Pre-flight Checklist

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We’re sure you’re itching to start cutting! Before you begin making chips fly, we recommend going through these final checks to ensure you are set up for success.

Mechanical

  • All screws in the table frame have been tightened
    • End plates with T-nuts
    • End plates to Y rails
    • Crossbeams to Y rails
    • Levelling feet
    • Legs to frame

Table assembly

  • All couplers have been fully tightened on both the motor shaft and ballscrew sides

Electrical

  • Motor DIP switch positions are correct for each axis

X and Y-axis motor, from 1-5: OFF, OFF, OFF, ON, ON

Z-axis motor, from 1-5: OFF, OFF, ON, ON, ON

  • Motor cable wires are not frayed or detached from connectors
    • If they are simply detached, you can use a small screwdriver to press each orange spring terminal release to insert the wire back in
  • Inductive sensors are functional
    • Check by putting a metal object near the blue sensor face and see if a small red light triggers on the back
  • Spindle VFD is plugged in to a separate 15A circuit from the SLB-EXT control board

Software

  • Alarm 10 can be cleared after pressing and releasing the E-stop button
    • If E-stop is unresponsive, check the connections: unplug the E-stop cable, then use a screwdriver to remove the 3 screws at the bottom of the unit

  • Machine can move in the X, Y and Z directions smoothly using the jog control buttons
  • Spindle can spin up to speed, without alarms or errors, using the CW button

  • Machine is able to successfully home without alarms or errors
    • Jog the machine away from the X, Y and Z sensors
    • Press “Home”
    • If you encounter alarms or errors see this troubleshooting page

Default homing at back left corner on AltMill