuff like that. Aaron Sargent The Linen Barn linen@xxxxxxxxxxx Medford, Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: "E. Orantes" <e3m@xxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 1:43 PM Subject: [amayausers] Re: Bobbins - Good Deal ? > Hey guys, > Just wanted to share in that the Embroidery Store has Signature polyester > continuous filament bobbins on sale for only 24.75 a case. Usually they > are > around 36.49, I think. Can't say I've used them myself but I have seen a > lot of customers using them with success. Figured for the price, I'd give > them a try. (www.embstore.com) > > Hey Aaron, does this cross the line with regards to the rules of the Amaya > list? If so, please disregard the above mentioned and I won't do this > again. Also, I have no affiliation with these people, just simply been > turned on to them recently by a customer of mine. > > Ed > > > -----Original Message----- > From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rod or Sharon > Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 5:02 PM > To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [amayausers] Re: Color display error in Amaya OS v5.07.043 > > > I monitor another embroidery list (different machine) and wanted to share > with you a post--we use Neb > bobbins (plastic sided) and love them. Just wanted any input from the > rest > of the group > on the comment below: > Sharon > > Recently I did a test on 3 different types of Bobbins on a new 6hd > M-Series > machine. The three Bobbins were Magnetic, Coates Trusew Poly (132 yards), > and > some Plastic Sided bobbins. First thing I would like to state is that > tension > has a lot to do with how your bobbins run. What I did notice is that with > the > plastic sided bobbins your tension has to be pretty close to perfect, > there > is > little room for the tensions to be off. I did notice there were definitely > more > thread breaks with the plastic sided bobbins as well. The Coates and > Magnetic > Bobbins ran a lot smoother and the consistency was very close with maybe a > little advantage for the Magnetic but not a noticeable difference. > > This is what got me. Out of all the runs I did the plastic bobbins > (30-35,000 > stitches) ran out first and then the magnetic bobbins (50-55,000 stitches) > and > then the Coates (55-60,000 stitches). Even though the Coates had less > yards > (3 > yards per bobbin to be exact) of bobbin than the magnetic bobbins, they > still > lasted longer (I even had a Coates bobbin last over 62,000 stitches). This > was > the same on all the runs I did while switching the bobbins to different > heads > for each run. Of course I was able to run all 3 types of bobbins to the > core > because of the bobbin sensors however, on the plastic sided bobbins I did > see > some inconsistencies on some but no all in the winding of the bobbin when > it > got lower into the bobbin. > > My conclusion, Coates 132 yard bobbins seem to work the best for the > money. > Even though the magnetic bobbins ran just as good, they did not last as > long > and only come 100 to a box (with no sides so the do unravel some) as > opposed > to > 144 in a box you get from Coates. So I figure by using the Coates 132 yard > bobbins you will get roughly about 2,920,000 more stitches per box over > the > magnetic bobbins (100 x 5000 plus 44 x 55,000) which appears to be the > best > bang for your buck.... > > > > > > >