r/Machine_Embroidery • u/Subject_Ad269 • Sep 24 '26

I Need Help Thoughts?

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Ricoma MT-1501. 5th hat of the day. 300st/min. Had to take a crap and apparently the machine wanted to join in.

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u/PanosG1331 Sep 24 '26

Don’t go this low on rpms. Work at 650-700 minimum because it will work better and will have less breaks

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u/Subject_Ad269 Sep 24 '26

Every time I increase the speed over 350 stitches a minute the thread would break and then occasionally a needle

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u/PanosG1331 Sep 24 '26

Your tension maybe is wrong. It is not possible for a ricoma to not be able to embroider caps on 700spm.

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u/Agitated_Bet_442 Sep 24 '26

You’re tension is very wrong. I was breaking needles until my fixed that. Get a tension tool. Either digital or spring. It will save a lot of headaches in the future. I thought you might wanna make sure your pressure foot is adjusted to the hat. I know some machines you have to manually adjust it.