This message was posted by Juli in Kona 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/1/242.html I am having and have had trimming problems from the beginning. At about 3 months, I had a tech come to my house and service my new machine, but he said there was nothing wrong with the trimming. Wrong! And I am fed up. I have put up with this for one year now and I am going to solve this problem! I did the AMTRIM test and had 22% either no trim or pull outs. That is wayyyyyy to many. Something is definitely wrong! I did call tech support and we did the knife and grabber tests. Everything appears OK. BUT -- when I take the new knife that was originally supplied with the new machine and cut a thread with it, there is a certain amount of pressure that will cut the thread. Now, with the blade extended (on my machine) I do the same test of trying to cut a hand held thread. The pressure needed to make it cut is very much more than using the new knife. In fact, sometime I have to wrap the thread around my finger to keep it from slipping. I think the knife is dull or damaged somehow. Since I have always had trimming problems it is IMHO probably damaged somehow. So, I think that if I change the knife, it will help the situation. But I can't find any directions to do that. Juli in Kona =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================