[amayausers] Re: Support Arm Screw Hole - Spring?
- From: "Ed Orantes" <e3m@xxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:31:42 -0500
Dorothy,
Rod is right on the money as usual.
I would like to add to what was said if I could.
You had mentioned that you were using a screwdriver to turn the screw.
Yes??
If that be the case, chances are that you have the older style Brass Screws
(gold) that came with the earlier year Amayas. Sometimes microscopic brass
shavings can come off the threads of the screw and present you with issues
similar to that of stripped threads. ...Such as hard to turn screws.
If this is true, I suggest you step up to the newer style Stainless Steel
(silver) screws that have been around for a couple of years. This screw
utilizes a 6 mm Allen wrench for easier installation than that good ole
right angled screw driver. The part number for the newer screw is
"12392-01". I suggest you purchase about six. Four for the machine and two
additional just in case.
However,... be warned. The 6 mm Allen wrench can deliver quite a bit of
torque. All you need to do is "spin" the screws until they seat into
position in the hoop arms (a drop of oil on the threads from time to time
always helps), then snug them down by hand, and then use the 6 mm Allen
wrench to turn them about an 1/8 to 1/4 of a turn and NO MORE. I have seen
several people break the head off the screw because they thought they were
back in the gym flexing their muscles, doing their best impersonations of
Arnold Schwarzenegger. (Including myself)
I believe the screws are around $2 bucks a piece.
Good luck to you,
Ed Orantes
504-258-6260
-----Original Message-----
From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rod or Sharon
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 10:15 AM
To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Support Arm Screw Hole - Spring?
Dorothy,
Sharon was right. You will need to replace the HeliCoil in that screw hole.
Melco will send you a HeliCoil kit that will include a special installment
tool that is necessary to replace the little coil. If you continue to try
and screw the screws in and out you will damage the aluminum casing and the
screws as well. Look closely at the threads on the screw(s) that you have
been trying to insert and see it the threads have been compressed. If they
are damaged, they will look as if they have been cross threaded to some
degree and will need to be replaced immediately. Screwing these into the
remaining "good holes will result in more damaged HeliCoils. The difficulty
you are experiencing with the screw tightening and this little HeliCoil,
runs a close analogy to a "Chinese finger trap" , the harder you try to get
your finger out of it the tighter it squeezes.
The HeliCoils are usually damaaged by "over tightening" of the screw and/or
a foreign substance, dirt, lint, , whatever......building up in the threads
and starting a problem. Over tighening a screw in a HeliCoil will result in
trying to make the spring smaller in diameter "so to speak" and causing it
to grip the screw tighter and when the screw is being removed, the spring
will not want to release it's grip and kind of cross-threads itself on it's
own threads......hummmm, hope that makes sense.
A HeliCoil is a steel wire or a very tightly compressed spring that is
"threaded" into special threads made for the shape of the HeliCoil. This is
threaded into soft metals such as the aluminum in the carriage housing to
extend the life of the casing threads. Melco has vastly improved this design
in later production models and now uses a steel insert in place of the
HeliCoil system. Much better.
My advice would be to immediately contact Melco and get the HeliCoil kit .
They are not difficult to install and have instructions with the kit. To
remove the old coil, just take hold of the exposed wire and stretch it
straight up slowly and it will pull out of the hole. Be careful to pull
straight up and not much twisting motion is allowed....... you do not want
to break the spring in half and leave some of it in the hole...it is a
bugger to get it out then.......slowly and carefully is the key.
Rod Springer
Rod & Sharon Springer
Embroidery Cottage
Melco Amaya Technician & Trainers
Design Shop Pro+ & Digitizing
Boise, ID 83713
208-938-3038
----- Original Message -----
From: <DLCompton@xxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 10:11 PM
Subject: [amayausers] Support Arm Screw Hole - Spring?
>I have an interesting situation/problem. The other day I was re-installing
> the support arms for the smaller hoops and the outside screw on the left
> side
> was rather difficult to turn. I tried several times taking it out and
> re-trying, finally using a screw driver to do the job (a lot). After
> doing my
> stitching and needing to put the arms back to the outside position, I went
> to
> remove said screw and again had to use a screwdriver almost the whole way
> but now
> I could feel a bit of metal sticking out the top of the hole. Well, I did
> what was probably a dumb thing, I tried srewing the screw from the bottom
> (don't
> ask what I was thinking). Now I have a rather large, spring-like piece of
> metal sticking out from the top. After I did my caps, my husband helped me
> screw
> the arm back on (again, very difficult), which is where I am now. Monday I
> will need to move the arm back to the outer edge and I'm afraid of what's
> going to happen. Any clues anyone? All the rest of the screw holes are
> working
> great!
> Dorothy Compton
> Bee Embroidered
> _www.BeeEmbroidered.com_ (http://www.beeembroidered.com/)
> (916) 635-7467
> Rancho Cordova, CA
>
>
>
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