I can see both Madeira and Melco spools on my Amaya right now...and all we do is extend the thread tube up a little-nothing else! Other than immediate shipping for next day service (the office/ warehouse is only 45 miles or so away) I haven't noticed much difference between the two types. On Aug 8, 2006, at 5:37 PM, Shuffletown Embroidery wrote: > Roland, > You're welcome. I hope the colors are an OK match. > I prefer Madeira thread, too. I've been using it for years. The > Amaya thread > rack isn't totally compatible with the Madeira cones. Madeira is > using a new > cone that's better, but it's still a little too tall. I've swapped > out some > of the cone holders on the thread rack with older ones from an EMT, > which > are a good bit longer. That, combined with the new Madeira cones, > works > great. I can get the Madeira spools to work pretty well, too, using > some > advice from Aaron (I think). > Mary > > Mary Buckle > Shuffletown Embroidery > Charlotte, NC > 704-398-1273 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roland R. > Irish III > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 4:34 PM > To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [amayausers] Re: Thread Conversion > > Thanks Mary...all I have in-house for now is the full 288 ARC spools > and a few larger spools of the most common colors, but as we run out > of any color we switch to Madiera because we can get those overnite > with no problem or even drive over and pick them up. > It figures none of these colors are ones we have yet...but once we > start going into production we'll switch over. > Thanks! > > Roland > =========================================================== > > The AmayaUsers Mailing List > Website: http://www.amayausers.com > Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list > > =========================================================== > > > =========================================================== > > The AmayaUsers Mailing List > Website: http://www.amayausers.com > Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list > > =========================================================== > =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================