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--- checklist:cnc_startup [2025/03/27 20:51] – add pic of controls 8c244b37-0747-c193-0a4e-0967254778dd
+++ checklist:cnc_startup [2025/03/31 13:26] (current) – 8c244b37-0747-c193-0a4e-0967254778dd
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 * 2. Empty the shop vac connected to the Shapeoko
-* 3. Turn on Shapeoko cutter via it's round start button
+* 3. Verify the table and all drive mechanisms are free of debris.
-* 4. Push the round start button on the lower front of the VDF controller
+* 4. Turn on Shapeoko cutter via it's round start button
+* 5. Push the round start button on the lower front of the VDF controller, if the lower light is off, push the button. When the lower light is lite the spindle is ready to power on when your program starts. The top led is flashing 0.0.
-The VDF controller should look like the following,
-{{cnc:vdfcontroller.jpg}}
-* 5. if the lower light is off, push the button. When the lower light is lite the spindle is ready to power on when your program starts. The top led is flashing 0.0.
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 * 6. plug in thumb drive
-* 7. check your vcarve file and generate gcode
+* 7. Select the carbide motion software.
-* 8. Select the carbide motion software.
+* 8. import your vcarve file into Carbide Motion and generate gcode
 * 9. Initialize machine as you normally did.
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 I have not included all steps in the process assuming you know some of them already. I tried to
 highlight what I saw as changes to what I normally do.
+* 6. The shop vac should start once the spindle reaches a certain speed.
+The VDF controller should look like the following,
+{{cnc:vdfcontroller.jpg}}
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