Ron, you are absolutely right. Initially, when the Amayas came out, we were
taught to turn the needle 5 degrees to the right. Now they are telling you
that it is ok to put the needle straight forward. If your machine has
problems with that, then turn it the 5 degrees to the right. One of our
machines is the older one and we do turn the needles 5 degrees----I've seen
both ways work well.
Sharon
Embroidery Cottage
Rod & Sharon Springer
Melco Trained Amaya Tech &Trainer
Design Shop Pro+ Digitizing
Boise, ID 83713
208-938-3038
----- Original Message -----
From: "Body Cover" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 10:00 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help
I had read that the eye turns to the right only
5 degrees! which I guess would be counter clockwise.
I would be watching to see if too much of an angle keeps the hook from catching in the needle scarf.
I also thought 5 degrees was much more than it actually is. when I looked at a protractor I realized that 5 degrees was in fact a very small amount.
Ron Vinyard Body Cover / Magic Stitches 1-888-435-0176 541-471-1504 fax 471-0427
420 SW H street Grants Pass, OR 97526
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 5:14 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help
How about the angle the needle is 'turned' in the shaft? I've had the same
problem (and now pretty much refuse to embroider on 'teeshirt' material-just
takes too much work) and after checking everything you mention, I find my
wife (who does most of the setup) isn't turning a new needle to get the 15
degree or so angle counterclockwise. Also, a tendency to have the plate just
a hair to the left of dead center. Once I reset the needle and set the plate
back to the right, usually that stops it!
Another similar problem was fixed when we started replacing the top rollers
at the 2 million stitch mark-worst thread breaks were happening on the
rollers with the most wear. Probably a combination of all 3 things but
changing it helped!
