Forest CNC Shutdown

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REMEMBER To Reserve Time!

Various tools such as the lasers (Epilog or Audrey), 3D Printers, and Forest CNC need to be reserved before using the tool. Review the Slack channel for the tool to reserve time.

Follow these instructions when you are finished using the CNC.

Steps

Visual

1. Park Gantry

  • Confirm you are on the main menu
  • Click SHUTDOWN (F10)
  • Click PARK (F1)
  • The machine will automatically move the gantry to the machine home position.

2. Power Off

  • Make sure that you have parked the CNC using the steps above
  • Click POWER OFF (F2)
  • This initiates a shutdown of Windows and the laptop will shutdown
  • Press the RED button on the silver CNC controller mounted to the frame

SUCCESS

  • Please make sure you have used dust collection methods to cleanup on, around and under the CNC