1 year and a few months in…
I was cutting a cribbage board from a design/file I had created a while back.
In the original I had set it up to cut two boards per panel (22.75" x 9.25" each + profile cuts)
I was going to cut only one last night, so I selected one of the boards (in the design file) and dragged it off the material surface and out of sight (to save from deleting it).
Set my material dimension and zero’d the bit and started cutting. It all went pretty decent until the end of the “first” board. After it was cut, the shapeoko tried to go to where I had dragged the other board in design. my first crash…what a sound. I had to power cycle and re initialize. Checked the zero position and it was still good.
Lesson from this instance, If you are going to cut a project from a previous file. If you make any changes, check for any included items that may be on that files design page but not in the material area.
also, another thing, If you do crash your machine, after restarting, re-check all v-wheels, set screws and belts.
It’s a rite of passage. Today had a minor scuffle myself - was all excited to use a new tapered ball end mill, but accidentally typed depth to start at 0.7 to 0.75" instead of 0.07 to 0.075". Heard a little bit louder machining noise, went to the computer and decreased the feedrate a few clicks before I saw it plunging deep!
Yeah,
Stepper motors like you to know when they disapprove of your CAM 
Fortunately most of the axis limit stalled vibrating stepper noises are like a small dog, the bark is worse than the damage.
Just try to avoid sending the cutter into things that are made of steel, you will look more embarrassed for longer and may have to buy a new cutter…
I sure would like to see that machine up close.
That is very ingenious.
Kind of reminds me of the old Lino-type machines.
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