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Hello,
OldJake has just posted in the Machines & Hardware forum of AmayaUsers
Discussion Boards under the title of XTS - Disillusioned.
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http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/showthread.php?5774-XTS-Disillusioned
Here is the message that has just been posted:
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Thanks for the replies and encouragement everyone. I think I was just having
one of those days!
I took a deep breath and went back to basics. I've read quite a few posts on
here plus the documentation. After all, Rolls Royce use these machines to
embroider the leather on their headrests! I'm sat here now with a towel that
I've messed around a lot with. I've come down to 3 things...
1. Bobbin tension - I was shown how to do it but WITH the bobbin thread
through the pig tail. That took my quality from 2 out of 10 to 6 out of 10
once I got that right.
2. Presser foot height. I had this way to high. Not sure of the clicks but
probably 2mm above the stabiliser. I wound it down until I could see it
pushing down and then backed off one. This took the quality to 8 out of 10
3. Density. Went from the default .40 on satin stitch to .30. This was the
last change I made and this pretty much nailed it. I also tried .38 and .28 on
a fill stitch and found that .38 is actually fine. I know fill stitch is a big
hit on the number of stitches but I prefer the quality over satin stitch on
towels. Nothing's ever perfect but I'm now on 9.5 out of 10 and more than
happy with the results.
I tried playing with the acti-feed settings but it didn't improve the quality
and I just got more thread breaks.
I tried different speeds but that didn't help and I read a post on here saying
that you can go too slow. I've been running the machine at 800 - 900 but today
I thought I'd just see what it could do. With the other changes I ran a towel
at 1350. It varied the speed from 1200 - 1350 but the results are perfect.
All this was on 1" lettering using an internal font on DS Lite. I'm guessing
I'll need to try some different fonts and different sizes to get settings for
everything.
I think the XTS is like an F1 racing car over a production saloon. You have to
tune and tweak everything. What works for one track might not work on another.
I think I'll persevere though!
Best regards
Andy
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