Need help with Seat belts

[Sewfine]

Hello, I am very new to embroidery and I need to embroider letters on a seat belt. Are there any special considerations I should be aware of? Thanks

[Sewfine]

I tried sewing the letters and I am getting a lot of thread breaks, some actual thread breaks, but most of the time the thread just comes out of the needle. I adjusted the presser foot, about 4 clicks from the bottom, and using a sharp 80/12 needle. Letters are .4" standard block script. Any suggestions?

[Wayne]

I just use 80/12 sharp neetles and tearaway backing or no backing.
You should have no problem.
Just make sure everything is centered good before hitting the start button.

Wayne

[Wayne]

4" letters?
What do these seat belts go to?
Most seat belts (auto,I guessing) ) are around 2 inches wide
I don't have an Amaya but I spray my neetles and belts with silicone at times.
I use density around 3.5.
Your problem could be the Amaya.
Maybe an Amaya user can help.

Wayne

[Sewfine]

They are standard seat belts. The letters are .4 of an inch, not 4", sorry for the confusion.

[Wayne]

I would increase the size to .75 or more.
For .4 I would use 4.5 or highter for the density.

Wayne

[TinaK]

Sewfine:

Are you running on standard or auto tension? If standard try the auto and see if that helps..

Good Luck!

[Wayne]

Tina, like I said in my 2nd. post I don't have an Amaya so I don't have auto tension. I wish I had some amayas but my two new Amayas had to be canceled today due to medical problems.

On my EMC machines I would run the tension a little loose on something hard and thick like a seat belt.

Maybe an Amaya friend will jump in and give you some advice.

Wayne

[Sewfine]

Thanks for all of the suggestions, but I am still having a lot of thread "breaks", mostly just the thread falling out of the needle and I have tried everything mentioned above. Could it be the digitizing? I am just using the standard font Block. I know a lot of people say they do not like the standard computer generated fonts, but I am new to digitizing as well. Thanks for the help.