Sainsmart PROVER V2 Assembly and Startup

A very detailed assembly video of the SainSmart 3018 Prover V2 CNC.

[johnfogg]

Just bought a Prover V2. To be delivered today 5/4/23. This video was VERY helpful! THANKS!! Love the Vice Grip Garage hat!!!

[mitchell]

Great help thanks. I'll watch this video again when I buy one

[incubatork]

JFYI, The way you fitted the collet directly to the motor first they can come loose, with All ER collets you fit the collet to the collet nut first at a 45º then straiten it and it clicks in, then fit the assembly to the motor loosely then the bit.

[jamiejohnson]

im ordering one today .. but are the spindle holder and the rail guides under the build plate made of plastic?? i really hope they are aluminum . does anyonee know ?

[martinmacko]

Just be aware candle and driver from USB stick contain malware .... Better download by yourself from internet.

[Space]

Why does it left the first letter last and gp back and forth with the rest? it looks to me that there is have to be a more efficient way to do that 🤔🤔

[robertford]

Thanks Roger. This was the best one I found. I had mine set up fine but it was the configuration in Candle. between your instructions and theirs I finally got it to work. Do you have a video on how to choose your bit? There are 10 bits and was curious if they made a difference. I assume so. Also how do you pick right speed? is there a standard somewhere?

[natalieeddy]

Wow, this would be so much more useful if you could actually see what was being done. Most people that come to YouTube for instruction, are doing so because they need the visual. When all you can see is the persons hands blocking what they are doing, it is not helpful. I would suggest another camera angle, maybe from above?

[youmbgtube]

I received a PROver V1 for Christmas and returned it for the V2 based on your videos and others reviews. I see you do a lot of laser work. I have the laser kit. Problem is on the V1 you connected the laser board to the PWM 2-pin connector on the main board and supply power to the laser board with a 12V power supply.

Now the V2 does not have a 2-pin. It only has a 3-pin "laser" connector. Took 3 emails until SainSmart CS gave me an answer on how to hook it up to the V2. They say to use the 3-pin and still use the 12V power supply. I haven't had time to try this but a little worried because the 3-pin has a power wire and don't want to mess anything up. Have you tried your laser on the V2 yet? If so how did you make connections?