Hello, DianeN has just posted in the Machines & Hardware forum of AmayaUsers Discussion Boards under the title of Trimmer. This thread is located at http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/showthread.php?5649-Trimmer Here is the message that has just been posted: *************** Thought I'd better jump in here... was offline for a few days. I did not loosen anything, which is a good thing based on your warnings. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about the parts to know what I should or what I should look for. I have removed the plate for general cleaning in the bobbin area. I see the cutting mechanism move forward and backward when I do a trim... just no trimming occurs. I'm wondering if my blade is broken but I don't even know how to go about checking for that. So if someone can assist me... I would appreciate it. Do extra blades typically come with the XTS? I don't recall seeing one. *************** =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================