This message was posted by Gini 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/1/270.html#000003 I check and adjust the needle guard gap, the hook timing and the hook arm. I use the procedure from one of the manuals. I have had to do this many times- this time I had a thread break that went undetected and a large amount of thread and fabric got caught in the bobbin casing. After that the top thread was not picking up any bobbin thread. =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================