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More questions.....what is your presserfoot height? The cog wheel should be
turned "counter-clockwise" all the way to the left, for all the way down and up
maybe one or two clicks for 99+% of you sewing. having the presserfoot too high
will allow flagging of the hooped material and cause fraying and/or thread
breaking issues. Rule of thumb, have the presser foot as low as it will go as
long as it is not damaging the fabric, leaving a foot print or pushing the
fabric too much.
Did you adjust the "auto Lower limit" settings in Tools-Settings-Threadfeed?
For caps a good place to start is 6 and for flats the default is 1 but usually
not more than 2 depending on how heavy the fabric/backing is. Having it too
high will give you issues, crappy embroidery(too loose, too much thread being
fed) and false thread/bobbin breaks.
Having the needles in backwards with the scarf to the front/groove to the rear,
is 100% failure.....
Having a burr, groove, gouge or roughness on the face of the rotary hook
retaining finger that can snag the thread will cause issues..
Using adhesive sprays or sticky backing will cause residue build-up in the
rotary hook and bobbin case areas and cause thread issues---Judy knows a lot
about this one. It was a major problem for her until I had her do a WD 40 wash
on the rotary hook and clean all the gunk off of it...right Judy?? ;-)
Digitizing???? Satin stitch columns that are too narrow will/is one of the
major problems that will result in threadbreak issues. Using the Minimum Column
width tools in DS, set to a minimum of 10 pts will help.
A bit of trivia...in our original training, we were told that at 1200 spm, for
every stitch that is actually left on the fabric, that thread has see-sawed
back and forth through the eye of the needle approximately 40 times!!!!!!! That
means a burr on the needle tip or eye or anywhere in the thread path can hook
the thread and start a fray/break with a 40 to 1 chance of it happening! ...
Lubrication of the machine is critical....hook, trimmer, needlebars,
reciprocator, threadfeed rollers must-I repeat, must be kept well lubricated
for high speed embroidery!
Rod Springer
Amaya Tech & Trainer
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