[amayausers] Re: Broken Arm & Maintenance

  • From: Mike Garber <agraphic2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:45:54 -0700

Wendy,
Thats a good idea.  The levers on this machine have always felt a little 
stiff anyway.  The less stress on the plastic the better.

Thanks for the info.

Mike

Itchin To Stitch wrote:

>Mike,
>I've noticed that it's a pretty cramped area when you are trying to remove
>the thread feed roller. I'm always afraid I'm going to break that arm too
>and didn't realize you can remove the red roller from the arm until someone
>on the list pointed that out to me. It really does allow for easier access
>to the threadfeed rollers. Just curious to see if you had done that.
>Wendy Solomonson
>Itchin' To Stitch
>Arlington, MN
>(507)964-2224
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Mike Garber" <agraphic2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "amayausers list" <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:46 AM
>Subject: [amayausers] Broken Arm & Maintenance
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>>Morning everyone,
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>>I was doing a 4mil maintenance on a 6mo old machine.  I was replacing
>>the rubber wheel and the arm the red wheel is attached to snapped in
>>half.  I was not forcing it.
>>Tech support says the whole needle case has to be torn apart to fix it
>>($150.00 to have the tech come up?)  This machine has been down or
>>something has broken once per month since I bought it.  I think I will
>>wait for it to break this month before I call the tech.
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>>Does anyone have any experiance with other brands?  I bought the Amaya
>>almost 1 year ago and love them when they are running properly.  The
>>Amaya's seem to take alot of care and repair to keep them running.  They
>>seem very fragile.  Do other brands need this kind of care and time to
>>keep them up?
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>>Mike
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