metalic thread
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We have needle 15 on all of our machines setup all the time for metallics and we don't run anything else on needle 15. Good thread, large eye needles and let er rip... You will have to play with tensions but only once. Depending on your machine, you may have to do something to "condition" the thread before it enters the thread path. And we never slow down the machines for metallics.
On our tajima machines, by the time the metallics make their way through the thread tree and into the first pretensioner, they are pulling nice and straight.
On an old toyota machine we would actually set the cone on the floor behind the machine.
On a couple of older melco machines we had good luck with threading through a styrofoam peanut just before the thread tree. That seemed to take out any twists.
Oh, and the reason we don't go back and forth from metallics to regular threads, it does seem that the abrasive nature of the metallics is hard on the thread paths over time.
Find what works in your shop and stick to it...
On our tajima machines, by the time the metallics make their way through the thread tree and into the first pretensioner, they are pulling nice and straight.
On an old toyota machine we would actually set the cone on the floor behind the machine.
On a couple of older melco machines we had good luck with threading through a styrofoam peanut just before the thread tree. That seemed to take out any twists.
Oh, and the reason we don't go back and forth from metallics to regular threads, it does seem that the abrasive nature of the metallics is hard on the thread paths over time.
Find what works in your shop and stick to it...
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To start with you could go with madeira and then once you get the hang of it you can look for an alternate cheaper thread.
Tenions need to be changed for metallic thread but its not difficult to do that.
We have never changed needles for metallic thread. We use the same ones.
The densities in the design need to be slightly lower than normal.
And finally we run the machine at 500 when using metallic.
Tenions need to be changed for metallic thread but its not difficult to do that.
We have never changed needles for metallic thread. We use the same ones.
The densities in the design need to be slightly lower than normal.
And finally we run the machine at 500 when using metallic.
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I must just be lucky. I use Madeira metallic thread. I do have to tighten the tension controls but I still run at 1000 spm. My only complaint is that it doesn't like to trim well at all. I usually end up having to take a pair of scissors and snip a lot of them while running and then go back and trim them after I unhoop.
I do us the same needles and everything else.
I do us the same needles and everything else.
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