Thanks, Karen. The project is done and I have not been able to recreate the problem. Hopefully, it will not happen again. (Right!!!) David Sklar Ballyhoo! Arlington, VA >From: Peachey Threads <karen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Date: Thu May 25 12:17:19 CDT 2006 >To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [amayausers] Re: Metallic Thread >Hi David, > >I see you have gotten quite a few responses to your question. Is the >problem solve yet? I have had great success with metallic on hats using >WACF. But before I go through the time of explanation.............just = >need >to know if you are still in need of a solution? > >Also, are you on an XT or an older version Amaya? > >Karen >Peachey Threads > >-----Original Message----- >From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dsklar@xxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:26 AM >To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [amayausers] Metallic Thread > > >I recently had a job with 8 caps (unstructured), polos, tees, and = >sweats. >All used the same logo. Parts of the logo were stitched using metallic >thread. Everything went fine except for the hats. It took several = >hours to >get the hats done. There was a thread break every few rows. It seemed = >to >make no difference whether it was stitching the underlay (density >irrelevent) or the actual fill. The polos, tees sweats sewed without >problem using a 75/11BP. For the unstructured caps I used two layers of >medium tearaway backing. I started with a 75/11 sharp went up to 80/12 >sharp (don't have bigger), changed needles (to new ones and location on = >the >machine), but could not make any difference. The problem area is not on = >or >near a seam. I played with the material thickness as well. The cap was = >on >a WACF. I have done plenty of caps. I have done some metallic before. = >But >this is the first metallic on caps. Any thoughts on what the problem = >was? >Thanks. > >David Sklar >Ballyhoo! >Arlington, VA=20 > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 > >The AmayaUsers Mailing List >Website: http://www.amayausers.com >Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=20 > > > >=========================================================== > >The AmayaUsers Mailing List >Website: http://www.amayausers.com >Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list > >=========================================================== =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================