Hi Ruth: It's a new thread feed feature incorporated into the latest version of 2005 Amaya OS and of course 2006. The computer decides what material thickness is best at any given time while you are sewing and feeds the appropriate amount of thread and adjusts material thickness on the fly. It's pretty darn cool, and most users who have tried it have found it very useful. It takes a lot of the guesswork out of trying to figure out the correct MT for different things you are working on. - - - - - - - - John Yaglenski President / Chief Executive Officer Levelbest Communications I: www.levelbest.com P: 301.591.2481 / 888.229.1779 F: 501-631-4544 active website design . web hosting . content driven websites This e-mail message and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Levelbest, immediately -- by replying to this message or by sending an e-mail to john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Ruth Williams" <lrembroidery@xxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:47:26 -0800 >What is actifeed. That's a term I haven't heard before. > >Ruth Williams lrembroidery@xxxxxxxxx > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 12:13 PM >Subject: [amayausers] Re: Lettering > > >> The only (and last) batch of teeshirts we did had about 9,000 >> stitches-a really 100% covered area-and it puckered so bad on the >> test we had to do double 3 oz...might as well just sewn a patch and >> sewn that in place! >> But that was before the actifeed...so when I get bored some day I'll >> run a test and see. >> So far I'm having good results with the actifeed on cheap fleece >> blankets, sweats, workjackets, nylon jackets, and totes...I feel the >> actual sewn area is 'tighter' than without the actifeed, and we see >> either no bobbin at all in the back, or lighter material the bobbin >> is pulled right up through the front-no happy medium except hats and >> heavy jackets and totes! Weird...and our bobbins are lasting twice as >> long....using more thread instead. >> But it looks good, sews faster, and compared to before, almost no >> thread breaks. >> >> Roland >> >> > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.levelbest.com