Hello fellow CNCers

Hello Forum!

I am a new owner of a Stepcraft 2 600 machine and new to this forum as well.

I'd like to give the guys at StoneyCNC (especially Rory) a huge thanks for their patience and amazing customer service in helping me overcome teething issues (and the fixes may help other neophytes):

• some parts missing from the kit (make sure you do a full inventory before begining assembly)
• general axis tuning (find the StoneyCNC videos on YouTube - invaluable)
• the official grease is sticky at low temperatures and the Stepcraft recomended operating temperature range is a rare event even in a Global-warming influenced Scottish summer and right now it's winter! (clean it off and use light machine oil - I doubled my y-axis jog speed doing this)
• grub screw on the x and z axis undo themselves even when properly seated and tightened (use blue Loctite threadlocker)

When the final fix is done (loctite on order) I shall be able to actually make something instead of just doing tests. Anyway, I hope to learn a lot here from all your experience and contribute my own as it grows.

Jon