[Andrew] is bringing his old mechanical stitching maker into the 21st century by adding an Arduino manage module. Originally, his Alfa stitching maker might only do a directly stitch or a zig-zag of diverse widths. considering that this was an old stitching machine, all of the controls were knobs as well as levers. RC vehicle servos were installed in the stitching maker as well as now are solely accountable for controlling, in genuine time, the horizontal motion of the needle as well as the amount of stroke of the feed dogs (the metal elements accountable for advancing the material with the stitching machine). There is likewise a switch on the needle bar that feeds back to the Arduino when the needle is in the full-up position.

With full manage of the stitch width and fabric advance, it is possible to find up with some incredible stitch patterns that were not possible on this maker before. Each of the stitch patterns are pre-programmed in the Arduino. ideal now it is possible to manage the stitching maker over the Arduino’s serial USB connection however the workflow for such an operation is in its infancy. [Andrew] plans on making this stitching maker completely automatic to ensure that he can embroider letters as well as numbers.

Although the job is still a work in progress, [Andrew] has made his preliminary Arduino code offered for people who want to additionally his accomplishments. To continue reading about hacked stitching machines, inspect out this converted to an embroidering machine.