machine arriving today

[optionman]

can any of you experienced users give me some tips on dealing with a brand new machine out of the box. any immediate dos and donts? what exactly needs to be oiled/lubed and does the machine come with recommended lubricant?

thanks in advance

[MikeMcCoy]

There is a "Carvewright Machine" Forum on the main page that has a lot of good/required reading.

http://www.carvewright.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4526

[Kenm810]

SAVE the BOX, and all the Packing Materials

[Eagle Hollow]

From front to back! Spend as much time as it takes to read the forum. There's a wealth of experience available in it. Lastly...don't be afraid to ask questions in this forum.

Good luck and happy carving.

Jerry

Running1.126

[JOHNB]

optionman; keep this handy
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Option 4

[mtylerfl]

can any of you experienced users give me some tips on dealing with a brand new machine out of the box. any immediate dos and donts? what exactly needs to be oiled/lubed and does the machine come with recommended lubricant?

thanks in advance

Hello optionman,

Welcome!

Read at least these two issues of the CarveWright Tips & Tricks Newsletters...

ISSUE 3 December 2007 (http://www.carvebuddy.com/PDFs/CW_TipsandTricks_Newsletters/CarveWrightTips&Tricks_Dec07.pdf) - Teaches you how to properly setup your carving projects so you'll avoid very common "pilot errors"

ISSUE 4 January 2008 (http://www.carvebuddy.com/PDFs/CW_TipsandTricks_Newsletters/CarveWrightTips&Tricks_Jan08.pdf) - Teaches you how to maintain your machine and lists the appropriate lubes for different parts of the machine

(click the links to download the pdf's of the newsletters)

You can download all the other newsletters at http://www.carvebuddy.com/learning_center.html