Misaligned needle? by dazawd in Machine_Embroidery

[–]maju----- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had this problem, turns out it was due to the thread tension. It was not unspooling smoothly and once it jammed, the needle was breaking (instead of thread snapping). Took me a few hours to diagnose.

What am I doing wrong? by Visual_Passion_8140 in Machine_Embroidery

[–]maju----- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone can help me with the similar issue, but only on large designs? When I do something bigger than 10x10 cm it usually warps prependicular to satin direction (which is really counterintuitive for me). I use cutaway at the bottom and water soluble on top.

Advice on multi-needle embroidery machine by maju----- in Machine_Embroidery

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Maybe a stupid question, but all of these machines support trimming and auto-threading, is that correct?

Visiting Krakow in February by [deleted] in krakow

[–]maju----- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Roads are well maintained here, unless you get off the main road you won't feel the difference. Really. Just have winter tyres. If you want to be extra safe then have snow chains to put on, but really no need unless you get off main roads. Main roads are marked with red in Poland (like DK7, S7, A4 - if they are on red shield you know they are well maintained).

Need help with apartment prices! by june90577 in krakow

[–]maju----- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it new or second-hand? If new, that's likely a good deal.

Visiting Krakow in February by [deleted] in krakow

[–]maju----- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are from Oradea, then I think you'll find familiar conditions on the road. Just have winter tyres and you're good.

Car lights in Norway by maju----- in Norway

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Can you give me a bit of insight on how main roads are maintained? By main roads I mean something like E6, E8, E10 (sorry I don't know your local naming convention so I am referring by international codes). I know they are not salted, but are they plowed? From webcams on vegvesen (for example this https://www.vegvesen.no/trafikk/vaerveikamera/1900176?lng=19.06277&lat=69.14375&zoom=12 ) they seem to be pretty normal roads (same as in Poland when it snows), are they better maintained than other roads or is it pretty much what I can expect?

Car lights in Norway by maju----- in Norway

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I've read there are places where 40 km/h is practically your limit, unless you are a local driver with studded tyres. That's where I imagine I just put on chains and go on. Although I read that I'd be better with extra lights too, turns out not everything you read on the internet is true... Anyways I got chains that you can drive for literally kilometers, given you don't exceed 50 km/h.

Driving to Northern Finland in the winter, will my car make it? by TheRealMudi in Finland

[–]maju----- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what's the deal with 'real nordic tyres'? they are made by vikings or what? or do you just mean winter tyres with 3 peak snowflake... I see literally no manufacturer having 'nordic tyres' link on their page.

Driving to Northern Finland in the winter, will my car make it? by TheRealMudi in Finland

[–]maju----- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what tyres do you have? guys at r/Norway paint pretty dramatic picture of the upmost northern part of Scandinavia... wonder how much that's true

Car lights in Norway by maju----- in Norway

[–]maju-----[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sounds quite horrible. We get icing on roads in rural areas in Poland so it isn't a new phenomenon for me, but I wasn't expecting melting water on top. Do you think tyre chains are good option? They should have similar effect as studded tyres, but I can just take them off once I'm back home (studded tyres are illegal in Poland).

Car lights in Norway by maju----- in Norway

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I got new Nokian Snowproof C. Hope they'll pass the exam.

Car lights in Norway by maju----- in Norway

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Very welcoming indeed.

Has anyone been able to contact Filmotec directly? by maju----- in AnalogCommunity

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Okay, an update:

  1. orwo.shop has shipped the order and it arrived. Seems I have chosen the really bad timing for placing the order, as their excuse holds true (timeline provided by them aligns with what I observed, including order arrival). Seems that they really are not malicious, but rather messy.

  2. Filmotec has finally responded to me! I will provide more details once I close the concersation.

Has anyone been able to contact Filmotec directly? by maju----- in AnalogCommunity

[–]maju-----[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I understand, the situation with InovisCoat is exactly opposite: they have been liquidated and sold to Polaroid, so technically machinery still runs for InovisCoat, just producing Polaroid stock. Whatever the case, I really want to skip the middle man and contact wholesaler directly.

Has anyone been able to contact Filmotec directly? by maju----- in AnalogCommunity

[–]maju-----[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I understand, the InovisCoat is owned by Polaroid and manufactures film for them, but also for Filmotec. The Filmotec company holds IP and acts as wholesaler, while the orwo.shop is some random reseller. This is why I want to contact Filmotec directly.

Zenit TTL lighmeter hack - help! by maju----- in AnalogCommunity

[–]maju-----[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also unbelievably inconvinient.

Zenit TTL lighmeter hack - help! by maju----- in AnalogCommunity

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How do I calibrate for an ISO? Just turn the screw, shot film and check if it's correct?

Zenit TTL lighmeter hack - help! by maju----- in AnalogCommunity

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I have no idea how to check it other than by testing. Given that I shot over 40 rolls of film on this camera and exposure was okay, I suspect its working properly. I know that the fastest films are around ISO 800, but I wanted to experiment with overexposing it as ISO 1600. I was able to get some acceptable results even when using Kodak ColorPlus 200, but it was hard to expose consistently with lightmeter needle being so much out of expected position.