Jo - You should post your response on the boards - more info is always welcome! If it's here only - half of our audience will miss out on your wisdom :) Thanks! JOHN - - - - John Yaglenski President / Chief Executive Officer Levelbest Communications Graphic & Web Design - Strategic Marketing - Community Websites I: levelbest.com / P: 301.591.2481 - 888.229.1779 Levelbest Network WebSites Include: INTERCOT | WebDisney | AmayaUsers | INTERCOTwest Levelbest Embroidery | UrbanaMaryland | Mousehut 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. ---------------------------------------- From: Jo Leftwich <leftwichjo@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:16 PM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers.com] Re: New User help needed - digitizing/sewing I am going to jump in here and comment on the cap setting on the Big Red Amaya. I use the WACF, the raised needle plate and standard tension. for 6-panel structured caps, I set the number as hight as 18. For unstructured caps, 13 or 14 may work best. Each of my machines takes a slightly different setting for the same cap. I always click the presser foot all the way up and then down one click. I watch the stitching, maybe down another click if the thread breaks several time. Looping a tiny bit, lower the standard feed one number. Machine clattering on bottom of design, raise the design up a little, It is like cooking; to get a perfect simmer, right size pot for the burner and make adjustments to the heat. JO Jo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Just Sew It Custom Embroidery 14893 Deer Run Rd Delta, Colorado 81416 970-874-7899 --- On Thu, 9/11/08, webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [amayausers.com] Re: New User help needed - digitizing/sewing To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 12:51 PM This message was posted by levelbest on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/2/687.html#000012 Ed: Just tried the rasied and the standard needle plate back to back on a design I know runs well. Raised needle plate - 3 thread breaks. Ran all the way up and a click or two down. Second with standard, no breaks. Same machine. It appeared that the material thickness and thread tension was very taught with the raised plate on and that auto did a better job on the standard. In fact, after the first two breaks, I set the minimum MT to 5 but it still broke one more time. Checked the sewout results - can't say I could really tell the difference. This was an otto structured low profile hat. Of course, this could be a PEBKAC issue - Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair... :) =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================