Toyota embroidery machine - retrofit

Nope, she can not figure out what those do, strange as her machines have that part much, much more complicated.

Thank you for asking.

I've done a lot of research and I've just about found the solution, now I just have to imagine how it works in my head.

Below is the result of my research for those who are interested:

I found exploded diagrams of toyota embroiderers and therefore found their name.

Then it got easier!

Their names: thread catcher and ass'y picker (assembly picker).

ass'y picker : 

thread catcher :

 

subscribed .. curious about the outcome and further experiences.

venturing into embroidery myself lately, got a 2010ish 12needle chinese machine (in reasonably good working condition) standing round but neither time nor space to work with it. in the meantime learned a bit about design and software for it - a whole ecosystem by itself obviously - curious how and if you'd try to translate this to the (linux)cnc-world..

cheers,
markus.