Thinking about going into Embroidery

[Ruth15234]

expensive machines, noisy, and time consuming.

viccar you are right...............its so expensive machine also so mach noisy...........I am agree with you.

[Stitch Up]

which one is it the neo or the one with a really cool display unit on?

It's the Neo - Tajima Neo TEJTC1501. I don't need a pretty screen to do embroidery I guess it sells machines though.

I know this is a reply to a post nearly a year old. Since buying the Neo, it's not been used at all! Last weekend, I decided to get it out from beneath all the crap and give it a darn good service, took me most of the day but it's running superbly and looks brand new.

I've renewed my enthusiasm and hope to get it doing the business soon. I even purchased Wilcom E3!

I have one question that I'm puzzled about having been away from embroidery for so long:

Positioning the frame. What is the procedure I should be using?

John

[Earl Smith]

Hi John. Not sure what you mean. The position in the machine or the position on the garment?

PS, good to see you post again. ( I saw Goolie at a trade fair, Neoflex not doing so good?)

[Stitch Up]

Hi John. Not sure what you mean. The position in the machine or the position on the garment?

Hi Earl. The problem I've encountered is getting the frame/hoop in the correct position on the machine. When I start to stitch, it sometimes doesn't start where I expected! Should I be lining needle 1 with the centre of the hoop?

PS, good to see you post again. ( I saw Goolie at a trade fair, Neoflex not doing so good?)

At present AA can't produce enough to meet demand. I'm not sure what Goolie means - I know he ceased being the distributor.

[MFS]

Are you thinking of selling the machine as I am interested in buying one? If not selling where and who is the best person or company to buy from ideas second hand due to the cost.

Suresh

[Earl Smith]

The problem you have John is that the design has been digitised with the start point at the edge of the design and not in the center. You have Wicom E3. Load the design into that and look where the center point is. Then go to the stitch tab at the top and click on Auto start and end. Click the middle point and the start point should now be in the middle of the design. Now when you load the job into the machine it should start from the middle.


The problem with the Neo is that the cost to Goolie is too high. He would have to sell it at 30K to make it viable and thats more than double the price in America. And as the US supplier cant supply them quick enough so he cannot offer service to his customers. He still supplies them but only to a few. He sells another printer now which uses UV inks.

[Stitch Up]

The problem you have John is that the design has been digitised with the start point at the edge of the design and not in the center. You have Wicom E3. Load the design into that and look where the center point is. Then go to the stitch tab at the top and click on Auto start and end. Click the middle point and the start point should now be in the middle of the design. Now when you load the job into the machine it should start from the middle.

I'm sure you're right John. I'll do as you suggest. I never used to do the actual machine work, Angie did that but I do need to get it right.

Quick question:
If the embroidery starts on needle 5, should I centre the frame on needle 5?

The problem with the Neo is that the cost to Goolie is too high. He would have to sell it at 30K to make it viable and thats more than double the price in America. And as the US supplier cant supply them quick enough so he cannot offer service to his customers. He still supplies them but only to a few. He sells another printer now which uses UV inks.

I was aware that sales in the USA were higher than expected and as far as I know, AA worked hard to correct the problem. They took on a lot of new staff too.

I went to Philly to see their operation back in September - it's very impressive. They now produce the NeoFlex in-house from the ground up so aren't reliant on Asia in any way. This hopefully has helped with the supply chain.

I know Goolie isn't an official NeoFlex dealer, there's not been any 'fallout' and we all got together in FESPA London.

Thanks for your help.

[Earl Smith]

Yes , you should center the frame on whatever needle is in the middle.

You might need "persuade" Wilcom to center the design, it depends on the origional digitised design format. It will work in the end.

[LanaE]

FWIW, I tried embroidery in my business as it's also a hobby of mine. I found it wasn't that popular however, unless you were able to churn out bulk orders in short amounts of time. You need to know a bit about embroidery and it takes a while to learn so bear this in mind too. Also, make sure you get good quality thread, otherwise it just keeps breaking and is infuriating! It also doesn't give as professional a finish when you keep having to go back over your work to make sure you join it up right...

[markt1513]

Embroidery is all about creative flare you can buy a cheap machine but it's the software and the person who does the logo .
Start buy getting a good made machine either Barudan or tajima and a good software wilcom or Athos to learn I would visit you tube or ask on this forum .
To start embroidery until you learn more I would outsource logo creation as without knowing about sewing you wouldn't have the experiance.
All in all embroidery is great but adding both print and embroidery is better to get successfull.