I'm looking to get started in doing some embroidery for business and personal items based out of my home. I was able to find someone selling the following:
2005 Happy Voyager HCS 1201-30 with 4 hoops, maintence manual, happy link software, I-punch @ Home Digitizing software, and two 290 degree Cap Frames.
The owner of the machine states that the machine has only been used for 3 months.
Here is my delema:
I would like to buy this machine since new machines are a bit out of my budget. My concern is since its a used machine will I be able to understand how to operate the machine since there is no training. Also, I use a lot of vector files from my vinyl cutter machine, will I be able to use those same files in the embroidery machine software and have the software auto digitize it.
What is a good price I should pay for this machine?
Re: Looking to Start Embroidery for Business/Personal
Training is very important and tech support.
You might check with Happy and see if you can pay for training or if they can recommend someone that can show you how it all works.
Re: Looking to Start Embroidery for Business/Personal
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Originally Posted by embroiderynewbie
Also, I use a lot of vector files from my vinyl cutter machine, will I be able to use those same files in the embroidery machine software and have the software auto digitize it.
Don't know anything about that machine, sorry. As for the auto-digitizing, most of the various software packages have an auto-digitizing capability. Rarely does anyone use it for other than extremely basic things. Digitizing is really an art if you want things to stitch nicely. You can have 5 people digitize the same design and you will get 5 different results.
Re: Looking to Start Embroidery for Business/Personal
embroiderynewbie, where are you located? You might want to visit a trade show and see some things. You can really learn a lot just by looking and talking to people there.
Re: Looking to Start Embroidery for Business/Personal
I saw Happy at an ISS show in Long Beach a couple of years ago. They are a good machine. They use a Tajima format if I recall correctly. They were a bit more than SWF or Tajima but they are not as well known. Many commercial shops I know of use Tajima - they seem to be the standard. SWF is good. The Melco Amaya (as many as you add) is very scalable since you can add multiple heads to your structure. Stay away from Renaissance. The last time I saw them, they didn't look as well built.
Looking to Start Embroidery for Business/Personal 
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