[amayausers.com] Re: 6 panel hats
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I sew mostly Flexfit and occasionally Otto and all are 6 panel hats. I do
Lettering and logos. I only sew hats at 600 to 650 spm, use 75/11 titanium
needles, actifeed for hats usually min at 2. But I also only use the CCF hat
frame. Use 1 layer of stiff hat backing and sometimes light adhesive to hold
it in place. No 1 flatten the bill out, No 2 rub the hat front to smooth it out
(while on the frame) and get it as flat as possible, No 3 make sure the hat is
framed as tightly and smooth as possible.
Additionally I have to say, these posts stress that hats must be sewn bottom
up, center out and digitized differently. Well, I guess I'm the exception
because I rarely have had to change digitizing and I've sewn them top to
bottom, left to right, right to left, center out, etc, etc and never seem to
have a problem as long as they are hooped straight, tight and flat and the
pressure foot height and bobbin tension are correct. I only use magnetic
bobbins and make sure the thread flows easily. If I do the drop test and there
is any drag I pull off a few yards of thread, if that doesn't work, I throw out
the bobbin and grab a new one because it's not worth fighting with. Generally
only have trouble with the black bobbins. Whites seem to be pretty good every
time.
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