Hello,
John has just posted in the Embroidery / How Do I? forum of AmayaUsers
Discussion Boards under the title of I've had it with the Cap Frame!.
This thread is located at
http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/showthread.php?6141-I-ve-had-it-with-the-Cap-Frame!
Here is the message that has just been posted:
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---Quote (Originally by Tricia)---
I have tried and tried to use this cap frame on my XT since 2008. My designs
usually sew crooked on the cap and/or it slips while sewing and the
registration gets thrown off. I'm sure it's user error and partly (in my
opinion) a bad engineering design. I have watched the video posted on this
site for help.
I'm close to turning away cap business, it's not worth this stress!
Don't know what else to do, thanks for letting me vent!
Tricia
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Tricia:
Herb - the zen master of hats will tell all.
Go to the tips/tricks section of this site and watch the hooping video again,
and again.
Hats are able to be done and done well with the Amaya. I just ran 72+ pieces
the other day with ZERO thread breaks, small lettering and a decent amount of
details.
The keys in short...
1) Hoop the hat correctly. Seriously.
2) Design for caps. Bottom up, inside out. Get an expert to digitize for you.
3) No bigger than 2 inches give or take. You can get about .5 inches from the
brim and you can take your designs to a max of about 2 inches but I wouldn't go
bigger.
4) Sew at 850-900 spm
Reality is most mistakes are 1 or 2. Crooked or slipping is hooping.
I'm assuming you have the WACF. I struggled with them too. Herb showed me the
way. I got better at it. Suggest you buy a dozen cheapo hats and practice.
It's well worth.
When all else fails, do what we did and get the CCF frames instead. The WACF
(wide angle hoops) that Herb shows in the video are great but the reality is,
the CCF (conventional cap frame) is good for 99% of what we do and is quicker
and easier to hoop.
Bottom line, I guarantee if I came buy, I could sew a great cap on your machine.
Pictured below is the EMS Hooptech 270 - CCF
Attachment 94
(http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=94)
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