I'd like to see a "Scalded Ape" run. I bet that would be fun! LOL!!! Ed Orantes E.M. Broidery 900 Terry Parkway, Ste. 200 Terrytown, La. 70131 504-EMBROID (504-362-7643) or 504-433-0099 office 504-433-0100 fax -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jack Fuller Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:05 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: Small fonts Marty If you are having severe difficulties such as not being able to sew more than 500 stitches without a break and old designs that used to sew now don't then the suspect is the machine, in my experience. I am not saying that everyone who experiences such problems will find their problems to be the same as I experienced. Your problems could be related to something else. With that said, I called Melco and explained my problems. My local tech confirmed what he discovered and Melco authorized the replacement of the rotary hook and cam disk. They have a newly designed rotary hook and an updated cam disc that may or may not have been available at the time my machine was delivered to me in June of 2003. With new thread feed rollers and some fine tuning, the thing again runs like a scalded ape. Jack -----Original Message----- From: Marty Bies [mailto:mbies@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 7:29 AM To: 'amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: RE: [amayausers] Small fonts What updated parts are you talking about? We also have a 2003 Marty J2HDesign, MN -----Original Message----- From: Jack Fuller [mailto:Jack@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 6:20 PM To: Amayausers@Mailinglists. Org Subject: [amayausers] Small fonts I have been watching the list for about a year now and find people still have trouble with small fonts. I too have had my share. But what I found worked well for me was using a 65/9 needle and 60 wt thread. BP or sharp, it doesn't matter. I get excellent results using Arial (DAK) with a medium to heavy cutaway and one or two pcs of water soluble topping. Increase the width a bit and 150% to 180% pull comp. I just finished a job where the small text was .15. I sewed it without any thread breaks at 1200 spm. I have done as small as .12 on woven shirts. Pique looks better at .18 - .20. If you are having trouble with small text I encourage you to determine if your machine has the updated parts. Mine is a 2003 model and I was ready to burn it to the ground until I discovered that it was delivered with faulty parts. They lasted about 6 months and then went bad. While I was genuinely torqued at Melco for allowing ANY Amaya go out the door with parts they knew they had a high failure rate, they did replace them. Jack Jack Fuller Executive Team Apparel Custom Embroidered Business Wear www.eta1.com jack@xxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx