[amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help
- From: "Jean A. Allen" <jaa1943@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:36:25 -0700 (PDT)
My tech told me not more than 15 degrees but that 5 degrees was
the best. When I go much past 5 degrees, I get thread tails at
the start of a pattern.
--- "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> When we went down to NJ for a week of training, and also when
> a machine tech
> stopped in once, we were told 15 degrees, might be off but we
> watched to see
> how far it was turned. Best I can figure without a
> protractor-if the needle
> 'straight' is a clock, and you are looking at 6:00-so the eye
> of the needle
> would end up pointing at 5 pm...make sense? but it works-stops
> most of the
> thread breaks.
>
> > From: "Body Cover" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 09:00:45 -0700
> > To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help
> >
> > I had read that the eye turns to the right only
> > 5 degrees! which I guess would be counter clockwise.
> > I would be watching to see if too much of an angle
> > keeps the hook from catching in the needle scarf.
> >
> > I also thought 5 degrees was much more than it actually is.
> > when I looked at a protractor I realized that 5 degrees was
> > in fact a very small amount.
> >
> > Ron Vinyard
> > Body Cover / Magic Stitches
> > 1-888-435-0176
> > 541-471-1504
> > fax 471-0427
> >
> > 420 SW H street
> > Grants Pass, OR 97526
> >
> > info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > www.bodycoverdesign.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 5:14 AM
> > Subject: [amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help
> >
> >
> >> How about the angle the needle is 'turned' in the shaft?
> I've had the same
> >> problem (and now pretty much refuse to embroider on
> 'teeshirt' material-just
> >> takes too much work) and after checking everything you
> mention, I find my
> >> wife (who does most of the setup) isn't turning a new
> needle to get the 15
> >> degree or so angle counterclockwise. Also, a tendency to
> have the plate just
> >> a hair to the left of dead center. Once I reset the needle
> and set the plate
> >> back to the right, usually that stops it!
> >> Another similar problem was fixed when we started replacing
> the top rollers
> >> at the 2 million stitch mark-worst thread breaks were
> happening on the
> >> rollers with the most wear. Probably a combination of all 3
> things but
> >> changing it helped!
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
Jean Ann Allen
Digital Arts Embroidery & Imprinting
29820 E 156th St South
Coweta, OK 74429
918-279-0074
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