Please be careful breaking needles on the embroidery machine...A needle broke on mine...with me right there..it threw out the timing I thought..but the repair gal say IT BENT THE NEEDLE SHAFT.!! also pitted the throat plate . I 've been with out my machine a week now.. hope warrenty will fix it. Please check your plate for burrs... this can catch you thread and break it. Not funny at the time but I was writing the words :Of course I'm not busy...I did it right the first time". RGB