I just pull the tube out as far as I can and it comes almost flush on some cones (older) and the newer cones have a little bit bigger base so they fit alot better. Never really have a problem with them catching though. Aaron Sargent The Linen Barn linen@xxxxxxxxxxx Medford, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: John Yaglenski To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 7:59 AM Subject: [amayausers] Re: Brand of Thread Aaron: How do you deal with the taller cones? ;) JOHN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Linen Barn Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:39 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: Brand of Thread I mainly use Robison-Anton thread and am very happy with it. Over the last year or so we have been ordering lots of Madeira cause it seems to have some better colors and the Madeira runs great but you have to deal with the taller cones. One of my contract customers sends Issacord to me for their jobs and I have never had a problem with it and most of it is 2+ years old. I also use some arc thread cause they have a few colors I really like. I would definetly check out Issacord, R/A and Madeira. Aaron Sargent The Linen Barn linen@xxxxxxxxxxx Medford, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: Brookside Designs To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 5:09 AM Subject: [amayausers] Brand of Thread Good morning, everyone. I've got a 'newbie to the Amayas' question: We've been using Kingstar polyester thread for years with our Barudan machine with great results - but it apparently cannot handle the higher speeds of our new Amayas. So we are in the market for a new thread brand. We've ordered the 'sample' pack of the ARC threads, but they do not match up well (color wise) with our Kingstar threads and need to supplement them. Anyone out there using thread other than ARC with good results? Kip Biddle, partner Brookside Designs