Re: CNC Embroidery?

Hi Bob,

Should you find that trying to get the Sherline to embroider is not
cost effective, you might take a gander at Singer's relatively
inexpensive sewing machine/embroiderers. See
http://www.singerco.com/products/product_detail.html?product_id=937 .

Cheers,
Adrian

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "montanaaardvark"
<boblombardi@c...> wrote:

>
> Hi, All,
>
>
> I'm a lurker, and rare poster on this group.
>
> A few years ago, I saw CNC sewing machines for embroidery. That

was

> years before I CNC'ed my Sherline and knew nothing about CNC. Now

I

> got interested in making one to embroider shirts for a club I'm

in.

> I have a couple of light duty (120 in-oz) motors and a stepper
> controller just sitting around and I'm considering making one.
>
> Can anybody point me to info on CNC'ing a sewing machine for
> embroidery? I would think a 2 dimensional table approach would be
> okay, since the head goes up and down so little. I'm thinking
> steppers driving chain cogs and chains - something I can take from
> my spare bike parts. I'm sure there's lots of embroidery stuff I
> don't know (like, say, just about all of it) and I would hate to

do

> something so non-standard that nothing worked with it. I don't

even

> have a sewing machine around the house to play with.
>
> I searched around the last 10,000 posts on this group and didn't

see

> anything.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Bob
> Montana_Aardvark