Debbie, "NEWBIES" or not, we don't discriminate on the list. I'm Baptist myself. :) Ed -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of r.rinehartsr Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:43 PM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: What Material Thickness THANKS Ed, you guys are the BEST!!!!! Don't know what us NEWBIES would do without you all!!!! Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Orantes" <e3m@xxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:13 AM Subject: [amayausers] Re: What Material Thickness > 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 >>> >>> --------------------------------- >>> Yahoo! Shopping >>> Find Great Deals on Holiday Gifts at Yahoo! Shopping >> >> > > > >