I have them come loose from time to time. When I see one loose I usually go through all of them and tighten them a little. I have had them come out and bounce around but havent hit one with a needle, yet :) Aaron Sargent The Linen Barn linen@xxxxxxxxxxx 541-770-2957 Medford, OR ----- Original Message ----- From: <suried@xxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 7:57 PM Subject: [amayausers] loose hoop screws > Hi Everyone, > I was wondering if anyone has had any trouble with the > screws on the 30cm x 36cm hoop coming loose?? I was > stitching last night when my husband just happened to > walk in and take a look at what I was stitching. He > saw a screw on top of my garment bouncing around. > Luckily it didn't get in the way of the needle and > assembly!! I'm sure that could have caused a real > mess!! We put the screw back in and after I finished > stitching, I found another screw and just popped out > also. Of course I tightened all the rest--which I > should have done in the first place. All the other > screws were loose too. > > Is this a common problem and is there anything I can > do besides periodically check and tighten them?? > > Susan > > > > Susan Riedlinger > Embroidery Station > Columbus, OH > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com