This message was posted by Mama Kass 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/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/1/1469.html#000001 Christine, I rarely do small lettering, but I hate to see your questions unanswered so I'll make a couple of suggestions and hope someone with more knowledge jumps in. In reference to each of your questions: 1. Try a search on both "looping" and "small lettering" 2. Try a search on "trimmer" or "knife" 3. For the most part we don't adjust the bobbin tension to solve problems on the Amaya. Once it's set correctly (search on bobbin tension) most of these problems are related to thread feed. 4. The trim length setting refers to the length of thread tail left on the back of the embroidery not to the amount of thread left in the cutter mechanism. A needle can unthread if the machine either fails to trim or if no trim is digitized before moving to another part of a design that is far enough away to cause the thread to snap. If you search on this topic I know you will find other possible explanations. 5. The only time I've ever had this happen is when I've caused a major bird's nest problem by not inserting my bobbin properly. I suppose very high density might also cause this. I don't think I've helped much, but I do recommend taking the time to do some searches because I know that there have been posts on all the issues, except the last. =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================