Hello, Kateo has just posted in the Machines & Hardware forum of AmayaUsers Discussion Boards under the title of Crunching noise followed by thread break!. This thread is located at http://www.amayausers.com/discussion/showthread.php?5565-Crunching-noise-followed-by-thread-break! Here is the message that has just been posted: *************** I am about to give up I cannot figure out what is wrong! My machine has been sitting for a long time now, I have gone through all the maintenance procedures....cleaning, greasing and oiling, yet when I try to stitch a design it will sew a few stitches the make an awful crunching noise then the tread breaks! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you *************** =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================