Can any one confirm this is the correct way to install the stepsticks in the Sanguinololu?
http://www.geeetech.com/new-stepstick-a4988-stepper-driver-pololureprap-4layer-pcb-p-651.html
Looks correct, if I am correct those are geeetech stepper drivers on the bottom there should be a silk screen look for “en” or “gnd” and make sure it maches up with the “en” and or “gnd” silk screamed on the board. And I do believe there potentiometers work in the opposite direction as normal ones unless they fixed that issue.
Edit: lol didn’t notice the geeetech link 
The thick traces are facing the motor connectors - that’s what I usually look for. Looking good there.
Thanks for the input
Yep looks all fine to me! Nice color driverboards!
Should I set the pots to about middle of the range first run?
The center position is actually quite a lot of current already, enough for them to go into thermal shutdown. You won’t damage them or anything, but i’d suggest starting at about 15° off-center (clockwise) and work your way up (or down) from that. Grab some heatsinks and crank 'em up further if you feel like they’re not delivering enough current.
Good to know they will shut down before frying. Now if I can get a firmware on here I will be good
Like Thomas said, always have heatsinks. I’m justobsessive about it because part of my real job is cooling electronic components
Just put an ammeter in line with the 12V power input. Install and tweak the boards one at a time. Personally, I turn them down and then turn 'em up until they just work.
The pot’s wiper (where you stick a screwdriver in) generally also carries Vref - so just use that as a test point.
However, the motors don’t have an optimal set point that you could read from the data sheet. Even their rated current might not be the current you want to run them at, because the drivers can get kinda finicky with their microstepping at higher currents. As long as the drivers don’t overheat, you’re not losing steps, your motors don’t get too hot and they don’t sound like a screaming banshee, you should be fine with any current you set them at.
@Vik_Olliver an Ampmeter on the 12V line will give you hugely incorrect values, since the driver (in combination with the motor’s coils) forms a step-down converter.
Usually, you want to turn the pot all the way counterclockwise. Then turn it up about 90 degrees.
Do your motors work? Turn it down. Do they stutter or don’t move? Turn it up… (gently… you want to go as slow as can be)
@Mike_Ashcraft please note if these drivers are from Pololu, current is raised clockwise, but if these are from geeetech it will be counterclockwise instead.
Maybe they’re built in the southern hemisphere?
It must be it 'cause right now I am adjusting the current of a printrboard sold by that same company and it is again raising current counterclockwise.