This message was posted by signman 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/1/246.html#000001 Is your hoop side 'clamp' bar too high, bent up out of position? We've run into problems with heavy jackets and totes pulling the side clamps 'down' so the underside of the hoop runs into the needle plate, causing everything to jump and shift...and a couple times we've accidently caught on the bar or the hooped item and bent it 'up', but we always double check now that everything looks right-and every time we do a setup, run a 'trace' without a hoop in at all-to make sure nothing will hit. After forgetting to change 'hoop selection' a couple times it was smarter to trace with nothing on the machine to make SURE we had selected it. =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================