Oh MAN! Those Buda awful notches!!! At the least, smooth the openings out to look more like letter "U's" instead of letter "C's". I know it's supposed to be something to do with safety but... I've been tempted to remove my Grabber Blade and take a pair of tin snips to it and put those notches out of their (my) misery! Thanks Marty. Ed -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Marty Bies Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:37 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: Machine Part Names Good thought Ed. They could get rid of the notches in that too... Marty -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ed Orantes Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:40 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Machine Part Names Oh, that's referred to as "toggling the grabber" and the bar is the "grabber blade" which is kind of ironic because although it looks like it cuts the thread, it doesn't. If you ask me, I say it should be called the thread "tail pusher". And why not make the Grabber Blade out of something like clear plexiglass so that you can see through it when doing a trace. Just my thoughts. Ed -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Roland R. Irish III Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 7:23 AM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: changing color needle When I said to move 'the bar' I was referring to making a 'trim' to stop the stitching by pushing the 'sickle' and 'bullseye' button for lack of more technical terms. Then you can move the needle, change colors, etc. or start over from there if you have to. Roland