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=Quickstart=
# Turn on dedicated desktop computer. Mach3 is available under MS Windows.
# Turn on all three lightswitches: back of the "MicroProto Systems, MicroMill DSLS 3000" box, top of the M3/M5 box, and to the side of the mill spindle. (Switches are circled in white in the image to the right)
# Double click the desktop shortcut "CNC_mill" to open software. "Tab" key brings up the jog controls.
# MDI tab in Mach3 allows manual G-Code entry. This is useful for commanding the mill to specific locations (eg. g0 x0 y0 z5) .
# Gently change mill bits with crescent wrenches. Finger tight is often sufficient.

=Cleanup=
# Turn off all three power switches noted above.
# Shutdown dedicated computer.
# Please cleanup the mill area and place tooling back into the mill toolbox under the bench.

=Please Avoid=
* Obviously, don't put your hands in hazardous places.
* Stay with the mill unless you really know what _all_ the risks are. Strange things can happen, particularly "dig-in" and g-code misinterpretation.
* Milling the mill itself (or our mounting hardware) is easily possible, and a rather expensive mistake.
* Use G91.1 with certain automatically generated G-Code files (eg. pcb2gcode, solidcam). Mach3 seems to default to absolute arc/circle center coordinates [http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCCNCGCodeArcsG02G03.htm which catastrophically enlarges the arcs/circles].

Otherwise, the mill is robust and newbie friendly.