I get great results with small lettering, as long as it is setup correctly. As far as the AMAYA in general, I am completely happy with its performance. Being able to run all my flats at 1200 spm and my caps at 850-950 spm is a great improvement over the 650 or 700 spm I run on my Melco EMT's. I feel the AMAYA is an awesome advance in embroidery technology and Melco Customer Service and Tech support is great as well. I have 2 other friends (competition) here locally that own AMAYA's as well and they love them. One of them bought an additional AMAYA after running the first one for a few months. The other day I ran 50 unstructured caps with 0 thread breaks in around 5 hours. I could go on, but I should probably get to work, I have over 500 caps to get done :) Aaron Sargent The Linen Barn linen@xxxxxxxxxxx Medford, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Young, Dawn" <DYoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 7:50 AM Subject: RE: [amayausers] Amaya > I agree on that one. I thought it was very expensive too. > > I guess the thing Im worried the most about is last November, I > purchased a top of the line home machine that has been a lot of trouble. > Im still working on paying for that machine, and now thinking of making > this much larger purchase. I do feel I will be a lot more productive > with the Amaya though. Theres so many different machines to choose > from, but I have to say when we went to visit the Rep. in our area, I > just fell in love with the Amaya. > > Is everyone getting pretty good quality on lettering? Especially small > lettering? I have to say thats my biggest complaint on my home machine. > > Dawn > Purrfect Stitch Embroidery > > -----Original Message----- > From: eta [mailto:eta@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:44 AM > To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [amayausers] Amaya > > > Yes. But not the digitizing version. We thought it way too expensive for > what we want to do at this time. But he Design Shop @ level 2 for > editing is > critical. The entry level is just ofr lettering and does not allow > editing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Young, Dawn [mailto:DYoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:40 AM > To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [amayausers] Amaya > > > Did you also purchase the Design Shop? > > Dawn > Purrfect Stitch Embroidery > > -----Original Message----- > From: eta [mailto:eta@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:23 AM > To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [amayausers] Amaya > > > Warm up the tootsies! We just got back from the 4 day training in > Denver. It > was very enlightening and we learned a lot. I think you will like the > staff > there. They are very down to earth ordinary kind of people with lots of > experience and are very willing to help. We bought our Amaya in June. > But, > given we didn't have anything else to compare it to, did not know what > to > expect. Logically it made sense. It was cheaper than the competition > (Tajima > and Baruden). It sewed much faster. 1100 to 1200 stitches per minute > compared to 700 to 800 on the competition. That was a plus. Melco's > approach > to using software controls rather than hardware controls made sense to > us > given we have a computer bent. The issue really boiled down to whether > we > could learn a new software package and the finer points of embroidering > on > the machine. The software was easy. Embroidering is the challenge now. > Unless you have a lot of experience in embroidery technique you may have > a > bit of a difficult time in turning out acceptable garments at first. > Maybe I > am too picky. But that is where we are. So far this embroidery thing is > a > hoot. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Young, Dawn [mailto:DYoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:00 AM > To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [amayausers] Amaya > > > Good morning Wendy, > I was very happy to see this question out here this morning. I too am > trying to make a decision on purchasing an Amaya for a small home > business. I currently have a deposit on one, but Im getting cold feet. > Im looking forward to reading the replies to your questions. > > Dawn > Purrfect Stitch Embroidery > > -----Original Message----- > From: wl solomonson [mailto:wlsolomonson@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:54 AM > To: Amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [amayausers] Amaya > > > Greetings, > I am wondering if anyone on this list would be willing to share any > info. on > the Amaya. I am looking at a machine for a start-up shop and would like > > some honest feedback on the Amaya and Melco training and tech support. > You > may e-mail privately if you wish wlsolomonson@xxxxxxxxxxx > Thanks for any and all input. > Wendy > Itchin' To Stitch > MN > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get MSN 8 and enjoy automatic e-mail virus protection. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx