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equipment:craft:embroidery_machine [2025/01/23 18:50] – davidequipment:craft:embroidery_machine [2025/03/09 17:01] (current) – Add note about inkstitch on Wayland david
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 <callout title="Online Induction Required" type="danger" icon="true"> This equipment requires an online induction prior to use. For your own safety and to avoid damage to the equipment do not attempt to use it until you have been inducted. </callout> <callout title="Online Induction Required" type="danger" icon="true"> This equipment requires an online induction prior to use. For your own safety and to avoid damage to the equipment do not attempt to use it until you have been inducted. </callout>
  
 +<callout title="Sharps Hazard" type="warning" icon="true"> This equipment has a sharp needle.  Please take care, and keep hands away when the machine is running. Please dispose of used needles in the sharps bin.</callout>
  
 ==== Summary ====  ==== Summary ==== 
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 ==== Basic operation ==== ==== Basic operation ====
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 +<callout title="Needle types" type="info" icon="true"> Use a specialist embroidery needle as these have a particular shape that fits around the rotary hook. The standard size is 75/11, the brand we have been advised is Schmetz GOLD Embroidery 130/705 H-ET 75/11, these are currently provided by Hackspace, if we are running low please request more on the forum in the consumables thread. When embroidering on thick fabrics such as denim, use a 90/14 Schmetz GOLD Embroidery also do a version of this. If you are embroidering a knitted fabric (such as t-shirt material), you should use a ball point needle.</callout>
  
 === Before turning the machine on === === Before turning the machine on ===
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   - Lower the presser foot   - Lower the presser foot
   - Hold the needle with one hand, and unscrew the needle clamp screw with a screwdriver   - Hold the needle with one hand, and unscrew the needle clamp screw with a screwdriver
-  - Remove the old needle and dispose of in the sharps bin+  - Remove the old needle and dispose of in the sharps bin (this is on the left electronics workbench)
   - Get a new needle of the correct gauge and type for the fabric you will be embroidering (see below)   - Get a new needle of the correct gauge and type for the fabric you will be embroidering (see below)
   - Check the needle isn't bent   - Check the needle isn't bent
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 Full details and diagrams are given on {{brother_innovis_750e_operation_manual.pdf#page=38|page 38 of the user guide}} Full details and diagrams are given on {{brother_innovis_750e_operation_manual.pdf#page=38|page 38 of the user guide}}
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-<callout title="Needle types" type="info" icon="true"> Use a 75/11 home sewing machine needle. When 
-embroidering on thick fabrics such as denim, use a 90/14 home sewing machine needle. If you are embroidering a knitted fabric (such as t-shirt material), you should use a ball point needle.</callout> 
  
 === Choosing or loading a pattern === === Choosing or loading a pattern ===
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 Inkstitch have a workflow here: [[https://inkstitch.org/docs/workflow/]]. There is also easy access to each of the stitch/fill types etc and a lot of useful information. Inkstitch have a workflow here: [[https://inkstitch.org/docs/workflow/]]. There is also easy access to each of the stitch/fill types etc and a lot of useful information.
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 +<callout title="Inkstitch on Linux" type="info" icon="true">If you're running Inkstitch on Linux, using Wayland, you'll need to start inkscape using:
 +export GDK_BACKEND=x11 && inkscape
 +</callout>
  
 If you are working off a design or logo that is already created two methods I have found work reasonably well: If you are working off a design or logo that is already created two methods I have found work reasonably well:
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