Thank you for sharing your problem. I always feel like a super dummy when I do something stupid, but I usually remember not to do it again. We learn by doing and the more we share the more we care; quilters are wonderful teachers and I've learned so much from this board and its members. Thirty years of quilting and I still learn new things; and I still do dumb things.

So glad everything worked out for you. Your DH knew it would be worth the time and expense to have a service call.

Thanks for sharing your "BooBoo". It will definitely help someone else. All of us make them. They are steps to learning.

don't have a computerized LA, but on a couple of occasions have hit a ruler edge and cringe--so worried I'll knock off the timing.

Oh the things I have done to my Innova! First I caught the lamp shade of a floor lamp with the back handle and when I stopped the machine, the lamp fell on the go button then pushed the machine across the quilt. When I was setting the height of the hopping foot, I stuck my nickel under the hopping foot then broke loose the screw that holds the hopping foot and hit the needle down button at the same time...divot from the needle in my nickel, shattered needle - put in a new needle and off I went. Chipped a chunk out of a ruler when the hopping foot came down on it (never did find that chunk of plastic). None of these "oops" ever knocked the timing out of whack. I even had a needle fall out when I was quilting - I didn't tighten it down properly - bent the needle but that was all. Guess my Innova is pretty "me-proof"!!

Had that needle oops, too! thought I'd tightened it well, but guess I had some oil on the threads and it worked loose--what a racket when it slipped down and broke. Luckily just needed to replace needle.

Farm Quilter, you made me LOL! Thanks, I needed that.

So glad I could make you LOL!! We all need that!!! I've done some really weird things to my poor girl, but she just keeps on stitchin' for me - can't ask for anything more!!! Quilting, especially longarm quilting, is such a solitary pursuit, that we need to connect somewhere!! I can drag my sewing machine to sew with you, but I'm not bringing my longarm and frame!!! If someone could come up with a really solid frame that was easy to fold up and travel with, they will definitely have a winner! Then we could have longarm quilting retreats :)