[amayausers] Re: Minor questions....
- From: "Body Cover" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 11:04:35 -0700
I think I got this trick from this list and have actually used it
and it worked great.
When you design is done and you need to change over to hats
or just move the hoop arms. Hit the emergency power shut off.
now the hoop carriage system will move freely (as freely as it can)
left to right it works pretty easy and front to back it is more stiff.
anyway its easy to move it out to were you can use a large screwdriver
to access the screws. I have already had one of our operators
break off one of the brass screws and had to tap it out
and we have several others that are stripped on the top
because of trying to use the 90 degree bent screwdriver to
tighten and loosen those. this way works much better!
one thing I hadn't read but I do, is to move the carriage back to
roughly center so that when applying power back and centering hoops
it will be close and not at the extremes of it's movement.
another warning is to remember that the thread grabber arm that move
in and out to hold the thread is EXTREMELY SHARP even from the side
so when the carriage moves quickly and you slam your finger into the
side of the closed thread grabber you WILL cut yourself wide open
and bleed everywhere! but its a straight clean cut and heals quite nicely : )
just a little info for those who want it.
Ron Vinyard
Body Cover Design
1-888-435-0176
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 9:15 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Minor questions....
Open questions I have that are bugging us...
1) many times I have part of a design, such as a Maltese Cross-with the
'outline' around it. Column is set for centerline underlayment, yet some
parts of the outline will have the single centerline repeated! I have one
design with a large circle, and it goes around it FOUR times to do the
centerline. How do we stop this or control how many times an underlayment is
done?
2) metallic thread-I want to get a 'chrome' or 'silver' bright thread to use
in firedept. logos, like Maltese Cross-for the Ax and Pike heads. What
needle size and how small a stitch is possible with metallic? Only thread
I've tried is the varigated from Melco and it is lousy for any small
stuff-and too 'stiff' to do a nice pattern fill.
3) Needle sizes...we have 75/11 sharp and ball-that's all we've been using.
Found a box of 80/12 sharps, and have 65/9 in ball. What would we use these
needles for-and are the 75/11 a good 'all purpose' needle or should we be
changing to something different?
4) on the Amaya head, how often should the thread feeder rollers get
changed? We've already replaced all of them once, have not used up more than
6 full cones of thread total....and wondering if they are not lasting as
long as we think they should? Many times I'm getting the thread 'unraveling'
before it breaks, and then it starts winding up on the feeder roller before
it stops. Yes, I know-if the roller is worn replace it-but how long should
they last?
5) tracking or head error...machine is 'stopping' in the middle of the
design once in a while-usually we just push the green button and it
continues. Sometimes we hear a 'thunk' and then get the tracking error-have
to shut it down and restart and hope it starts in the same place.
Was just changing the hoop arms-used the keypad to run the carriage all the
way forward to get to the screws-and heard the 'thunk', got the tracking
error, and no response to any of the keypad or program commands-had to shut
down, move the carraige back, and start over.
So, I'm ready to listen to comments and suggestions....thanks everyone!
And the 'new' upgrade just came in-but we aren't loading it until we get all
the current jobs done-so sometime next week I'll be looking for help
installing the program. I am 'PC challenged'-haven't a clue how to even load
or upgrade or delete programs.
Roland
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