This message was posted by Vegas Embroidery 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/1/960.html#000008 First off, thank you very much Rod for speaking with me on Saturday and helping me to better understand how my machine operates. I would also like to mention the trick with the down arrow button and laser button helped me fix my XT. To make a long story short I thought the thread was being sling shot out of the needle after the trim but it wasn't. Rod told me to hold the "Down Arrow" Button and the "Laser" Button on the keypad right before the trim happens. This action will stop the machine right before the trim and you can then push the Green Start button for each step and watch how the selector moves out to grab the top thread and the bobbin and then you?ll see the knife cut both pieces of thread. By watching this I learned that the selector was grabbing three pieces of thread. This part I can't explain correctly but there are three pieces of thread under the garment before the final trim. The bobbin thread and the top thread which is supposed to be split into two pieces by I think the rotary hook. Unfortunately this was not happening and when the selector grabbed all 3 pieces of thread the knife cut the wrong piece of thread which caused the remaining thread to be too short and when the needle returned to its final resting position it appeared as if the thread was sling shot out of the needle. Because of this action I checked my hook timing and sure enough it was off. After I made my adjustments and ran a few tests, knock on wood, its working great. Hope this info helps someone else. Thanks again Rod. I think I should of made a video on this. Ben =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================