Primary Rules


No Trolling - Do not post comments in threads with the sole purpose to cause an argument. You are free to express your opinion on a matter, but this is not the place to abuse anyone who doesn't have the same opinion as you. Repeat trolling will result in a ban.
No Abusive Posts - Be nice to each other. Anyone who is found to be abusive to another member will be banned at the Moderators' discretion.
No Obscenity - This is a family friendly forum - do not post any obscene messages or pictures, including pornography. Doing so will result in an instant ban.
No Politics and/or Religion- Our members come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and many may not share your religious beliefs or political views. Messages of support for others are always welcome but should not have a specific religious or political content. Please respect the diversity of religious/political beliefs among fellow bulletin board participants.
No Commercial Posts without prior authorization.
No Impersonation of Other Users.
No All Caps - This is seen as rude. Please don't do it.
No Excessive Bumping - If people want to reply to your thread they will do. Please don't post repeatedly in your own thread to bump it. You may make a bumping post if 24 hours has past and your topic has received no reply.
No Large Pictures in Signatures - A few words are fine, or an image no greater than 550x75 pixels in size.
No Off-topic Links to Personal Websites without prior authorization.
No copyrighted information should be posted without prior written authorization.

The Phlatforum is dedicated to the support and selling of the Phlatboyz machines aka machines created by Mark and Trish Carew. The Phlatforum is not a sight created for others to sell their CNC machine plans/designs/kits, etc.

Rules of Conduct
Treat Fellow Posters with Respect and Courtesy - Always.
No Piracy - No discussion of how to illegally obtain copyrighted material or links to websites promoting subversion of copyright.
No Posting of Personal Contact Information - For your safety, no public posting of any personal contact information is permitted.
No Flaming or posting of material intended to start a flame war.


Non-Compliance to Rules
A three strike system is in effect for any user failing to fully comply with the rules:

First Offense: A warning.
Second Offense: Individual forum or forum-wide suspension.
Third Offense: A permanent site-wide ban.


In severe cases the offender may be banned before making 3 offenses.

Being a member of the Phlatforum is a privilege, not a right. We reserve the right to ban any user at any time for any reason with or without warning.

If you have a problem with any particular user(s), send a PM to one of the moderators and they will look into the problem. Please do not contact moderators or staff about petty squabbles.