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/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/1/1058.html#000001 The loud noise sounds to me like the needle 'bar' (behind the magnetic panel' that you were sewing with needs oil....and Z axis is 'up and down'....if you are using the same needle (s) over and over without moving thread spools to a different needle then those needles need extra lubrication behind that panel. Otherwise the felt pads in there dry out and the needle bar runs into friction, starts getting real REAL loud and it can force it into a stuck or stopped position. It's the first error we ever had back with our 'big Red' and we learned over the phone how to fix it...just oil the rod and wait for it to soak in...problem solved and we never had it again-always went through and added a couple drops of oil before any quantity sewing. =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================