[amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help

  • From: "HK Acree" <hkacree@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 07:42:29 -0700

Rod,
YUP, and the cool part was it was on sale for $1.99. Best money I have spent in a while. I also picked up a pair of forceps at a drug store. Clamp a needle in them and they give me better control over my needle placement. As a side note, after doing this for a little over 2 yrs., and with the help of those on this board, I think I am over the hump. That point where you can decipher is it a design or machine issue and what to do about it. That point where you are not worried to death about is the dang thing gonna work and you begin to trust her. How to keep feeding the Goddess so she regurgitates money. Thanks to all!!!

Herb
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod or Sharon" <springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:08 PM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help


Roland,
I bought a small lighted hand held magnifying glass. I is about 5 " long and 1 1/2 " wide, holds 2 AAA batteries and is just what the doctor ordered to be able to see the groove in the front side of the needles and you can really see what you are doing when replacing or setting a needle......Herb Acree watched me use it on his machine while I was working on it and then ran right down and bought himself one...........right Herb??

Rod

Embroidery Cottage
Rod & Sharon Springer
Melco Trained Amaya Tech/Trainer
Design Shop Pro+ Digitizing

Boise, ID 83713
208-938-3038
----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland R. Irish III" <signman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:52 PM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help


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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