Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Do Not produce your own digitizing until you learn to run the embroidery machine, you will have your hands full with that alone JMO
To help you decide. Lets say you average 15k Stitch files and you can run it 1k stitches per minute and there is zero time between runs and no machine stops (LOL). That's:4 per hour on a 1 head8 per hour on a 2 head16 per hour on a 4 head24 per hour on a 6 headLet's say you are getting $5 per item. That's:$20 per hour on a 1 head$40 per hour on a 2 head$80 per hour on a 4 head$120 per hour on a 6 headThen consider what you pay someone a hour to run it, you can see how on a single head that wouldn't get you far. Then consider time to digitize files or cost to have them digitized. If you paid some kid $10 a hour to run your 1 head your lucky if you make $10 a hour on that machine before thread/materials/overhead/taxes/etc. Then consider running a 6 head paying that same $10 a hour. Your making money. But then again you wont get much of a operator for $10 a hour. Quote from: T Shirt Farmer on November 05, 2015, 01:25:24 PMDo Not produce your own digitizing until you learn to run the embroidery machine, you will have your hands full with that alone JMOAlso excellent advice.
I disagree with Brandt on the 4 head thing...here's why...Depending on your market a 1-2 head machine can supplement a 4-6 head machine with things like names, numbers or even small runs that a larger machine would lose to many heads for.I would never start with a machine with less than 4 heads, that's for sure. But a 1-2 can be a great addition to a shop that does more customization.