[amayausers.com] Re: Need advice
- From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:43:09 -0500
I've been surprised by the number of Amaya owners that have popped
up that have a machine and it is more for 'hobby' and a small home
business
than for a commercial shop like most of us.
So it does serve a purpose!
Yes, there is a learning curve...and yes, it is NOT a 'plug and play'
machine
like some salespeople try to promote it.
BUT if you can take the time to learn it-and I cannot emphasize enough-
IMMEDIATELY get the training classes (5 days) that come with a new
machine.
You will then be able to get it up and running.
It is not a cheap machine-not a counter top model (although didn't
someone report
that Melco IS pushing a smaller unit now?)
but there was someone in the Amaya group that posted pictures of a
full jacket back
with some 80-90 color changes, a picture of antique cars at a 'drive
in hop shop' or
something? I remember seeing it.
You just have to figure out the procedure of color changes to match
the design as
it sews and have them ready to change out.
As long as you can get enough $$ (ka ching!) to cover your TIME
involved then
eventually you will have the machine paying for itself. But if you
don't get the right
price, you will just be giving away your time and money.
If I had to guess...I'd say a jacket back, with 30 color changes-no
matter how many stitches-
is going to take most of an hour-not including setting up the design,
digitizing, etc. so
you'd have to get $100 just for the sewout.
I did a design for the back of a bathrobe for a church group-I don't
know if it was for
'baptismal' use or if it was a cult of nudists...didn't want to know-
but just to digitize
the design was $200, and to sew ONE back of a robe-$75.00 (I think
about 35,000
stitches, 12 colors or so) and they were HAPPY to pay it-since no one
else would
touch the digitizing alone!
For the expense you are going through, see if you can find someone
within
traveling distance to you that has an Amaya and ask to spend a day
with them, see
how it works, check out the cross stitch patterns that are in the
artbase that comes with
it, and make sure it will do what YOU want for end product. Then make
up your mind!
Roland
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