This message was posted by Rod or Sharon 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/2/1306.html#000005 ginabea, I don't know that this was your partictular issue, but don't use the laser light to find the center, or X marks the Spot, especially on a cap or any other thick material. On a cap visually line up a needle with the center seam, if you are centering on the front that is..... The laser, even though we try to use it for centering, is primarily a tracing tool to determine hoop limits. For a test, place a dot on a piece of paper, place the dot directly of the needleplate hole, hole your laser button down and then carefully lift the paper straight up. You will notice that the laser will appear to move towards the back and also to the right. This has to do with the laser light coming down at an angle to the material. So as the material gets thicker as on the center seam of a cap, if the laser was used to center the center seam of the cap, because of the thick center seam, your design will sew off center just a bit... Rod Springer Amaya Tech & Trainer =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================