Singer CNC sewing and embroidery machine

Abstract

This paper presents the adaptation of a classic foot pedal operated Singer sewing machine to a computerized numerical control (CNC) sewing and embroidery machine. This machine is composed of a Singer sewing machine and a two-degrees-of-freedom XY stage designed specifically for this application. The whole system is controlled from a PC using adequate CNC control software.

Keywords

• CNC sewing machine
• stepper motor
• stepper driver
• Mach 3 soft