Yes, I have heard that you should never blow into your machine workings. Always suck the dust out. It makes sense to me.

For a cone holder see http://www.longcreekmills.com/product/stand.html (on sale, ususally $33.95 now $9.59). They also have quilting thread (50wt) on sale, usually $9.95 for $3.

Superior threads is having a "try me" special;" you choose the thread & quantity, they choose the color. http://www.superiorthreads.com/shop/...cials/products

(I just placed an order for the try-me's at Superior Threads; haven't ever used Long Creek Mills, so can't say anything about either as far as service.)

Connective Threads? hapytlk

Hi! I also have a Janome 6600. It is a great little machine, and I love it. It has so many different stitches I don't think I will ever use all of them, but you never know. I too use a wide mouth canning jar to hold my large spools of thread, works great. :-) I get my thread from Marathon Thread, I usually get them at the different quilt shows I go to but they do have a web site you can go to also. I like the Essentials thread form Connecting Threads also but I find it a wee bit linty. :cry:

How about the tension on your Janome?? Mine is a 350E, embroidery only, and I am not happy: I keep having to lower the upper tension... I have 2 friends who have had the same problem. I had to take the upper tension down to almost zero to get a good stitch quality. I am not happy with Janome at all. Would never buy another one of any way shape nor form. No really good support or answer. If you ask them a question they are in la-la land. Well, did you do this, or did you do that??? It also is supposed to be able to tell what color to use... not the case, that simply doesn't work. The last ignoramous salesman I spoke with asked me if I was threading it correctly! Hello!! Hello! I finally took half the machine apart on my own and tightened up the bobbin tension until it can't get any tighter, and now it gives me a decent stitch at a setting of about 3 to 4 on the upper tension. I have a Husqvarna Rose which has a limited field of 4x4, but you can't beat the stitches. Absolute quality every time. But who wants just a 4x4 field? I digitize, and it does come out well with the Janome. Does anyone else use their MB4 digitizing program? It's about time that everyone should be aware of the pitfalls of some of these so called wonderful machines...

crazyquilter, so sorry you are having prob w/an individual shop/dealer..I have to admit you are the only one I've heard that didn't like their Janome and are having problems. I am sure it is not actually the janome,but, the 'who' you are dealing with.. I'm not sure where you are, but, I'd defin. outreach. My mom has the exact machine you have and just bought it about 6m ago and she has not let it cool off yet! She has absol. not had any problems at all and loves hers. She has had to do NO adjustments to it at all. In fact she's been doing so great with it she ran back into the shop she purchased it to find out some more tricks to it. Do outreach and seek the right help! There has to be nothing more frustrating then to be in your situation right now. Do keep us posted and good luck! Skeat

Thanks for your kind and sympathetic response, but maybe your mom hasn't used hers as much as I?? Maybe I got a "lemon", but no one seems to want to help me. When I buy a machine, it has to work, and I mean work. I don't want a machine that might work for one pattern once every 2 weeks. I want something that will work like this old Pfaff 1475 that has worked for 19 years: I mean sewing everyday; wedding dresses; prom dresses for half the grads in Torrance CA, costumes; etc, an old work horse like you would never believe. I don't want a Janome that I paid about 2500 for it and software that doesn't work at all the way I want. We all need to speak up and say what is right and what is wrong. Maybe it works well for you, but for those it doesn't work for, they need to stand up and have a voice. This will help us all in the long run!!! Not angry, but we just all need to stand ourr ground for what is right...

(think it was mountainDeb? wrote):
....From time to time I also use a can of air to clean, but I think I heard somewhere that you can force some of those little dust bunnies into the crevises and foul up your machine. Any one else heard of this?

I have heard that you shouldn't blow air into your machine, but I can give you a reason that ppl here in the south, especially, would benefit from....ALLERGIES. I bought ONE can of this canned air and used it on my serger i think, and all the dust blew back into my face and I had a bad reaction. Not the kind that makes you call the EMT's, but bad enough. I broke out into hives and in less than a minute was the most irritable feeling I think I have ever been in my life. I have been angry before, but this was a form of agitation that was unreal. My allergist said that was the dust/reaction! :shock: anyway...I won't be doing that again, lol. funny NOW! :D

crazy quilter wrote:
.....We all need to speak up and say what is right and what is wrong. Maybe it works well for you, but for those it doesn't work for, they need to stand up and have a voice. This will help us all in the long run!!! Not angry, but we just all need to stand ourr ground for what is right...

maybe if you go to janome.com and contact them with your complaints they can give you some suggestions to get satisfaction. I agree, consumers have a right to complain about any product, but when we pay the kind of money we do for these machines, they should tap dance and do dishes! (at the same time too, lol! :wink: )

been there, done that! No help. Janome, beware.