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Computer-Controlled Embroidery Machines?

Posted by Cliff on from the sewing-in-the-21st-century dept.

Togashi Heiwa asks: "I've been looking at doing some embroidery for a project I am working on (I do costumes for LRPGs, etc.), and wanted to try a computer-controlled embroidery machine. This way, I could do uniform insignias, etc. without being limited to the collection of cartoon characters & flowers that come with most machines. A brief search on the subject turns up several machines or apps that do this, but they have varying formats, and I'd like to get a technical review, as opposed to just a typical home user. Anyone have any experience with embroidery software and hardware?"

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  1. Wotsit has something. by _narf_ · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's a download at:

    http://www.wotsit.org/search.asp?page=5&s=misc

    It seems pretty rough... the begining attempt to reverse engineer the format, definately not a definative spec, but maybe a good start for writing a converter?

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