This message was posted by Shuffletown 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/ultimatebb.php?/topic/2/879.html#000001 You need the backlash spring in a pigtail bobbin case when you are using metal bobbins. Otherwise, they will spin like crazy. A reference card from Madeira recommends size 11 or 14 needles for 30 wt. threads. I'd go with either just as long as I didn't have any thread breaks. FSL definitely goes a lot faster on the Amaya. Try it, you'll like it! :) =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================