Beginners Maslow 4.1 Setup and Cutting Guide

I am a new Maslow 4.1 owner. I create this step-by-step, setup and cutting guide based on my experience and the official instructions. Please review it and tell me if anything needs correction especially the Z-axis setup, Find Anchor Location, on changing router bits.

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Section 1: I would add a picture to section 1 so people know what you mean by anchor center measurements.
Section 2: When you lower the machine all the way down in section 2 It would be good to save this position as z stop. z stop is the reference for the machine to start counting from a zero point for z . Z home is separate from this , it is where the machine returns to.
Step 3 doesn’t make much sense at the moment for the most recent firmware. You could set the work piece size using options and that would restrict the size of the calibration
Step 4 you may need to press release tension first.
It looks like step 2 and 7 are the same or repetitive?

we are working as a community on improving the instructions for getting started

The community builds it in github here: You could propose edits there if you like as well.

Thank you, wouldchuck, for the corrections.

I updated my Maslow 4.1 step-by-step app based on your recommendations, including:

• Z Stop vs. Z Home
• Workpiece/work-area settings for calibration
• Release Tension
• Removing repetitive steps
• A diagram showing anchor center-to-center measurements

I’m attaching the updated app.

Would you please review it and let me know if anything is still incorrect or should be changed?

My goal is to make the instructions very simple for a beginner while keeping them technically correct for the current Maslow firmware.

Thank you again for your help and for the work the community is doing on the documentation.

Maslow 4.1 App — Community Corrected V6

Brilliant!!!