Ok I would go to 2 or maybe 1 on the thickness. I would also think about 2 layers of backing.... and adjust accordingly (it might still be 2 or 3....) A margarita is good but don't over indulge as fingers will get caught under the needle and cause only one bad thread break and needle extractions may be necessary! I was doing a medium weight polo (non-pique) and I was told by a Melco rep to use 2 cutaways on the bottom and a topping.... I don't think a topping would do you any good here.... John AGS ----- Original Message ----- From: "madness" <bowtiemadness@xxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 12:30 PM Subject: Re: [amayausers] Thread Breaks Small Text > Hey John... > okay I have rotated the needles...seems to be better but still havin > breaks........iam sewing a nylon shell with one layer backing...thickness at > 3 and it seems to be popping when thread breaks..if i set it to 4.....some > false thread brakes and regular old breaks.....tends to start fraying the > thread first.........its got me........ > > *thinkin maybe a drink would help.....* LOL > > i'll kep pluggin away...... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "A Golden Stitch/John and Mary Kyler" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 12:07 PM > Subject: Re: [amayausers] Thread Breaks Small Text > > > > Well first it is good to be able to laugh... > > Now try the needle eye rotation 5-10 degrees... > > Depending on what it is now... and there are a lot of things here... > > But, make the material thickness less.... > > Keep this in mind... If you make the material thickness too thick.... the > > extra thread from one stitch to the next over and over will accumulate... > > Thus you will have a lot of extra thread... This will then cause breaks... > > It took me a while to figure this out.... Do you notice that the thread > > starts whipping more than 30% of the time.... Or do you hear it popping? > > > > Just a couple of things that I beat my head on the wall with.. > > John > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx