Anand, They are the metal pieces that attatch to the cap driver. The ride on each side of the needle plate to give support. The new XT AMAYA uses a universal needle plate for caps and flats. The older AMAYA's have 2 needle plates, regular and raised for caps. Aaron Sargent The Linen Barn linen@xxxxxxxxxxx 541-770-2957 Medford, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kesavan" <kesavan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 3:24 PM Subject: [amayausers] Re: auto setting stuck > What are the wings? > Does the amaya not have a universal needle plate? Do you have to change > needle plates for caps just like we did with the older machines. > > Anand > > First thing I take off when I get a new machine is the wings. Have done > this for over 5 years now. Even on unstructured caps I dont use them. I > use double 3 oz tearaway on unstructured and double or single on > structured > depending on the design. Sometimes if I am having real registration > issues > or have a cap design with 18k + stitches I will use cutaway on caps for > more > > stability. > > Aaron Sargent > The Linen Barn > linen@xxxxxxxxxxx > 541-770-2957 > Medford, OR > > > __________________________________________________________________ > << ella for Spam Control >> has removed Spam messages and set aside > Newsletters for me > You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com > > __________________________________________________________________ > << ella for Spam Control >> has removed Spam messages and set aside > Newsletters for me > You can use it too - and it's FREE! http://www.ellaforspam.com > > > -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- > -- Type: application/ms-tnef > -- File: winmail.dat > > >