[amayausers.com] Re: Hats
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Redina,
My wife and Herb, made that vidio clip while I was working on one of his
machines a couple of years ago. Nothing has changed since then....
Follow what Herb is saying , to the letter!! Use a large enough piece of
backing to span the teeth on both sides of the cap frame.
There are.... THREE FATAL MISTAKES....in hooping and sewing caps with the XT
style cap frames.
But first, if you have the WACF cap frames without the standoff and you have an
XT with a one piece cap driver, then the WACF cap driver should be chosen. If
you have cap frames with the standoffs and the cap driver is in two pieces,
that is, you can leave the lower bars on the machine and slide the cylinder off
of them, then you need to chose the XT Extended cap driver.
Fatal mistake # 1..... If you bend the bill of the cap back toward your belly
and try to shove it deeper underneath the standoff, thinking this will give you
a better bite on the bill seam, you have just lost the battle, period. Do not
do this!! Straighten out the cap bill, just as Herb describes, snd push it up
tight against the standoff, no more.
Fatal mistake # 2.....Not having the band tight enough and not ironing the cap
down tight enough, as Herb describes in the video clip. This band needs to be
adjusted to the particular brand/style of cap that is sewn on an ongoing basis.
There is "no" one setting that will work for all caps and loose or snug is not
an option here. TIGHT, is the only way and make sure the band teeth are in the
bill seam. The toggle clamp should take some force to close it shut.
Fatal mistake # 3.....Trying to sew too tall of a design or trying to sew any
design too high in the sewing field. This is especially true on low profile
caps, whether structered or not. On the unstruchered, use at lease two pieces
of backing. I use a bit of adhesive spray to stick these together and even pray
a little on the top side to help iron the cap material to so it can't float
over the top of the backing. It kind of builds a structered cap out of it.
How tall is too tall? Depends on cap style, but the lower the profile, the
more critical this becomes. For best sucess, not more than 2 to 2 1/4 inches
for vertical height. The closer to 2 1/4 inches you get, the lower in the
sewing field you need to be sewing on the cap. That is, closer to the bill.
This is because of the sewing arm rubbing against the crown of the cap....if
the design is too tall or any design is too high in the sewing field, then the
point of the sewing arm will push the cap out of the frames.
Watch Herbs video clip over again. Hoop TIGHT and DO NOT under any
circumstances, be tempted to bend the bill of the cap back and force the cap
band further under the standoff. Herbie's way is the light.....go to the
light........goooo toooo the lllliight.......
Rod Springer
Amaya Tech & Trainer
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