Mike,
Thanks for the info.
Yes, the one you linked is a bit bigger - but also cost twice as much as the LB-6800THD.
I did some further searching and found that prices for dedicated embroidery machines are quite high. It's difficult to find pricing on-line - they want you to visit an authorized dealer - but I gather a six needle semi-pro machine like the Brother PR-650 runs about $10,000. The software isn't cheap, either, although I have seem some "free" digitizing software on the net, which might work (although Brother warns against using non-Brother digitizing software).
It's all intriguing but at $10,000 we're getting into the range of lower end CNC machining tools... although $30,000 is probably more like it. I'd have to decide if I preferred making designs on cloth to designing and making things out of metal, lol. And CNC software is even more expensive than embroidery software.
Thanks for the info.
Yes, the one you linked is a bit bigger - but also cost twice as much as the LB-6800THD.
I did some further searching and found that prices for dedicated embroidery machines are quite high. It's difficult to find pricing on-line - they want you to visit an authorized dealer - but I gather a six needle semi-pro machine like the Brother PR-650 runs about $10,000. The software isn't cheap, either, although I have seem some "free" digitizing software on the net, which might work (although Brother warns against using non-Brother digitizing software).
It's all intriguing but at $10,000 we're getting into the range of lower end CNC machining tools... although $30,000 is probably more like it. I'd have to decide if I preferred making designs on cloth to designing and making things out of metal, lol. And CNC software is even more expensive than embroidery software.