Here's another thought.....if you want send the design to me and I'll try on my Amaya to see how it runs under similar conditions however I won't be able to do until Thursday evening. Wendy Itchin' To Stitch MN >From: "Jack Fuller" <eta@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: "Amayausers@Mailinglists. Org" ><amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: [amayausers] Fraying problem >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:35:32 -0700 > >I am having a thread fraying problem that I have been unable to solve. I am >sewing a completely re-digitized design with small letters and an outline >graphic in satin stitch. The letters appear to be Micro Block caps and >lowercase at .22. He digitized the letters too. My digitizer is an old hand >with an excellent track record. I am sewing 5.6 oz jersey. I started with 2 >oz cutaway and no solvy w/ a 80/12 BP. I had some better luck with doubling >the backing but that didn't completely fix the problem. I changed to a >70/10 >BP. I am using ARC 40 poly. I checked the needle to make sure it was not in >backwards. I cleaned under the sew plate and made sure the oiling service >was current. I don't always get a trim even though the knife actuates. >There >appear to be no spurs on the trimming knife. I changed the materiel >thickness to 3, then 4, 5 and even 6. I get looping at 6 and thread breaks >at 4 and fraying no matter where I set it. I ran the design through design >filter with default 1.5 and low then went to medium and finally high. I >sent >the design back to the digitizer and he added some trims but said he >couldn't find any problem areas in the digitizing. I tried sewing a test >with block and the recommended settings. I tried several other alphabets >and >sizes all within the recommended parameters. I still get the fraying and >goobers. This is a 2003 machine with only about 100 hours sewing time. >Anyone have any ideas? > >Jack Fuller >jack@xxxxxxxx _________________________________________________________________ Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar ? FREE! http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx