[amayausers] Laser light "Centering"
- From: "Ed Orantes" <e3m@xxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 09:31:59 -0600
Susan,
As for the laser light,... You have to understand that the laser is not
mounted directly above the needle plate. There is not enough room for it to
fit because of all the sewing mechanics that are moving about behind the
needlecase. Therefore the laser is mounted off to the right a bit, just
behind the right front cover (black plastic).
Hence, the laser shines in from an angle. It is set at the factory to
shine right through the needle hole in the needle plate. So if you put a
thin piece of paper or fabric on top of the needle plate and pushed the
laser light button, you would see the laser shining right on top of the
needle hole.
Because it comes in at an angle, geometry tells us that the higher our
fabric raises off the surface of the needle plate, the more the laser "dot"
will shine to the right (since that's where it's mounted). So you have to
understand that how much the laser light is "off centered" will be relative
to how thick the fabric you are sewing on is. And yes, it's true that hats
will be slightly off centered with the laser light because hats are some of
the thickest items you can sew on. Not because it's a thick fabric, more so
because it's on a curve across the needle plate and remember that when you
sew on caps, you're using a "raised" needleplate which adds height to where
the laser "dot" originally is set to shine.
As far as "is it only shifted in a horizontal direction?", yes. The
laser
is screwed to the chassis with two large screws. So the laser itself is not
capable of shining anywhere other than where it is engineered to shine.
Since we're on this subject, we should also note for all those knuckle
heads who might be tempted to try something stupid. "MAKE SURE you DON'T
look directly into the laser beam. That means don't play around with
mirrors or wedge your head in between the needlecase and bobbin arm to see
where the mystery light is coming from. Not even with sun glasses on! We
all know there's going to be one idiot in the bunch who will try and
re-invent the wheel.
Good luck to you.
Ed Orantes
504-258-6260
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Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 12:13 PM
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Subject: [amayausers] Re: Hello & hooping
Thanks Ron,
I did what you said. Not only was it easy but worked
like a charm. Previously I was told that the laser
dot was only to be used for tracing because it shines
a litte to the right. Does anyone know how far to the
right it shines. And is the light only shifted in the
horizontal direction. I don't think this little shift
will affect most hooping and aligning jobs but I'm
thinking that I might need to align something up
exactly sometime--split design or something. Maybe
this might not happen now that I have some really
large hoops to choose from but I have had to do that
in the past.
Also, I had a design set up in a 15cm hoop. The
design on screen showed that it was barely touching
the inner hoop limit line (is that what you call it?).
I traced it on the machine and didn't see any
problems. But as the machine came to the one spot it
stopped and said it was out of the hoop limits. Would
it have been O.K. to go ahead and stitch it?? Luckily
it was just a test stitchout so I fudged it to finish
the stitching.
Susan Riedlinger
Embroidery Station
Columbus, OH
--- Body Cover <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is by far the easiest question posted here in a
> while!
> Hoop a close as you can with the hoop and you can
> mark your garment first
> where you want the design to sew. either pin it or
> mark it with tape or fabric marker, chalk
> what have you...
>
> Then the only real trick is to eyeball the side
> wings (clamping metal edges)
> to make sure they are at a right angle otherwise
> your design won't be level.
>
> Put it into the machine and use the trace function,
> (hoop button and Star button at the same time)
> the laser will show you where the design will sew.
> then you hold down the hoop button and use the
> directional
> arrows to align the laser dot to the center point of
> the design
> and trace again to make sure its right,
> I usually align first then trace (not sure why I
> wrote it backwards)
> you can keep going through this process over and
> over again
> until your happy with the results and hit start.
> on the next garment of the same design, you can't
> trace
> anymore without resetting the design but you can
> move the hoop
> with the hoop button and arrows until it hits you
> predetermined mark
> and hit start. this can also be repeated until your
> happy, just no tracing.
>
> Try it, and you'll see how cool this laser tracing
> is,
> no more crashing hoops with the needle!!
>
> P.S. Welcome Aboard!
>
> Ron Vinyard
> Body Cover / Magic Stitches
> 1-888-435-0176
> 541-471-1504
> fax 471-0427
>
> 420 SW H street
> Grants Pass, OR 97526
>
> info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.bodycoverdesign.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <suried@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "users amaya" <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 1:29 PM
> Subject: [amayausers] Hello & hooping
>
>
> > Hello,
> > I just got my AMAYA XT and Design Shop Pro Plus
> right
> > before Thanksgiving. I have been monitoring the
> amaya
> > users group since the beginning of summer. I have
> > already learned a ton of information and I have
> > printed out lots of hints that have been posted in
> > this group. Thank you all!! Sharon and Rod have
> also
> > been a great help to me.
> >
> > I have been test stitching different designs and
> > playing with MT, bobbin tension etc. I am finally
> > happy with my stitch outs and I am ready to
> actually
> > do some shirts and a bag. I do not yet have the
> > HoopMaster--it is on my list to get. My question
> is,
> > how do I get things lined up properly so it
> stitches
> > in the right spot. Previously, I have used a D1
> > machine and I had a template and center marks on
> all
> > side of the hoop. I don't see any templates for
> my
> > hoop or any markings on the hoops to help me align
> > things. I figure I can use my old templates to
> mark
> > on the garment where I want center and then the x
> and
> > y middle points. I'm guessing I will have to
> measure
> > and mark on the hoops myself where the center of
> the
> > sides of my hoop are.?? On my D1 I could line the
> > needle up with the center mark on my garment if my
> > hooping job wasn't perfect. That way I would
> > definitely start stitching from the center point.
> Is
> > there any way to do this on the AMAYA??
> >
> > Hope my questions are not silly. Its a big change
> > going from the D1 to the AMAYA.
> >
> > Again, Thanks for all the help I've already gotten
> and
> > for all the future help. This user group is
> > definitely a GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM!!!
> >
> > Susan Riedlinger
> > Embroidery Station
> > Columbus, OH
> >
> >
> >
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