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=Quickstart= | |||
# Turn on dedicated desktop computer, start Mach3. | |||
# 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. | |||
# "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. | |||
* Mach3 will not correctly handle circles in metric units. If G21 and G3 (possibly G2 as well) are used in the same gcode program, disaster will result. | |||
* Milling the mill itself (or our mounting hardware) is easily possible, and a rather expensive mistake. | |||
Revision as of 18:19, 31 May 2013
Quickstart
- Turn on dedicated desktop computer, start Mach3.
- 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.
- "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.
- Mach3 will not correctly handle circles in metric units. If G21 and G3 (possibly G2 as well) are used in the same gcode program, disaster will result.
- Milling the mill itself (or our mounting hardware) is easily possible, and a rather expensive mistake.
Pages in category "CNC Mill"
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