[amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help
- From: <fadavis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:03:54 -0400
Roland,
I also use a magnifying glass to set needles, sounds like the same one Rod
uses. I never look at the eye, only the thread groove. As for the five
degrees, which is barely detectable, I use the face of a clock for an example.
There are 60 one minute hash markes on the face. Each mark is six degrees. So
when setting up a needle, if you set it five degrees, that would be a little
less than one minute. If the 30 minute mark on the clock is straight ahead
then five degrees right would be just about the 29 minute mark.
Frank
Force Ten Embroidery
AMAYA Tech/Instructor
---- "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Aha!! I get those thread tails sometimes...so looks like I need to back off
> a few degrees on some needles. Really arbitrary where to turn it to with
> nothing flat to guide the needle-and with poor eyesight, even with reading
> glasses-it is just so hard to see there!
>
> > From: "Jean A. Allen" <jaa1943@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:36:25 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help
> >
> > 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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