Disconnects are costing a lot of time. Time is money

[LiamN (Liam Newcombe)]

If you’re using dust extraction consider grounding the machine and as Kyle says, use a grounded anti static hose for the dust extraction.

Grounding your Shapeoko

Why would you want to ground your Shapeoko? This isn’t something everybody should do, but if you have either of the following issues, you should consider it; Dust & chip accumulation (on rails and V wheels causing movement problems) Random disconnects (when cutting plastics or when extraction is on) There’s nothing ‘wrong’ with the way the Shapeoko is delivered and there’s no safety issue WRT grounding on the machines (if you add a VFD spindle that must be properly grounded but that’s not for…