Long cut times - any precautions before hitting go and walking away?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

As noted in the Machine Operating Checklist:

https://my.carbide3d.com/faq/machine-operating-checklist/

Never leave the machine running unattended/unsupervised.

If a cut is taking a long while, look into why — adjust the tool used, the toolpaths, feeds, speeds, &c. The feeds and speeds in Carbide Create are quite conservative, see:

See

Intro to CNC - Part 5: Feeds & Speeds

for concepts on this and see the series #MaterialMonday:

#MaterialMonday on YouTube

@wmoy has begin a series of YouTube videos on #MaterialMonday. For the full list: https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/materialmonday A central tenet of this series is an acknowledgement that the hobby CNC routers need different numbers for different sorts of paths. Thus far he has done: Aluminum: Shapeoko 3: [Aluminum Feeds and Speeds for the Shapeoko - #MaterialMonday] [Machining Aluminum with the 278-Z on the Shapeoko - #MaterialMonday] Nomad 883 Pro: [Sing…

for specifics and also see:

Feeds & speeds