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  1. #1
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    Cnc fabric embroidery machine

    Hello, random but my girlfriend is in need of a cnc embroidery machine to do her logo and info on tags for a clothing line. Anyone ever dabble into this area? Maybe someone's wife has one? I see some are many thousands all the way down to the 200-300. If anyone has any input, please share.

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    Re: Cnc fabric embroidery machine

    i bought the wife a brother sewing/embroidery machine a couple of xmas's ago, loves it. it has inbuilt disney characters in it, which i believe made it a bit cheaper. they just mostly have different features like the size of the loop you can embroider in, if it does quilting etc., supports multiple bobbins.
    you can download via usb your own design and it just makes it, there is a lot of software available but the software costs can be high too, there are some cheap tools that can convert bitmaps to embroidery patterns. she pretty much embroiders anything that doesn't move now. it was about $1200.. mostly though she just buys off the shelf patterns from t'internet or writing.

    the Home - HUSQVARNA VIKING machines were also highly recommended, some of it came down to who was local to be able to service/teach how to use them as well .hers has been in for one tune up since we got it., which was included with the purchase, joannes does the husqvarnas inhouse.

    if you're close to a fashion district you can often find bargains on the pro machines too.

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    Re: Cnc fabric embroidery machine

    Janome Horizon is one my wife likes. She had a Brother ~$1200 variety but didn't like frequent thread breaking. Could have been an adjustment issue.
    In some respects its like buying a vehicle. Some rave about a particular brand while others think it is a piece of junk.
    Large hoop size was one criteria that was high on the list as she liked to embroider large areas like vests, homemade jackets, shirts, shawls, etc.

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    Re: Cnc fabric embroidery machine

    Thanks for the help guys!! Really appreciate it. I'll for sure have to research it more.

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    Re: Cnc fabric embroidery machine

    Quote Originally Posted by spyderxxx View Post
    Hehe.... my wife couldn't wait for me to get that version working and compete with my other diy projects. She likes the thread cutting tool built-in the Janome to save time cleaning up a complex embroidery work. She also wanted quilting features, which her Janome has.

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    Re: Cnc fabric embroidery machine

    can anyone help me with a code in VB6 to PES file viewing ?
    already started the code , but without success



    'On Error Resume Next

    Dim bytes() As Byte
    Dim singleByte As Byte
    Dim Colour(36) As String
    Colour(1) = RGB(0, 0, 255)
    Colour(2) = RGB(255, 0, 0)
    Colour(3) = RGB(51, 140, 38)
    Colour(4) = RGB(0, 200, 200)
    Colour(5) = RGB(204, 153, 153)
    Colour(6) = RGB(102, 230, 100)
    Colour(7) = RGB(230, 255, 102)
    Colour(8) = RGB(204, 0, 102)
    Colour(9) = RGB(153, 51, 102)
    Colour(10) = RGB(0, 153, 0)
    Colour(11) = RGB(0, 0, 153)
    Colour(12) = RGB(204, 51, 255)
    Colour(13) = RGB(205, 205, 0)
    Colour(14) = RGB(255, 193, 37)
    Colour(15) = RGB(56, 142, 142)
    Colour(16) = RGB(0, 206, 209)
    Colour(17) = RGB(255, 165, 0)
    Colour(18) = RGB(186, 85, 211)
    Colour(19) = RGB(218, 112, 214)
    Colour(20) = RGB(220, 92, 215)
    Colour(21) = RGB(125, 157, 62)
    Colour(22) = RGB(241, 156, 187)
    Colour(23) = RGB(255, 191, 0)
    Colour(24) = RGB(127, 255, 212)
    Colour(25) = RGB(8, 232, 222)
    Colour(26) = RGB(0, 221, 221)
    Colour(27) = RGB(255, 153, 102)
    Colour(28) = RGB(172, 225, 175)
    Colour(29) = RGB(223, 255, 0)
    Colour(30) = RGB(155, 221, 255)
    Colour(31) = RGB(140, 146, 172)
    Colour(32) = RGB(205, 0, 204)
    Colour(33) = RGB(150, 200, 162)
    Colour(34) = RGB(204, 204, 255)
    Colour(35) = RGB(32, 178, 170)
    Dim Color As Integer
    Color = 1
    CommonDialog1.Filter = "All intEmpFileNbrs brother (*.pes)|*.pes|"
    CommonDialog1.FilterIndex = 2
    CommonDialog1.ShowOpen
    intEmpFileNbrlocation = CommonDialog1.intEmpFileNbrName
    Dim intEmpintEmpFileNbrNbr As Integer
    intEmpFileNbr = FreeintEmpFileNbr
    Open intEmpFileNbrlocation For Binary Access Read As #intEmpFileNbr
    Dim count As Long
    count = LOF(intEmpFileNbr)




    Dim val_1 As Byte
    Dim val_2 As Byte
    Dim val_3 As Byte
    Dim numColors As Integer
    ReDim bytes(4)
    Get intEmpFileNbr, , bytes
    pecstart = intEmpFileNbr
    imageWidth = 1000
    imageHeight = 1000
    Seek intEmpFileNbr, pecstart + 48
    Get intEmpFileNbr, , numColors
    numColors = numColors + 1
    For x = 0 To numColors
    Get intEmpFileNbr, , singleByte
    Colour(x) = singleByte

    Next
    Seek intEmpFileNbr, pecstart + 532
    thisPartIsDone = True
    prevx = 0
    prevy = 0
    maxx = 0
    minX = 0
    maxY = 0
    minY = 0
    colorNum = -1
    colorIndex = 0
    tempStitches = Array()
    'Do While Not thisPartIsDone And 1000
    Do While Not thisPartIsDone And EOF(intEmpFileNbr)
    Index = intEmpFileNbr
    i = Index
    For i = 0 To count
    Get intEmpFileNbr, i, val_1
    i = i + 1
    Get intEmpFileNbr, i, val_2
    i = i + 1

    Next










    If val_1 = 255 And val_2 = 0 Then
    thisPartIsDone = True
    curBlock = stitchBlock
    Stitches = tempStitches
    stitchesTotal = (tempStitches)
    colorNum = colorNum + 1
    colorIndex = Colour(colorNum)
    colorIndex = colorIndex
    Color = (colorIndex)
    blocks = curBlock

    ElseIf val_1 = 254 And val_2 = 176 Then
    curBlock = stitchBlock
    Stitches = tempStitches
    stitchesTotal = (tempStitches)
    colorNum = colorNum + 1
    colorIndex = Colour(colorNum)
    colorIndex = colorIndex
    Color = (colorIndex)
    blocks = curBlock
    tempStitches = Array()

    Get intEmpFileNbr, , singleByte
    Else
    deltaX = 0
    deltaY = 0
    If (val_1 And 128) = 128 Then
    deltaX = ((val_1 & 15) * 256) + val_2
    If (deltaX And 2048) = 2048 Then
    deltaX = deltaX - 4096
    End If
    Get intEmpFileNbr, , val_2
    ElseIf (val_1 >= 64) Then
    val_1 = val_1 - 128
    End If
    If (val_2 And 128) = 128 Then
    val_2 = ((val_2 & 15) * 256) + val_3 ' over flow
    If (val_2 And 2048) = 2048 Then
    val_2 = val_2 - 4096
    End If
    ElseIf (val_2 >= 64) Then
    val_2 = val_2 - 128
    End If
    prevx = prevx + val_1
    prevy = prevy + val_2
    List1.AddItem prevx
    List1.AddItem prevy
    tempStitches = Point(prevx, prevy)

    If prevx > maxx Then
    maxx = prevx
    ElseIf prevx < minX Then
    minX = prevx
    End If
    If prevy > maxY Then
    maxY = prevy
    ElseIf prevy < minY Then
    minY = prevy
    End If
    End If
    Picture1.Line (prevx, prevy)-(x, y), Colour(Color)
    Loop
    imageWidth = maxx - minX

  8. #8
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    Re: Cnc fabric embroidery machine

    I don't have Visual Basic, thus not a VB programmer.
    Are there not programs to read pes files? like; Sophisew ,(SophieSew Embroidery Software By Carlos Mandell), embroidermodder (News - Embroidermodder).

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