[amayausers] Re: Hooptech clamping frames

David,
Your story couldn't have come at a better time as I just received my Hoop 
Tech clamping system today. I will take your experience to heart and be 
verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry careful when setting up my definitions. And you know 
what, your wife was right (they always are!), you were lucky.
Wendy Solomonson
Itchin' To Stitch
MN

>From: "O'Connor & Co. Custom Embroidery" <oconnorco@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: "amayausers" 
><amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [amayausers] Hooptech clamping frames
>Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:26:18 -0500
>
>I should have chimed in sooner-
>
>The folks at HoopTech are very nice and have great products. They also 
>offer special deals when they have shows going on or just because... 
>contact info is here:
>
>www.hooptechproducts.com
>
>Telephone: (513) 829 7768    Fax: (513) 829 7769
>
>4775 Interstate Drive            Cincinnati, OH 45246
>
>A word of caution for newbies like myself: You have to create your own hoop 
>definitions for these accessories. Follow the instructions VERY CAREFULLY 
>and be EXTRA CAREFUL beyond that. You sense a story coming, I am sure...
>
>After being quite proud of myself that I have my TCS1 clamp calibrated and 
>center and aligned just right, I needed the TCS2 for a new project. I set 
>about creating the hoop definition (complete with bitmap graphics- very 
>snazzy) and got to the part of entering the offset. I sat looking at the 
>clamp (about 3" high and made of steel) with my finger on the enter key, 
>and applied the change.
>
>Garbage in, garbage out, as they say: my tired brain had translated a 2" 
>adjustment in the WRONG DIRECTION, and the powerful Amaya servos obliged by 
>pushing the entire needle case off the front of the machine, where it hung 
>by the color change threaded rod, the needle bars hanging out at various 
>levels and me in a complete panic.
>
>Long story short, I spent the weekend becoming much more familiar with the 
>machine and its inner workings. I finally got the needle case all the way 
>off. I had to straighten the threaded rod, an operation in which I had very 
>little confidence in my chances of success. I re-assembled everything and 
>went through the needle depth and hook-timing verifications, and it all 
>actually works again!
>
>My wife said I am REALLY lucky it went back together- I reminded her this 
>was a team thing. She just said I'm really lucky again...
>
>And the moral of the story is: never set the clamp to move more than a 
>little bit at a time, until you know which direction it is going to go!
>
>David & Lisa O'Connor
>O'Connor & Co. Custom Embroidery
>Westerville, OH

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