This message was posted by Rod or Sharon 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/ultimatebb.php?/topic/2/72.html#000011 Debbie, The font style and size is sometimes important. Is there tie-ins and tie-offs in this lettering and if so what style tie-in and tie-off are you using. Changing the style of tie-in is sometimes all that is needed.It sounds as if the inching stitch count is not picking up the bobbin or if you are using auto-actifeed, it may be causing a very loose condition in the thread because of excess thread being fed by the computer on start up. This causes a loose thread condition around the thread break sensor and it will think that the thread is broken and stop the machine.Try going to Standard and manually setting the material thickness to see if the problem is happening there also. You could also try reducing the inching stitch count to see if that would help in this case. Rod Springer Melco Tech & Trainer =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================