Peter, You want to hit the reset button after you do the maintenance and it will still keep track for the 2,000,000 and so on. Aaron Sargent The Linen Barn linen@xxxxxxxxxxx Medford, Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Strike" <strike@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 4:31 PM Subject: [amayausers] Re: Machine Maintenance > A quick question about oiling / maintenance schedules... we're new to > the business and just got our machine a few months ago. Our 200,000 > stitch maintenance screen popped up last week and we followed all the > instructions etc. At the end of performing the oiling, the software > still had a popup window up asking us if we wanted to "reset" the > maintenance schedule? I think the other options were something like > "Ignore" and "Exit". Thinking that "reset" button was the button to > tell the machine we successfully completed the maintenance at this > time, I clicked that button. But then I feared that we may have just > reset all the stitch timers to zero, and thus when we get to 2,000,000 > stitches, it will only have us logged for 1,800,000. Or worse... if I > keep hitting reset every 200, 000, it will never think we're even close > to 2,000,000 stitches. > > So Should I have hit the reset button at that point? Does this make > sense? Help, Thanks, > Peter Strike > strike@xxxxxxxxxxx > Great Stitches > Indianapolis, IN > > > On Thursday, August 12, 2004, at 08:50 AM, Linen Barn wrote: > > > I would like to mention the importance of oiling your machines. The > > amaya's > > are designed to run very fast and they run their best if they are > > oiled very > > regular. Try not to miss any of the maintenance. Another thing I do > > is at > > the end of each day I take out the bobbin and spray the machine with > > canned > > air or an air compressor to get as much lint and thread debris clear > > of the > > machine. It doesn't hurt to give it a quick spray whenever you change > > bobbins or a few times a day, depending on how much you are sewing. > > My > > machines usually run 8-10 hours a day and find it very important for my > > production to keep them oiled and cleaned. > > > > Aaron Sargent > > The Linen Barn > > linen@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Medford, Oregon > > > > > > > >