A little slow at this

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A little slow at this but I am just now ready to setup the Maslow 4, I have the 4.1 upgrade kit, should I assemble the 4.0 then do the upgrade or can I just jump to the 4.1

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Just assemble using the upgrade kit. The upgrade replaces parts of the arm assembly, no reason to double the work. You will need parts from both kits.

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Thanks! :+1:t2:

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Ok I have assembled the router/sled and the wooden frame but I can’t find instructions as how to mount the sled to the frame. I assume it has something to do with the carriage bolts in the corners, but assembling the arms I did not leave enough belt out to reach across the 10’ expanse.

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When you power up the maslow, you will have to first retract the belts all the
way so that the machine knows where the ends are, then you will extend the bolts
to give you enough length to attach to the frame.

David Lang

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Hi dlang, I was able to get the belts to retract but not extend.
Thanks

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Rick wrote:

Hi dlang, I was able to get the belts to retract but not extend.

what version of firmware are you running, and what exactly is happening?

David Lang

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I have not yet updated the firmware, and the belts have retracted but will not extend

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Need to extend them to hook on the frame.

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Start in the web interface:

  1. Click on Alarm if present to clear it
  2. Click on Settings
  3. Click on Retract all
  4. Click on Extend all
  5. One at a time, “yank” (really, it’s just a sharp outward tug; sometimes it works best with a twist to the side) on the belt end to get it started, then manage the belt while the Maslow 4 spools it out; keep some tension on the belt to keep it from tangling
  6. Once all four belts are fully extended, attach each belt to its corresponding corner anchor

That should get you to next steps. If you’ve been doing all that, I defer to more experienced others…

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Ok, I will do that.. thanks!

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I meant to include:

I added this to the reply above.

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Nope, no go…

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Got them out! Sneaky buggers, I thought they would all come out at once, but they came out one at a time, but only after they were tugged! Any particular order they go on the frame?

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If you place the cord toward the “bottom” of the frame, the top left belt goes to the top left anchor, and all the way around. I hope you followed the directions at assembling the router, specifically the order the arms go on.

(On this image, the router collet is facing up/us; the first arm on is facing up right when installed, but when the router is installed on the sled, that arm is top right.)

It’s important.

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Ok yup got that right at least. Now to update firmware to 1.0…

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Firmware update 1.0 does not have the maslow.yaml file. Also has a win64.zip and a posix file. One for Linux and one for windows? Does the firmware update process just find these files and install them?

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I wouldn’t call it a tug, use a prying motion to ‘bend the belt anchor end’ and this pry’s the belt. Basically you are telling the encoder to start releasing the belt.

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Rick wrote:

Got them out! Sneaky buggers, I thought they would all come out at once, but
they came out one at a time, but only after they were tugged! Any particular
order they go on the frame?

it’s really hard (but not impossible) to pull multiple of them at a time.

There is no order for hooking them to the frame (other than if you have a
vertical frame, it’s probably better to hook up the top ones first and let the
sled hang from them than to hook up the bottom ones and then pull against them
and the sled to hook up the top ones)

David Lang