Thanks Cathy! How the heck did I miss that? So am I right then in thinking that a BCase made for the ZZ machines would be fine in the SS machines? (Provided of course everything else is the same - i.e. it has the finger at 1 o'clock, etc.) I must have been very lucky the couple of times I've had to order the case for a machine, or else I managed to order the right one each time. The ZZ machines I'd been thinking of that I thought were side load are ones that have the whole hook move side to side, so the slot could be SS sized, yes?
THe ZZ width must be why I have 3 different sized slots on the BCases here.
I knew about the tip of the needle. I learned that when trying to take a BC out when a machine was thread jammed with the needle in the down position.
Scissors, thread cutter and a lot of muttering to the rescue.