Holes

[magnumgrafx]

Ok I have Nike shirts in the machine, they feel like a 4 oz. we are getting holes around some corners, I turned the density up, 4.8 and it helped but sometimes they are still there. Using a 75/11 bp needle Maderia thread- poly, 2 sheets of cutaway, Just frustrated.

[levelbest]

Have you changed the needle? Is it happening in a specific spot or all over the design? Look for dense areas near where the holes are.

[magnumgrafx]

More to the corners. The last shirt was ok around the letters, the next shirt is around the letters/ corners of.

[magnumgrafx]

The needles were put in new for these shirts

[magnumgrafx]

Seems to be all over, no specific area

[Rod or Sharon]

This is where density, column width, short stitches or no short stitches, stitch directions, needle size, thread size, hooping technique, etc, all play a part. A 70/10 needle may help, as it pokes a smaller hole..

The use of the "Corners" tool definitly helps to miter or cap sharp corners to keep the column flat and not get a build up....which will tend to poke holes in the fabric.

Rod Springer
Amaya Tech & Trainer

[The Embroidery Authority - OLD]

What in the world are we sewing here???
I think I saw "letters" but what font, what size, what type of underlay, etc????

Ed

[magnumgrafx]

Column 120, density 5, Short stitches on.

[magnumgrafx]

Melco Block CP, center underlay, .53 & .33

[The Embroidery Authority - OLD]

Well,
You definitely want to turn your "short stitches" to OFF.
Remember that when you designate lettering to be .5" or .3", that is referring to capital letters only. This means that if you are using lower case letters, you might be riding real close to the lower limits originally assigned to this font.
It's good that you are using a ball point needle.
But maybe a smaller needle will deliver better results. Make sure your needles eye is facing straight forward. Don't get caught up with all that rotation stuff.
As you get down to the smaller lettering, you might want to consider using a font from the Micro series. Or you might need to go a little wider on your column's width the smaller you go.
Also, how thin is your cutaway backing? What's the stitch length on your center walk underlay?
When was the last time you lubricated your red thread feed rollers???
As a rule, the smaller your lettering gets, the tighter the tolerances get overall.

Just throwing some thoughts out.

Ed Orantes