Hey Tom, You may also be having an alignment issue with your Grabber Blade. This part should have been called the "Thread tail tucker-awayer" because that's all it does... Tucks the thread tail up and away until that needle begins to sew again. What I commonly see in the field is that sometimes a customer will get a garment caught on the grabber trap (black part that the grabber blade mates with) while removing or inserting a hoop. And even during sewing! If the grabber trap and the grabber blade do not "mesh" correctly, then you could also get that grinding sound. Otherwise, it due to your trimming system not trimming correctly. Good Luck, Ed Orantes Melco Tech & Trainer 504-258-6260 -------------- Original message from webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: -------------- > This message was posted by Mr. Sew & Sew on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT > REPLY > VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: > http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/1/98.html > > Howdy folks in Amayaland - one of my two redheads is starting to give me some > issues. On about 20% of trims, the grabber bar doesn't seem to slide nicely > into its counterpart. This results in a grinding sound and the thread not > getting cut, being dragged across the garment until it finally "pops" and > shreds > the thread. This causes the hooped item to sometimes move a tad. Is this > something I can simply fix? > > Help, please! > > thanks > Tom > > =========================================================== > > The AmayaUsers Mailing List > Website: http://www.amayausers.com > Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list > > =========================================================== =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================