This message was posted by signman 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/1/260.html#000002 My first thought...she says she's a newbie, broke a few needles doing caps...yup, we've all done that...I'd suggest checking to see if the needles are in backwards when she replaced them! Yup, of COURSE we've all done that! LOL...and getting the 'angle' correct. Check the needles, then if that doesn't fix it-have to start looking for damage (scrape, burr, scratch) caused by the broken needles. Did you find ALL the pieces of broken needles, and clean out the rotary hook/bobbin area real good-take the needle plate off, etc.? Doesn't take much to get a thread to go nuts. =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================