[amayausers] Re: What Material Thickness
- From: "Ed Orantes" <e3m@xxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:18:34 -0600
Debbie,
"NEWBIES" or not, we don't discriminate on the list. I'm Baptist
myself.
:)
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of r.rinehartsr
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:43 PM
To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amayausers] Re: What Material Thickness
THANKS Ed, you guys are the BEST!!!!! Don't know what us NEWBIES would do
without you all!!!! Debbie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Orantes" <e3m@xxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:13 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: What Material Thickness
> Debbie,
> Two ways to determine what "Material Thickness" to use for those folks
> without experience.
> First,
> Always start out high. With a thick jacket like that I start with a
> number
> like 15 or 20. (Somebody correct me if I'm way off base-I've never sewn a
> Carhart jacket before so I'm guessing). After you hit the start button,
> if
> your material thickness is too high, then you will very shortly receive a
> false "bobbin break" error. What that means is it's telling you your
> bobbin
> has broken but in all actuality, it's fine. Lower your material thickness
> by two digits and start again. Do this until you get to a point at which
> the machine sews without any interruptions.
>
> Second,
> Once you get your machine sewing, study how the thread "dances" just in
> front of the AMAYA name plate on the needle case. If the thread is
> bouncing
> all over the place, chances are your material thickness is too high. If
> the
> thread looks like it's a straight line as it's sewing, it probably too
> low.
> I can't stress enough that it's always better to run your Material
> Thickness setting on the higher side as opposed to a lower number. Try to
> run your material thickness at the highest possible setting for each
> fabric
> without experiencing any "looping" of thread on the top side of the
> garment.
> There are a lot of customers that don't know very much about this Material
> Thickness setting and they leave it on the default setting of "3" for just
> about everything they sew. Sure that will work fine for most thin items
> but
> at some point, they will start to have problems and not know why.
>
> Good luck to you.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of r.rinehartsr
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:50 PM
> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Auto digitizing
>
>
> Hi, If I may, I have a totally unrelated question regarding a project I
> will
> be undertaking tonight. I have 3 Carhart jackets on which I need to
> embroider a farm logo and farm name. They all have heavy fleece linings
> and
> I am concerned about what MT I should use. I figured a sharp 80/12 needle
> would be necessary but was not sure on the backing. It will have to be
> either a 2oz cutaway or a much lighter no show mesh. Also I didn't plan
> on
> using a topping, but if anyone thinks this would help, I can reconsider.
> Thanks for all the help. Debbie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Banks" <banksje@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 2:38 PM
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Auto digitizing
>
>
>> Jo,
>>
>> What format are you saving it as from Paint? Use JPG or BMP. Then go to
>> File Open in Design Shop, and change the File Type to All Graphics, then
>> navigate to the folder where you saved the graphic file and open it.
>>
>> Let me know if this does not work. Also, what version of Design Shop do
>> you have? You have to have at least Design Shop Pro to open a bitmapped
>> graphic. With Pro+ you will also have vector file capabilities.
>>
>> Jeff Banks
>> Melco Embroidery
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jo Leftwich" <leftwichjo@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Amaya" <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 5:46 AM
>> Subject: [amayausers] Auto digitizing
>>
>>
>>> Please tell me what to do to get a design from Paint to Design Shop. I
>>> have a business card I scanned, enlarged to the size I need, cleaned it
>>> up in the Paint program, and cannot get it into Design Shop. I thought
>>> this would be a great design for auto-digitizing but have never tried
>>> this before. What am I not doing??
>>> Jo
>>>
>>>
>>> Jo
>>> Just Sew It Custom Embroidery
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------
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>>
>>
>
>
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