New Machine yesterday, out of the box today.
Went through the setup process, everything appeared routine. No unexpected problems. Put the small 'sample project' (the clamshell) on the flash card, to test the machine.
Followed the instructions -- a little difficulty getting the bit in place -- and ran the project. Everything worked well...nice little carving.
HOWEVER, at the conclusion, the carving head parked at the extreme left of the machine...this seemed strange to me. I couldn't find any command that would move it to the center....like a computer printer printhead.
Decided to run a second, duplicate board, to see what happened. The head DID move back and forth over the board a number of times, like it was measuring or whatever. Then it re-parked extreme left, and the error message Y-Axis error 236 came up. After hitting stop as instructed, I tried to run the program again. The head would not move at all, and the error message repeated.
Now the head is 'locked' at the extreme left side of the machine. Unplugging doesn't reset anything, and the error code comes up every time, with no head movement.
There are 7 1/2 minutes of use on this new machine -- a Sears unit -- and that seems just a bit quick for it to fail.
What is the right thing to do?
Terry in Iowa