[amayausers] Re: EMC 10T

I don't have any problem with discussing EMC/EMT questions. I have 5 EMT's, 3 AMAYA's and a Tajima :)

Aaron Sargent
The Linen Barn
linen@xxxxxxxxxxx
Medford, OR
----- Original Message ----- From: "E. Orantes" <e3m@xxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:57 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: EMC 10T


I haven't heard of an EMC/EMT forum. Having been manufactured by Melco and
being the Amaya predecessors, I wouldn't think there'd be an issue
discussing them here. Also, as a tech for those machines in addition to the
Amaya, you're more than welcome to ask questions and talk about them with
me. Besides, we're all one big happy family here.
Ed

Ed & Maralien Orantes
E.M. Broidery
900 Terry Parkway, Ste. 200
New Orleans, La. 70056
504-EMBROID ery (504-362-7643)

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From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dean Zellman
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 4:51 PM
To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amayausers] EMC 10T


I'm new to this forum as I plan to purchase an Amaya next month.
I currently use an EMC 10T. Is there be a forum for this machine too?

Thanks

Dean
Mr. Stitch Embroidery

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From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rod or Sharon
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:09 PM
To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Needle rotation???


Ed mentioned somrthing sometime back that still seems to be just
amazing.
While the Amaya is sewing and a stitch is being formed, a given piece of

thread will pass " back and forth" through the eye of the needle
approximately  " 40 times " before it is acually laid down on the
garment!!!!!!

Now if that thread is placed in an extra bind because the needle is
cocked
to far off center...well.....just one more cause for a thread break to
occur.

Rod

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

Boise, ID  83713
208-938-3038
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marty Bies" <mbies@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Needle rotation???


In training in Denver the instructor made it very clear that all
machines leave the factory with the needles straight ahead.  He also
said that the test sewout is done with the needles straight ahead as
well.  He compared turning them to advancing the timing on your car for
performance.  You are changing the timing of the rotory hook to
compensate for the thread twist and other factors as Ed mentioned below.
We have gone back and forth and have not noticed much of a difference. I
usually put them in straight.

Marty
J2H Design
Elk River, MN

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From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roland R. Irish
III
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 1:33 PM
To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Needle rotation???

Both the service tech that came here to test the machine, and John in
New Jersey, showed us that 'straight' needle is not preferable-that they
need the slight 'angle' or counterclockwise rotation. Wife agrees with
me that they both said FIFTEEN degrees but no one ever actually sat down
and measured it...my eyeball says if 'straight' is 6:00, then the angle
they showed us (and we've used it for a year) is 5:00. Now that I know
about what causes the 'tail' I'm going to watch out for over angle.
Setting any of them straight is immediate thread breaks and unraveling,
doesn't matter sharp or ball. Roland

From: "E. Orantes" <e3m@xxxxxxx>
Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:23:45 -0500
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Needle rotation???

Roland,
Wise men say, and this is for all embroidery machines, that the needle


should be installed in the needle clamp so that the eye of the needle
is straight front to back.  It should be perpendicular to the rotary
hook point as the hook spins around to grab the thread passing through
the needle eye.
Very similar to the child riding the Merry Go Round horse reaching out

to grab the big brass ring as he/she goes around (something I once saw 

in a 3D movie at Disney World).
The only reason you would choose to rotate your needle so that the eye


of the needle would be offset by 5 degrees or so is to compensate for
thread that has entirely too many twists in it.  Meaning that, as the
thread tends to relax from being pulled straight as the needle begins
it's upstroke, the thread would then twist slightly to the right (due
to the standard cone wrapping direction) behind the needle and just
out of position to be caught by the rotary hook point.  What you would


experience would be intermittent missed stitches and then possibly
thread breaks due to an excess of top thread with no where to go, and
only on those needles with the twisty type thread. I was recently
working with some rayon thread from Madeira that was more curly than
not.  Although everything was sewing fine so we left the needles in
their original positions. You would never want to turn your needle to
the left unless your thread spool was wound backwards.  (I have seen
some out there). Also, I believe 5 degrees to the right is maximum
that is recommended. Very slight indeed!
Ed

Ed & Maralien Orantes
E.M. Broidery
900 Terry Parkway, Ste. 200
New Orleans, La. 70056
504-EMBROID ery (504-362-7643)

-----Original Message-----
From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Roland R. Irish
III
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 7:14 AM
To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help


How about the angle the needle is 'turned' in the shaft? I've had the
same problem (and now pretty much refuse to embroider on 'teeshirt'
material-just takes too much work) and after checking everything you
mention, I find my wife (who does most of the setup) isn't turning a
new needle to get the 15 degree or so angle counterclockwise. Also, a
tendency to have the plate just a hair to the left of dead center.
Once I reset the needle and set the plate back to the right, usually
that stops it! 
Another similar problem was fixed when we started replacing the top
rollers at the 2 million stitch mark-worst thread breaks were
happening on the rollers with the most wear. Probably a combination of


all 3 things but changing it helped!












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