That sure beats my suggestion to the engineering dept. I said they should make the right side plastic color blue. Not only is blue my favorite color, but it would give the machine a Red, White, and Blue theme and seeing as how it's the only machine manufactured in this great country... Well, it was just a thought. Ed Ed & Maralien Orantes E.M. Broidery 900 Terry Parkway, Ste. 200 Terrytown, La. 70131 504-EMBROID (504-362-7643) or 504-433-0099 office 504-433-0100 fax -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Sharon Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 9:56 PM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] A bit of helpful info for all of you I have been after Melco (and I have talked to everyone in Engineering to Sales and Service) for 2 years now to make a minor change on our Amaya machines--it hasn't happened yet so I will share it with all of you. We have shown several of you (at least all of our customers and others who have been in class with us in the past) to make life a bit easier! Look at your thread grabber bar (the silver bar that passes back and forth under the needles to tuck the thread back in place). There is a "trougth" in it. Cut a piece of white paper or white stabilizer the size of that area and lay in the trougth. Then position the bar behind the needles and thread a needle---it will make all the difference in the world--you will actually BE ABLE TO SEE the eye of the needle. I was just threading our new machine and haven't put the strip of stabilizer in it yet--thought I'd come share that bit of info with all of you! Sharon