Barudan Training

Today I had the most fun! Kent from Daines Sewing in SLC came down to train us on the new embroidery machine. Emilie had several hours between classes, so she even dropped by to learn how to make Frog Belly run. Here are a few pictures from today's fun:


Emilie and I threading the machines. 15 spools per head. We would stick the end of the thread into a black tube, then give it a shot of canned air. If all went well, the thread would be blown thru the tube & come out the front of the machine.


Now you can see the black tubes the thread goes down.


If it looks like we were having fun, it's because we were! Threading the front of the machines was a bit more tricky. It was possible to tie the new thread ends to the old thread ends that had been cut off (left in the machine at the factory after the test run) and just pull them thru, but it did not always work that smooth.


Ben, (a TTOD employee) threading a needle.


It took quite a while to get 90 spools of thread, threaded thru the machine. But there were many hands helping.


Two of our first learning test runs. We tried to use all the different colors to make sure the machine was threaded right. There were a few problems that Kent had to fix along the way.


Next lesson: How to load and embroider on a hat.
Anybody want a Callaway Golf hat?


At about 5:30, Kent left for the day. He left his CF card with us that had all his test designs on it so we could practice some more. We did this one all by ourselves.


Closeup. The colors are a little strange, but hey! Not bad for a couple of rookies.