Finn wanted a boat. Just five pieces, and he helpfully drew a picture of it.

I found a Laser cut Noah's Ark DXF and downloaded it.

Corel Draw loaded the plans as 'outlines,' at least, once I clicked 'convert outline to object' I got something I could work with.

My …

Finn and I started to play Splendor in my office, and I looked down on the book shelf and there was a picture of Molly's first day of Fourth Grade in 1997, With me, Molly, and a five month old Madeline.

We are in front of the barn on the …

Files: - projects/heart_words/live_laugh_fist.ecp - projects/heart_words/live_laugh_fist.dxf

Rose 1/4" Acrylic engrave speed 300 power 40 cut speed 8 power 90

I should do engraving tests. I think I had 500-40 at one point.

There were 'echoes' or ghost lines. About 8 mm to the right or lower …

Files:

black 3 mm Cell Cast Acrylic sheet, Chemcast engrave speed 300 power 40 cut speed 20 power 60 three passes

40 mm coin. Moose on one side. The number 4 or 6 on the other

It is fun how quickly you normalize improvements in your personal hedonic index.

Economists …

I had the front doors of the laser off, which might be a bad idea. In this photo you see the 'hatch' or top cover, and then two doors with key sockets on each side.

The two doors are actually one, but it is hinged in the middle so that …

Work holding and tooling are like 90% of doing well in a machine shop, and maybe 60% in a wood shop.

I first started with laser cutters in 2009 at TechShop, and that was before I knew about work holding and tooling.

Then I got to live on a property …

Zach wrote an instructable about his DIY Fume Extractor.

Lensdigital Wrote about his build.

And now perhaps it is my turn.

But it is a lot of work, and how well does it work?

I don't like the carbon being on the sides, it means that if the carbon isn't …

(an ongoing post)

Laser Love and Beer! Continuing my hopeful inclusion in North Bay Python.

I paid for my Laser cutter right before NBay Python 2024, while I was frantically and frenetically working on my talk about cocktail robotics.

It was in the period I defined as the great laser …

Original date: 2015-01-08 09:39:22

"From 1973-1976 America suffered more wounds to its' ideal of itself than at just about any other time in its' history. Criminal president, oil shock, inflation, military defeat, etc..."

Apparently from Rick Perlstein

That was exactly when I formed a substantial piece of my …

Original Date: 2020-06-15 11:05:49 I have not been using this blog because it was intended to be for serious and professional things, but time for a pivot. So onward with new focus. New vigor.

This tweet by Brandon Taylor from May 14, 2020 has stuck with me.

"The …