I have been trying to sew on some base ball caps and have constant needle breaks. This is the first time I have tried sewing hats on my new machine. The design sewed out perfect as a flat. I worked at a place before my kids were born and that's what I did was embroider hats. So this very frustrating for me, we bought this machine so we could do hats and I cant make it work. The design is only 2 colors and mainly just lettering. Any suggestions anyone??? Im ready to give up. My hat frame is the Red CCF. I am using titanium 75/11 needles even tried 80/12. I have tried 1 piece of backing and 2 pieces.
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Horriable time sewing hats, constant needle breaks, HELP!!
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Needle breaks can be caused by poorly hooped caps. The cap is moving and causing the needle to impact the needle plate. Even with the CCF you cannot just put the cap in, close the clamp and go to town. The cap needs to be forced down so there is little to no gap between cap and needle plate. This is best done by rubbing the front causing the buckram to take the form of the hooping gauge.
I cannot stress enough. If it is not hooped correctly it will not sew.Herb<br />Royal Embroidery
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Originally posted by HERB View PostNeedle breaks can be caused by poorly hooped caps. The cap is moving and causing the needle to impact the needle plate. Even with the CCF you cannot just put the cap in, close the clamp and go to town. The cap needs to be forced down so there is little to no gap between cap and needle plate. This is best done by rubbing the front causing the buckram to take the form of the hooping gauge.
I cannot stress enough. If it is not hooped correctly it will not sew.John Yaglenski
Amayausers.com - Webmaster
Levelbest Embroidery - Owner
Hilton Head Island, SC
http://www.levelbestembroidery.com
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I totally agree with Herb. Hooping technique is important. When hat jobs give me problems I would make these adjustments one by one in this order:
1. Double check that my hooping is good. I make sure the inside seam is sitting inside the groove on the hat hoop. Then I make sure the hoop is adjusted tight (not over-tight) so the hat has less chance of moving. I also "push" the sides away from me to angle the front of the hat down towards the needle plate. I would also add what Herb said about "rubbing the front causing the buckram to take the form of the hooping gauge."
2. Slow the machines down to 850spm
3. Add backing (I don't use backing on all hats)
4. Change the needles to 80/12 (provided there isn't small letters)
5. Check if there's any digitizing adjustments that can be done that may resolve the problem. Sometimes changing the stitch order makes all the difference (when possible).
I hope this helps on your next hat order.
Out of curiosity, what machine model are you running? XT, XTS, EMT-16?
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