Quickstart

1. Turn on dedicated desktop computer, start Mach3.
2. 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.
3. "Tab" key brings up the jog controls.
4. MDI tab in Mach3 allows manual G-Code entry. This is useful for commanding the mill to specific locations (eg. g0 x0 y0 z5) .
5. Gently change mill bits with crescent wrenches. Finger tight is often sufficient.

Cleanup

1. Turn off all three power switches noted above.
2. Shutdown dedicated computer.
3. 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.

Otherwise, the mill is robust and newbie friendly.