trouble with hats again...

[signman]

I couldn't find Aaron's email so I'll post a 'help' here!
Trying to do a 5,000 stitch design on Sanmar PWU hats-unstructured, but with that darn double folded and covered seam down the middle.
Most of the design, of course...runs right down the
seam. Massive thread breaks...every time it runs across the center, and in some of the design there is 3 colors layered up- no way to get rid of them, top layer is a 'detail' line on a jeep image.
I've got most of the density on columns and fills to 6.5, but taking half an hour to do one hat is ridiculous.
I've tried the pressor foot down snug, then one click at a time up to see if I could stop the thread breaks...no luck. Slowed it down, no luck.
So...any suggestions? Should I use ball needles instead of sharps? Thinner needle? But I don't have thinner thread...change the density more on
anything going over the seam?
I'm quitting for the night-been at this for 2 hours after a long day anyways...but I'm coming in saturday morning (tomorrow) if I can make it through the snow we're supposed to get...LOL
so if anyone can post me some help I'll try it!
Thanks
Roland

[Paul]

In the Amaya os go into settings, thread feed. change the auto lower limit to 6 or 7, and the run fill feed to 105 or more, but watch for looping. I just had this same problem. I called Rod and he gave me these tips. seemed to work real well, the presser foot wasnt a big issue one or two clicks up. I ended up with the Run fill feed at 106, the material thickness at 8 and the lower limit at 8

Hope this works.

and thanks to Rod for the help

Paul

[HERB]

Are you running auto or manual feed? Design digitized for caps? What type how & much backing?
Hooping issues???

Will be back to the shop in a couple hours if you want to call.

[signman]

Okay, figured I'd give you all an update! The hats are currently running, about 8 minutes each (800 spm, 5,000 stitches)
Hat is Sanmar PWU, unstructured, low brow.
Here's what I did...thanks to 'the Hawaii'n Connection' I grabbed our little Oreck Steamer and before I hoop the hat, I steam until moist the center seam and the hat brim seam...saw a big difference in hooping it with the material flatter towards the brim. Reset thread feed to 40/105/mat. thickness 5 (thanks Herb) and ran off 3 hats, also went into the design and where the lettering 'columns' (not type, built it with columns) reset pull comp to 120 and changed density to 6.5, anything off the seam is 110 and 6.
The little fill areas down the seam (jeep design) made any fill minimum of 6.5, where it went over another fill, 7.5.
Ran off the first couple hats and they were okay, still a little thread break (1 or 2). Then I went to write down these settings and realized...don't know how it happened-suto setting was OFF and it had been running at 'standard' setting of 8 for the whole time yesterday! We NEVER put it on standard-always auto...so who knows what little irish gremlin is in the shop when we aren't...
reset it to auto...and the hat behind me is just a cranking along by itself! Not one break...I even (gasp!) have my back to the Amaya while I'm typing!
Whoopee! Thanks everyone...and from now one, I check the auto setting-and will be steaming the cap fronts. It did make a difference!