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WillAdams wrote:Please see the balance of the suggestions at: https://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php ... pendencies

Thanks for the link.

I've gone with a factory "refresh." We'll see what happens.

For the DLL error, please see: http://docs.carbide3d.com/software-faq/missing-msvcp120-dll/ Tried this so many times I almost set my laptop on fire. Literally. :lol: For the Mac side of the house, mostly it "just works" (I think there've been one or two obscure models which haven't worked, but thos...

Hey guys- I've just about bounced my windows based laptop off the shop floor 3 or 4 times in the last day with frustration. Updated to Windows 10 and it's been an absolute nightmare. Can't get Create or Motion to work. I get a MSVCP120.dll error, when I install this file into the appropriate directo...

Rdpowell2 wrote:Yes they are

I am not homing switch equipped. I guess I should be..

Rdpowell2 wrote:I would recommend using the process listed on Carbide 3D site at http://docs.carbide3d.com/support/carbideupdater/
Thats what I used and all worked great.

Looks like homing switches are needed for that?

OK, so I just downloaded the newest Carbide Motion and after running it, it's telling me anything older than Grbl 1.1 isn't supported, so I downloaded the Grbl 1.1 hex and XLoader. I'm trying to install 1.1 via XLoader but it keeps freezing during the upload. It'll tell me it's uploading, I can hear...

This is something I just started thinking about. I had an old Dell Inspiron I was going to use, but it's Windows XP, so I'm dead in the water with that. I don't want to keep dragging my "good" laptop out into the shop. I am thinking about a small Windows 10 laptop but don't want to sink a ton of mon...

Thanks.

Homing switches are the preferred way to do this: http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Home/Limit_Switches The way to work-around it: http://docs.carbide3d.com/article/39-how-to-home-the-machine-in-the-absence-of-limit-home-switches Excellent. Some homing switches are what I need. I'll look into ...

Ok, so I'm still newbing my way through the SO3.. Unfortunately, the last 6 months my SO3 has been and still is, in storage since selling our house, but I'm still trying to learn, in the absence of my machine. One issue that I am struggling with, and I have no doubt it is operator error, is adjustin...