Dear fellows,
Happy New Year and Marry Christmas... No , i wrongly said.... " Marry christmas and Happy New Year"..Now that is right.. About 6-days difference Christmas came first..
Hi girls and Womens of the Forum, And the guys and gentlemen who loves embroidery work like me... Last year My wife stressed me to make a DIY embroidery machine with bigger Hoop and that can do all type of stitch work... .. It was a challenge to me... .. All types of stitches!!!!.. I asked her What do you mean by All type of stitches???...
She replied " I need a machine that can compete with modern industrial Machines"... Hmmm..... and the story Begins...and I left Woodwork and tried to look like a embroider..From that day and now, i have a lot of knowledge about embroidery machines and working principal...
I researched on the machines and found that The Following are the few File Formates that Embroidery machine uses..
Brother *.pes
Tajima *.dst
Viking *.hus
Melco *.exp etc
From that day, After a long long time i was able to make a software that can drive my CNC Embroidery Machine with all types of stitches that industrial machines can do. Basically, my intent was to convert low-cost manual sewing machine into embroidery machine that can compete with industrial machines. For this I have to write a software that can convert the DST file into machine readable file.. The DST file is a TAJIMA file format and it is complex binary coded...It was hard for me make a software that can read the file and simulate the design and make the Gcode..Previous experience in visual basic Programming made it possible to write a customised program...
Following is the software that i have written in Visual BAsic Language.. With my this software machine will able to do Straight stitch, Cross-stitch, Zig-zag stitch, Satin stitch, Tatami stitch,chain stitch, Motif-run stitch, triple run stitch, Contour stitch, Perpendicular coil stitch and all types of Alphabets and Pictures...
For hardware drawings are completed and 80% will be assembled within this week end. The functionality of the machine will be..
1- The Large Hoop working area ( 9" x 20")
2- For every new colour in design machine will stop with needle upward condition for colour change.
3- A bulb will lit up so that thread can be easily changed
4- Automatic thread cutting
5-If thread broke machine will stop
further functionalities can be added in future.
Regards
Khalid
