Hi, can you help me with a small problem? Im using Wilcom ES65 with a Barudan 6 head emb machine (quite old), we have just started up and only done a couple of orders so far, im very new to embroidery and have learnt the basic bits from the online manual, someone has come in with a sample which has some vert tiny lettering on a work overall, ive tried to shrink our sample down but the lettering looks really scruffy, is there something i should be doing when going very small with letters? If you could explain in as much detail as possible it would be great.

Thanks for your reply, i can see the difference in the height from the 2 words. I read on here about the push and pull effect earlier.

Should i be altering the pull compensation if i go small? Its every letter that looks scruffy not just the height of the letters. my machine should be able to cope with it shouldn't it?

Where would i find a class for small lettering?

hello

The age of the machine is important. Maintenance plays some part in its condition, but even with maintenance, the internal wear on parts decreases the level of accuracy...so, if using quite old machinery, you may need to used some settings, relevant to what works best on that machine.

You should however be aware that high quality small lettering results that can be obtained on new machines may not really be possible , but you can get acceptable results, and you can also assess what minimum works ok on your machine.

The design, backing, fabric used , tensions, hooping etc all come into play. On older machines, a bit of play in the framing system can also add to probs.

If you have a scan of your result, and the design used, I can take a look for you..no problemo. Its possible to come up with some average settings , specifically for your machine use..but as Barb says, it depends..lol..That is exactly true of embroidery.

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Cheers guys, i'll try a sample this evening and try and post up a copy, are there any ideal fonts to be using?

I think were using madeira classic No40 threads

The company we bought the machine from had the machine serviced by barudanUK during the time they had it so hopefully it should be in good order, my partner works on the exact same machine at her place of employment and her boss isn't good with small lettering either, he has an early wilcom program.