Exciting times...

[Denis Kolar]

..... I have just taken my first 300 piece embroidery order 
300 hats with a small logo on it. Lettering only 

Loving it, money might be coming in for another machine...

[GraphicDisorder]

..... I have just taken my first 300 piece embroidery order 
300 hats with a small logo on it. Lettering only 

Loving it, money might be coming in for another machine...

Congrats!

Doing a 250pc order today ourselves.   Got a guy wanting a 1000pc order, I may out source it.  Would take too long on our 3 heads.

[Socalfmf]

sweet..we just finished 500 polos and now are getting an order for 2500 or 5000 hats...he is still trying to figure out how many he wants to do for the local racetrack give-a-way!!

Sam

[Denis Kolar]

Hopefully, I'll get to those numbers one day

[GraphicDisorder]

sweet..we just finished 500 polos and now are getting an order for 2500 or 5000 hats...he is still trying to figure out how many he wants to do for the local racetrack give-a-way!!

Sam

How many heads do you have now Sam? 

I really need a 4 or 6 head before I could take on anything that big at one shot.

[Clark]

Even on a 4 or 6 head 2500 or 5K pieces would be a beating.  I would send stuff that size over seas or to a shop with 50-100 heads.

[Socalfmf]

we have 9 heads...and Clark..these people actually care where their hats are being made...they ALWAYS get USA made hats and have them done by American workers...

we figured it will take about 7 days to do it is only 5100 stitches...

[inkman996]

Any order above 1,000 we go to a second shift. That way our main operator can spend the day time doing smaller runs that need the experienced person involved with.

[Doug B]

 Did 3500 pieces once. T-shirts full front. Did it in 8 days- 4 people, two machines.

[Denis Kolar]

Hey guys, cut it off!!!

I do not feel as excited any more seeing all those numbers flying around, 500 here, 1000 there, 2500 this guy.......
My 300 does not look as good as before

Just kidding, 300 for a single head is plenty, luckily the logo has only around 2500 stitches.
All I need is one or two orders like this a month, and a few screen printing order, I will be happy.

[GraphicDisorder]

Hey guys, cut it off!!!

I do not feel as excited any more seeing all those numbers flying around, 500 here, 1000 there, 2500 this guy.......
My 300 does not look as good as before

Just kidding, 300 for a single head is plenty, luckily the logo has only around 2500 stitches.
All I need is one or two orders like this a month, and a few screen printing order, I will be happy.

crap 300 on one head..  WHEW...

[Denis Kolar]

squat 300 on one head..  WHEW...

You got to start somewhere....
All I need is 3 singles, I will be OK with that......
I can not have anything bigger in my basement, it will not fit   Even the 2 head would not fit through my door or staircase.
When I outgrow that, I will start looking for a space to rent.

[inkman996]

300 hats on a single is nuts, honestly I bet you can sub that out and make as much or more on it. We could have that run in several hours tops.

[Clark]

we have 9 heads...and Clark..these people actually care where their hats are being made...they ALWAYS get USA made hats and have them done by American workers...

we figured it will take about 7 days to do it is only 5100 stitches...

Those customers are few and far between at least in my experience.  I'm just not that big on tying up equipment for more than a couple days. Especially when there are plenty of embroidery houses in the U.S that will do that work at a high level for cheap....and they can have it done in a couple days.  I did a couple big jobs on our 6 head and it was a total beating...then found out we had an embroider right up the road with 160 heads that specialized in caps.  Made more money sending it out than doing it in house. 

[jason-23]

so whats the bottom line then? 300 tells me nothing