Cap embroidery Machines

streamland · #11 April 10th, 2007, 08:51 PM

whats a embroidery machine that i can get between $800 & $1000 that has a cap attachment?????

gclark · #12 April 24th, 2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JuBilee

Just to let you know, if you haven't already figured it out, caps are NOT easy. I bought my machine intending on doing hats and wanted to make sure that I could embroider everywhere on them. Now I have 4 other embroiders sending people to me to do hats because they don't want to. Some hats are easier than others, and for the most part, no 2 sew the same. That is not the easiest way to get into embroidery.

PS: ALWAYS get more hats than you need to produce. It never fails, something stupid will happen and you will bust 1. Plus it gives you something to practice on every once in a while. Hats aren't like flats where you can just throw 2 sheets of backing on the machine and do a sew out.

Man, I can second this. I learned this the hard way. As said, you need to use different hooping techniques for different type caps. It is alot of trial and error if you don't have someone with experience to guide you. There is alot of colateral damage on your inventory at first. Be prepared to eat some hats.

Thread Graphics · #13 May 15th, 2007, 06:34 PM

You need to check with an embroidery company in your area and see how it is done. JuBiLee is right on the money! Hats are difficult. If not digitized properly it will be a nightmare, and financial loss. Even losing 1 hat at a time can add up at the end of the month. I suggest you do flats first to get the hang of it before even considering hats. You need to rethink the cheap machine that does hats. It will never give you professional results. I have a toyota one head that does flats and hats. I hated doing hats on it and it is a good machine. I payed new over 13,000. Good luck finding one for less then a 1,000.

rob21 · #14 May 19th, 2007, 04:00 AM

Doing embroidery on caps is not simple, but it can be well done if you know how to do it.

Make sure that you run the embroidery right from the bottom middle of the front side of the caps where the joint is. Starting point is very important here. From that bottom middle start point, then you can go on to the left/right or the top side of the embroidery.

You also have to pay attention to the garmetn type that you use. If it is thin, you should use 0.6-0.5 mm density, if it is medium use 0.5-0.4 mm density, and if it is thick use 0.4-0.3 mm density. So make sure you do the digitizing right.

If you want to create deluxe caps with thick garment and thread, I use 0.2mm density in my digitized design and foam to help creating the 3D effects. I'm pretty sure the caps will look really really good!!! I've done this all the time and customers are happy with the result..

I post some pictures to assist you in this matter, click here:
http://centdigitizer.com/3Deffect.JPG
http://centdigitizer.com/foam.jpg
http://centdigitizer.com/caps.jpg

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