Holiday sales Any Word Yet?

[Apopj (Dr. Jeff Popa)]

Any word on Black Friday deals yet???

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[gorilla83 (Andrew Schutsky)]

Bump, also interested…

[LordofCandy (Andy)]

I’ve heard early this coming week they’ve got something planned. The what is always up in the air. Hoping for something healthy, the rest of the market has done some pretty good deals this year.

[TheWoodworker (Scott Hampshire)]

I’ve been told that Monday is the day the curtain will open.

[BML]

whoot whoot
Excitement level
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[mikefish (Michael)]

Santa, if you’re listening, I certainly wouldn’t mind upgrading my trim router to a VFD

[robgrz (Rob Grzesek (Carbide 3D))]

https://carbide3d.com/blog/black-friday-2023/

[clint (CC)]

How does one get the discount on Carbide Create Pro? Is there a promotional code for that?

[robgrz (Rob Grzesek (Carbide 3D))]

It should be applied when you check out. If you have trouble, let me know.

[shelkol (Sheldon Kolansky)]

Thanks, already placed my order

[Rizzo (Eric Risbrudt)]

Interesting! I’m about a week away from placing my order for a 5 pro w/VFD. Black Friday or cyber Monday would be awesome. Now I need to find a laptop or tablet to use! Lol Any recommendations?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Considerations for laptops/tablets include:

• fanless (sealed) tablets are chosen by some folks as suited to use in a dusty shop
• used laptops are a frequent choice, w/ some folks getting rugged units
• a touchscreen is a popular option

Pretty much anything which meets our system requirements:

https://carbide3d.com/carbidemotion/beta

will be fine (note that CM is 32-bit, while Carbide Create is 64).

Some folks like to use one computer for both apps, others run each on a separate one.

One option which works well for some folks is a Raspberry Pi to run Carbide Motion:

Carbide Motion on a Raspberry Pi

If you’ve got a Raspberry Pi 4 lying around give this a shot over the weekend: https://carbide3d.com/carbidemotion/pi This was a quick R&D project and we just got it working a few hours ago so we haven’t tested it too much yet. We don’t know if the Raspberry Pi will become a supported platform for us yet, but let us know if you find it useful. PS- Be sure you run sudo apt-get update before trying to install this package if you’re on a fresh Pi install

Some Mac users put a Mac Mini on the machine, then connect to the using an iPad via Sidecar.

[Rizzo (Eric Risbrudt)]

Thank you! I am hoping that this will be able to work: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-ideapad-3i-15-6-fhd-touch-laptop-core-i3-1115g4-with-8gb-memory-256gb-ssd-arctic-grey/6549066.p?skuId=6549066
I’m having to relearn a lot of things. Ha!
Thanks again

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

That should be fine — it has the advantagre of having USB-A connectors, so you’ll be able to use the bundled cord which has ferrite beads w/o needing an adapter (still looking for a USB-C–B cable w/ such).

[Rizzo (Eric Risbrudt)]

Thanks so much! There are so many stinking options

[SLCJedi (Josh Tenny)]

My personal favorite combo is the Fusion 5 Windows version tablet and Rii mini keypad.