Ron, Had an episode a long time ago where all the settings in AOS went wacky. Thread feed was at some goofy # and material thickness went to 60 something. Turned out to be static electricity, got in the Goddess and she went crazy. Shut it down, sprayed the red plastic covers and black base cover with static guard. Long story short, she was good to go again. May not have much impact considering you have a needle down but what the heck, worth a try. Herb ----- Original Message ----- From: Body Cover To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:09 PM Subject: [amayausers] Z axis error Hi all, Especially any tech types that may be reading. My operator just informed me that he had a birdnest issue when I got back from the bank. but know the needle (12) has dropped down halfway and won't lift up. I've tried the emergency stop and I've tried the maintenance tab and tried the head up and head down buttons with no avail. It clicks and sounds like a solenoid is trying to activate it the needle bar, but isn't lifting it. Any ideas or is it Call Melco time?? Suddenly I got a glitch minutes later in another machine. We couldn't sew anything, it just streams thread as soon as the start button is pushed. Had my operator baffled! I looked at all the usuals and didn't see any problems until I looked at the computer and noticed the screen was knocked out and could see parts of the background in my Amaya OS. then I looked at the thread feed. which hadn't been adjusted and it was 4357!! talk about feeding thread!! Can't adjust it everything is goofy so we are shutting down and resetting. This computer is a stand alone just for the Amaya OS and runs nothing else and has no network or internet connections. Just my lucky day!! If anyone has any ideas what to look for with the needle bars let me know, I am mechanically inclined so I can tear into and put back together so I am ready for my challenge. Thanks in advance! Ron Vinyard Body Cover / Magic Stitches 1-888-435-0176 541-471-1504 fax 471-0427 420 SW H street Grants Pass, OR 97526 info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.bodycoverdesign.com