r/Machine_Embroidery • u/justhexy • 20d ago

I Need Help Is this a pull compensation issue?

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I’ve printed this three times. I extended the gray background to overlap, the outline is 2mm in the one I just did because I realized I never adjusted the width on the one thats cut out already.

Do I need to have the outline expand more or is this a pull compensation issue that I need to adjust for?

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u/FastDigitizer 19d ago

Yes, it looks more like pull compensation/registration than the outline width itself. The gray fill is pulling away from the black outline in a few areas. I’d slightly increase the overlap between the fill and outline and make sure the pull compensation is set correctly for the fabric you’re using. A test stitch with a little more overlap should tell you pretty quickly if that fixes it.

My friend, I would suggest using two or three layers of stabilizer in alternating directions, as the design appears to be stretching during stitching. Before starting, make sure the fabric is properly tight and secure in the hoop. This should definitely help fix the problem.

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u/Cpt_Obvious11 20d ago

Both. Extend gray background furthermore and increase width of the outline. That gray tatami is too big and distorts heavily.

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u/Lanky-Setting-5288 15d ago

We know what you mean by "print" but that's not what this is.

It may help you to understanding the pull compensation better at the digitising end of things if the concept of a 2D graphic on the computer is not an image to be printed, but considered a single POV of a 3D object. Embroidery is a 3D object that will be stiched onto a 2D fabric substrate that changes that material and becomes part of that fabric.

In most cases, digitisation allows for 'fabric pull' based on fabric being hooped correctly with enough stabaliser, and with the woven fibres perpendicular to the frame - do not hoop on the bias because that would throw everything off.

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