Rod, Thanks for answering.You know that is a little sacryyyyyyyyyyie. Just how do I know if my design is PROPERLY digitized for my AmayaXt's. So for me sewing at 850 that is as high as I need to go till I know I have the right Digitizied design. Margarett ----- Original Message ----- From: springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 6:42 PM Subject: [amayausers.com] Re: Fw: Re: Hooping Caps Margarett, Poor ole Ed may be out and about, so let me step in and steal some of his thunder if I may. With a properly digitized design and I stress, properly digitized design, the XT Amaya wil have no proplem sewing caps at 1200 stitches a minute.......we do it all the time.... Rod Springer Amaya Tech & Trainer On Tue Oct 9 18:19 , 'Margarett' sent: Ed, I have a question about caps. Caps are just about ALL we do and we do a lot of them,what is the top speed we can run with our Amaya XT's.? Margarett ----- Original Message ----- From: <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:13 AM Subject: [amayausers.com] Re: Hooping Caps > This message was posted by The Embroidery Authority on AmayaUsers.com. > PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the > WEBSITE by clicking here: > http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php\?/topic/1/229.html#000005 > > HOLY COW!!, > I just read the original post... > .3" lettering with a density of 3.2 pts. Now that's asking too much. Try > a density of 4.5 to 5 pts. and don't go crazy with the underlay. These > are capital letters, yes??? Because if they are not, you are not sewing > letters at .3". More like .2". The letter height number in the > "lettering properties" refers to letter height for Capital Letters. These > kind of things are discussed in my training class. > The 65/9 needle is kind of small for caps unless you're sewing on an > unstructured cap. Be sure to use proper "cap backing" as well. If you > don't have any, take a sheet of 8.5x11 printer paper and fold it twice, > like you're putting it in a standard envelope, and try that. It's the > backing that keeps the cap from shaking side to side while sewing. And > reducing the speed on the machine helps with this as well. > Good Luck Linus, > Ed Orantes > > =========================================================== > > The AmayaUsers Mailing List > Website: http://www.amayausers.com > Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list > > =========================================================== > > > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 000780-0, 10/09/2007 > Tested on: 10/9/2007 12:24:19 PM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2007 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > > > =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list =========================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Msg sent via CableONE.net MyMail - http://www.cableone.net==================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ====================