[sudo-discuss] free embroidery machine

[April Glaser]

good morning,

if anyone is around tonight, i plan to plug it in for a final/second go
to embroider words on clothing

join me if you'd like :]

On 3/23/15 12:20 PM, Jake wrote:
> a while ago, i brought an embroidery machine to sudoroom, thinking it
> would be a lot of fun.  as is often the case, i was wrong and nobody
> ever took much interest in it.  It's still there but it's taking up
> too much space to stay.
>
> it's a meistergram model M100 i think, and it looks like this
> http://www.zzapplique.com/Meistergram_1.jpg
>
> i spent a night tuning it up, unjamming mechanisms and oiling things.
> April bought a pack of new needles for it, and then somehow we ended
> up with literally hundreds of needles (the weird kind that this
> machine uses, slightly thinner shank than a standard sewing machine)
>
> it works fine and comes with a couple of fonts.  you arrange the
> letters in the plate to spell the word or message, wrap the shirt or
> fabric around the hoop and attach it to the pantograph, and then use
> the pedal to run the machine while you use your hands to trace the peg
> in the stencil.
>
> it could be used with 3d printed designs to embroider images, or
> manually cut stencils, or you can just use it freehand.  Oh and the
> knee pedal widens the stroke of the needle for that calligraphy effect.
>
> you must provide transportation, like a pickup truck or cargo van, and
> it takes a few people to move it but there are people at sudoroom who
> can help.  It's now on wheels so once you get it there, it moves
> around easy.
>
> if you want it, let me know.  otherwise i will advertise elsewhere
> like craigslist.
>
> -jake
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