This message was posted by namingit4u 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/1/890.html#000011 Hey Mike and all, As a newbie , learned by trial and error, I have a suggestion on the printed manual. Find a local printer that you can trade work with or that will give you a great deal. On the help menu, you can pdf all the pages and you will have a nice printed color manual. Ok, did I have my guy print the whole manual. No but after going to my 2 day class and being very frustrated at "Rose" I printed all the info that I needed everytime. I did call Melco and say, Are you kidding, no manual, I speak how much and you said the class would teach me everything? That did not happen. When I went to the class our instructor, Cynthia, taught us to put a needle(old one) in the eye to turn to right 5 degrees, or else you will get thread breaks. But after reading the posts from the masters... of information. That makes perfect sense of why you dont want to do that. So now added to my must have kit: toothpicks... Must have kit(taken from all your posts) Fabric softener ( for the carpet) Patience, Cover for thread, Humidifier ( if needed), Patience, Lots of Coffee... and oh did I say Patience. Mike it does get easier... We started cold turkey in October, never Embroidered ever and now we actually do orders every week. Just remember to bookmark this group, it is the best ever... Thank you everyone for all the great information Naming It 4 U www.namingit4u.com (http://www.namingit4u.com) "U Pitch It, We Stitch It" =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================