Melco... Am I over my head?

hi, just my thought, but if you are only expecting enough work for a singlehead, then wouldn't it be cheaper (at least for quite a while) to just hook up with a local embroiderer for this? Spend your talent creating your product (and marketing it if you have to do that yourself) instead of using valuable time and resources in learning to sew and actually embroiderering? Your local embroiderer has already learned thru all the mistakes that you will have to learn thru if you try and do this task yourself too.

To be honest with you Melco is not a good product to start learning with anyhow.
I would buy The PR600 or PR620 machine to learn on, they are incredibly easy to use and learn. You can have your design digitized and then use it straight in the machine from USB drive so you dont even need any kind of digitizing software to start with.
And if you are looking for a digitizer I would be more than happy to have your design come to life, i will digitize it for you.

If you are looking for something larger and faster than Brother PR600 then I would strongly suggest buying either SWF or Tajima machine. They are the best out there.

I owned Melco machine and was very unhappy with it.

Thanks

PM me if you need your logo digitized.

IVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ALONG TIME!!

and honestly i started with a contractor and i needed my stuff in lets say 2 days which was fine he could produce. but when he got busy i could sometime wait a month for 2 pcs.
which is not good. if your going to invest in embroidery theres a few things everyone needs to know before getting into it.

#1 the machine doesn't do all the work. you need to guide it. The machine is only as smart as you are.

#2 a melco is comletely out of the question, your going to purchase it and 3 months down the line contemplate if embroidery is a good business. i use to have melcos they broke broke and broke more.

#3 the pr600 is a good machine but honestly buy a tajima. theyre resale is fantastic, i bought 2 4 heads for 14k and just sold them seperately for 9 each, i made money!

#4 digitizing, you need a good digitizer the machine is only as good as the tape and the operator is. If the operator is good and the tape is crap you will have a bad product,

Funny Melco machine are getting a bad reputation from these people. I have 8 different Melco machine from ep1's to emc 10's and have little or no problems with them. If you have a brain at all and some computer skills you can fix the minor issues yourself. as far as software goes you don't need two different softwares we use Generations and it works just find. the difficulties lie in getting the info into the machines for which you need Melco software to communicate (which also can scan,digitize), and we also own (and use). if buying a used machine it's buyer beware as some sellers are looking to pawn off non-working machines or all types.

To quote my friend Dan

"A cuisineart can beat a Melco"

I own about 600 heads now. All Barudan and Tajima ... Mostly Barudan, I know that Tajima and Barudan can be A LOT of money, but they are worth every penny.

If you do have very small production then perhaps look into the Brother PR600 its very easy to use, and can help with the learning cure assosiated with a true commercial machine down the road if you outgrow your PR600

I've owned a Melco, one, It was garbage garbage garbage. After my 3rd machine died in under a year, I took them to court for a refund. Also the stitch quality doesn't even compare to Tajima or Barudan. They're loud, and rather crude. Where are Barudan or Tajima machines are so quiet and nimble.

I have never heard of them ... I would stay away.

Stay main stream with a company that at least has an office in the USA.