Yay yay yay!!! He got it back together (still couldn't get pin or broken needle out, though), and I just tried it and seems to be working fine! He did have to re-adjust the thread guide for winding the bobbin, but after a couple tries, its now winding straight. Thanks for all your suggestions and good thoughts! BellaBoo, I think I will take your suggestion and get an inexpensive machine for a back up!! DottyMo, it was the thread in the bobbin case under the fabric that got jammed, a birds next of thread! I had to get under the fabric with the seam ripper and carefully cut each of those threads, trying not to damage the fabric. Once I did, and cleaned out the casing again, it seemed fine-until I tried to bring up the bobbin thread! Turns out, there was a metal bar that was reaching across the shuttle, and I didn't know where it came from or where it needed to go back to. DH managed to figure it out, and put it all back together, and NO SCREWS LEFT OVER!! Lovin that man of mine!!! Prism99, I read him your post about the timing, so will keep a watch for that. Thanks again, everyone!! Breathing a cautious sigh of relief!