I don't know how many of you do repairs on your embroidery machines. If it looks like something I can do I will make the necessary repairs. Last weekend I had the wonderful task of replacing a needle bar reciprocator. After reviewing the technical drawings in the book and watching a YouTube video I was set to go. I start tearing the head down when a screw popped out, hitting the table top and then the floor. Where it bounced to nobody knows. Now I am on the floor with a magnet looking for this damn screw, hitting my head and cussing. After about 10mins I find it. I get back to the task at hand when I drop another screw..........SONOFABITCH!!! After I find the screw I get thinking there has to be a simple way to prevent dropped screws from hitting the floor. I put backing in a jacket back and put the jacket back on the machine. The next screw that dropped fell into the jacket back. No more crawling around looking for dropped screws. Another plus was that I put the tools in the jacket back and they were close. If I was smart I would have thought of doing this from the start to avoid all aggravation.
