# Successful First Cut **URL:** \ **Category:** Maslow Community\ **Tags:** first-cut\ **Created:** [May 9, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/successful-first-cut/20998 "2024-05-09T17:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![noiseislife](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/noiseislife/32/22834_2.png) [@noiseislife](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/noiseislife)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/successful-first-cut/20998/1 "2024-05-09T17:40:46Z")
![firstcutaction](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/3X/3/1/31cb17887921494232677426635e672a00da7e14.jpeg) ![firstcut](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/3X/5/8/589dc123c15dea75276db39d70af07b58a028f46.jpeg) Very excited. I used default MakerCAM settings which was of course extreme overkill for foam, but I had to start somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![bar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bar/32/10_2.png) [@bar](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/bar)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/successful-first-cut/20998/2 "2024-05-09T17:42:36Z")
Great work! Not only is it your first cut, I think that this is the first cut done by anyone using MakerCAM in years since it’s been offline…excellent! ---
**Author:** ![noiseislife](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/noiseislife/32/22834_2.png) [@noiseislife](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/noiseislife)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/successful-first-cut/20998/3 "2024-05-09T17:53:37Z")
It appeared at the perfect time. I had started looking at Estlcam, but the learning curve is a bit steeper than MakerCam. I was able to going in MakerCam very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![jwolter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/jwolter/32/30787_2.png) [@jwolter](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/jwolter)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/successful-first-cut/20998/4 "2024-05-10T16:53:52Z")
Congratulations on your first cut! ---
**Author:** ![gazinux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dec6dc/32.png) [@gazinux](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/gazinux)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/successful-first-cut/20998/5 "2024-05-10T18:01:03Z")
I was psyched when I first started milling the XPS material at how many uses it has–like for silicon molds. Need a custom gasget? just vasoline the slot and pour liquid silicon in and snap off your gasget after it sets. good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![ronlawrence3](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/ronlawrence3/32/7886_2.png) [@ronlawrence3](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/ronlawrence3)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/successful-first-cut/20998/6 "2024-06-16T16:04:15Z")
Well, not the “first” but “first successful” anyway ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/3X/1/f/1f737a8016a41cff96f16469b48d8f7c07ba4576.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![bar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/bar/32/10_2.png) [@bar](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/bar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/successful-first-cut/20998/7 "2024-06-17T16:37:23Z")
😍 😍 😍 😍 😍 What was the trick to getting things working? ---
**Author:** ![Carson\_Barry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/carson_barry/32/23367_2.png) [@Carson\_Barry](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Carson_Barry)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/successful-first-cut/20998/8 "2024-06-17T16:50:08Z")
> [@15mm error while running code](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/15mm-error-while-running-code/21106/131): > > So… confirmed. I downgraded with the following process: took down maslow from frame. Saved off my calibration numbers. uploaded 0.64 firmware, index.html.gz, and maslow.yaml (after entering my frame points) power off/on. verified Z machine zero looked reasonable (fluid tab, zm): it did NOT look right so I floored Z, powered off / on. saw that zm = 0, then moved z up and put in a bit. retract /extend / hang/ apply tension/ jog around. (see note 1 below). Tried @dlang 's [manual calibration page](http://lang.hm/maslow/maslow4_manual_calibration_simple.html) …