questions or suggestions

Hi folks, Brand new here, and want to apologize if most of this has already been answered in various threads. I did some high level searches to get most of my answers but it's a bit convoluted. Looking to build our new house in the next year or so. Starting to get a grip on what this is going...

Within the last hour I received my Maelstrom X (DHL). The box was fairly beat-up, but upon initial inspection, the driver seemed unharmed, (and pretty amazing). Thanks Kevin. I now have my Maelstrom X, my EP2500, and many sheets of MDF. I am ready to get started, but need some further...