[amayausers] Re: Needle Breaks
- From: Mike Garber <agraphic2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:50:59 -0700
Herb,
I think your .02 sounds good to me. What are these wings you speak of?
I will try and stabilize the hat more. I don't think I had the sides
clipped in assuming the structure of the hat would be enough to keep it
from moving. It also was flagging a little up and down.
I have to sew the same design on a unstructured hat and I don't imagine
I will have the same problems.
Mike
HK Acree wrote:
>Mike,
>My first thought on this is that your wings may need adjusting. It sounds
>like as the cap is sewing you are beginning to pull the fabric and as the
>needle penetrates it is also being pulled causing it to strike the plate. I
>sewed some Flex Fits a while back and swore them off as far as trying them
>again any time soon. They are way to stretchy for my liking. Hooping was a
>pain and my quality was junk. Trace your design and watch closely as it gets
>to the area you are having problems with. If you see any movement in the
>fabric try to adjust your wings to eliminate it. Also look to be sure the
>bill is not contacting the back of the needle carriage. This will also cause
>the fabric to move and cause problems. When I hoop structured caps I make it
>a habit to bend the bill back towards the top a bit before I hoop it, I find
>this lets the cap relax and lay closer to the needle plate, especially near
>the bill of the cap. This may or may not help you to get the fabric down
>close to the plate. Go forward in your stitch count to the place where you
>are having problems and check how far the material presses down before
>hitting the plate. If it is more than about 1/8 inch it is too much. (In my
>humble opinion). When you hoop it try to find a way to get this part of the
>cap to lay down some more, a little tug here or there? One thing I would try
>would be full backing. My thought here is that as stretchy as these are,
>"maybe", if I get the sides stabilized so they wont stretch around as much
>it may keep the front from wiggling as well. I may also be out of my mind
>but there's my $.02 worth.
>
>Herb
>Royal Embroidery
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>From: "Mike Garber" <agraphic2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "amayausers list" <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:31 AM
>Subject: [amayausers] Needle Breaks
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>>I digitized a hat logo that is just text. I'm sewing a Flex Fit
>>Structured hat with 75/11 sharp needles.
>>The stitch length is about 1/4" along the top of the hat (text is 2"
>>tall and hooped as close to the bottom as possible).
>>I keep getting needle breaks on the top of the design. Raised needle
>>plate is in and pressure foot is adjusted 2.5 clicks from top. No
>>backing.
>>Material thickness is 13. I did get a break on the fill outline under
>>the text but I suspect the needle was already bent from the longer
>>stitches on the text.
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>>I am going to try it on the other machine tonight to see if I still get
>>breaks unless anyone can tell if I'm doing something wrong.
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>>Thanks,
>>Mike
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