This message was posted by signman on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/1/984.html#000014 Any time we get a lot of false bobbin breaks on a design we whip out the backup bobbin case loaded with a magnetic bobbin and pop it right in...while that's running take the original bobbin out, clean the case, run a card under the metal tab, brush and blow it out, then double check the drop. If I didn't have several boxes of regular bobbins to use up I'd be doing nothing but magnetic...much easier and faster to use! I have even sold some boxes of bobbins to quilt makers-what we paid Melco is way less than they pay at the quilt supplier so I'm getting rid of them that way...when we started with Amaya we thought we'd go through a lot of supplies and ordered stuff when it was on sale, etc.-and still are using supplies we bought 4 years ago! Just not as busy as we hoped...but when we first tried the magnetic bobbins everyone told us 'no-no-no...don't use them, bad-bad-bad'...now the stories have changed and most everyone is using them. Seems that until Melco started selling them they were bad, just like some of the frame systems...once Melco decided to sell things-suddenly they are okay to use... less looping, far fewer false bobbin breaks, even stitching, great for small lettering...best thing we ever found for sewing hats...what can I say-magnetic bobbins work for me! Roland =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================