[amayausers] Re: What Material Thickness
- From: <suried@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 18:17:41 -0800 (PST)
Ed,
Thanks for this info. I am new at this and have been
trying to figure this material thickness thing out.
This information is exactly what I have been searching
for!!
Susan
Embroidery Station
Columbus, OH
--- Ed Orantes <e3m@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Debbie,
> Two ways to determine what "Material Thickness" to
> use for those folks
> without experience.
> First,
> Always start out high. With a thick jacket like
> that I start with a number
> like 15 or 20. (Somebody correct me if I'm way off
> base-I've never sewn a
> Carhart jacket before so I'm guessing). After you
> hit the start button, if
> your material thickness is too high, then you will
> very shortly receive a
> false "bobbin break" error. What that means is it's
> telling you your bobbin
> has broken but in all actuality, it's fine. Lower
> your material thickness
> by two digits and start again. Do this until you
> get to a point at which
> the machine sews without any interruptions.
>
> Second,
> Once you get your machine sewing, study how the
> thread "dances" just in
> front of the AMAYA name plate on the needle case.
> If the thread is bouncing
> all over the place, chances are your material
> thickness is too high. If the
> thread looks like it's a straight line as it's
> sewing, it probably too low.
> I can't stress enough that it's always better to
> run your Material
> Thickness setting on the higher side as opposed to a
> lower number. Try to
> run your material thickness at the highest possible
> setting for each fabric
> without experiencing any "looping" of thread on the
> top side of the garment.
> There are a lot of customers that don't know very
> much about this Material
> Thickness setting and they leave it on the default
> setting of "3" for just
> about everything they sew. Sure that will work fine
> for most thin items but
> at some point, they will start to have problems and
> not know why.
>
> Good luck to you.
>
> Ed
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> r.rinehartsr
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:50 PM
> To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Auto digitizing
>
>
> Hi, If I may, I have a totally unrelated question
> regarding a project I will
> be undertaking tonight. I have 3 Carhart jackets on
> which I need to
> embroider a farm logo and farm name. They all have
> heavy fleece linings and
> I am concerned about what MT I should use. I
> figured a sharp 80/12 needle
> would be necessary but was not sure on the backing.
> It will have to be
> either a 2oz cutaway or a much lighter no show mesh.
> Also I didn't plan on
> using a topping, but if anyone thinks this would
> help, I can reconsider.
> Thanks for all the help. Debbie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Banks" <banksje@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 2:38 PM
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Auto digitizing
>
>
> > Jo,
> >
> > What format are you saving it as from Paint? Use
> JPG or BMP. Then go to
> > File Open in Design Shop, and change the File Type
> to All Graphics, then
> > navigate to the folder where you saved the graphic
> file and open it.
> >
> > Let me know if this does not work. Also, what
> version of Design Shop do
> > you have? You have to have at least Design Shop
> Pro to open a bitmapped
> > graphic. With Pro+ you will also have vector file
> capabilities.
> >
> > Jeff Banks
> > Melco Embroidery
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jo Leftwich" <leftwichjo@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Amaya" <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 5:46 AM
> > Subject: [amayausers] Auto digitizing
> >
> >
> >> Please tell me what to do to get a design from
> Paint to Design Shop. I
> >> have a business card I scanned, enlarged to the
> size I need, cleaned it
> >> up in the Paint program, and cannot get it into
> Design Shop. I thought
> >> this would be a great design for auto-digitizing
> but have never tried
> >> this before. What am I not doing??
> >> Jo
> >>
> >>
> >> Jo
> >> Just Sew It Custom Embroidery
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------
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> >
>
>
>
>
>
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