Another elephant in the room!
I just wanted to make something with the only piece of Hawthorne wood I had.
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Didnāt quite get the scale from the first two picturesā¦ thatās a nice chunk of wood right there!
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I spent about 25 minutes waiting for 400 holes to be drilled in a 3 Player cribbage board. My dust shoe completely covers the board, so I donāt get to see how itās going until itās done. Hereās what it looks like while drilling.
So, when it finishes and I move the spindle out of the way, I am greeted by thisā¦
Apparently, I had the spindle too close to the clamp, and on start, it plunged to +0.10" then moves to the first hole. The bit sank into the clamp on the corner and snapped off.
Popped in a new drill and ran the code again and it worked out fine in the end.
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my first official sale! Itās not perfect and learned a few tricks along the way but iām really happy how it turned out. onward and upward!
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I like the layered look of your sign. Next time perhaps cover up the layers of plywood, though. The vertical inside walls would look better if my eye couldnāt see them, because my mind wonders why there are so many color stripes there.
It looks like your sign is made of two sheets where the hearts are carved out of the bottom layer and the background is just whatās remaining after the depth of cut. (You got lucky if it is that way, because the inner layers of plywood are fraught with defects.)
Perhaps paint the background and the inside walls the same color? They would be less visible that way.
Overall, though, I like it. +1
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Thanks. He liked the look of the striped. He showed me something on Pinterest and said āI want thatā. The back is a 1/8 inch piece of luan.
I thought about covering those inside stripes but itās pretty intricate in most spots.
Next time 
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Today I practiced subtractive manufacturing using a 8mm endmill to obliterate some oak.
Only to realize after 30min that while this was to be the beginning of a fancy 3D carve, my roughing parameters were overly aggressive and some of the narrow features at the top wereā¦obliterated by the roughing pass, too.
Back to the drawing board!
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Oh the old drawing board.
This proves even a master can make mistakes. One of the signs of a master is admitting mistakes, sucking it up and charging forward lesson learned and remembered.
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So, only the drawing board survived the rampage of CNC-ing 
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So in the spirit of ācharging forward lesson learnedā, Iām trying a new approach after the disaster shown above. In fact a friend of mine asked if I could make something based on the cover of that album he likes:
I searched the interwebs and found a 3D model of it on Thingiverse, and since 3D-carving it from a thick piece of oak failed and I did not feel like trying a second time, I chose a different approach, used the vectors to layout 2D slices, and I plan to stack them horizontally. I cut the first batch of 30 slices from black 2mm acrylic
40 mores slices to go. And then to find a way to paint the edges white, to end up with what I hope will be a thing that looks somewhat similar to that album cover, weāll see.
In the process I also learned that this album cover represents radio signal pulses from the first pulsar discovered, CP 1919.
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A go-nogo gauge for a project Iām working on.
The interesting part was dialing in the size. Since GRBL doesnāt support cutter comp,
I had to get creative. So I set up the postprocessor to output āM00 (Measure Part)ā
when it sees Cutter Comp Off. Then created a path for a 1.574" circle, starting at 1.578 &
stepping down by 0.0004 (resolution of machine), and measure the part after each pass.
Then STOP the program when it hits the right dimension.
Iāll do the same with the part Iām using the gauge on.
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Now that is some interesting detail.
Look forward to seeing the finished product too.
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I look at that image, and I see a perfect image for diamond drag engraving on an āAbsolute Blackā granite floor tile.
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Good idea, and I do have a few black tiles to spare, so Iāll give this a try if my current idea falls short!
First box Iāve made. It now belongs to my wife of 20 years! And yes, that is a ring cut from plywoodā¦
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I apologise mentioning this for such a sweet gift, but I think you forgot leap years in your calculationsā¦
I knowā¦ overly pedanticā¦ but as a guide for next yearās box, a year is 365.2425 days or thereabouts. The relative increase for the other units will be welcomed next year, Iām sure 
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This response is a classic example of why engineers donāt get dates. 
(just kidding Gerryā¦ 
)
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I blame Hallmark! 
I actually looked up 20yr anniversary quotes and didnāt even think about the leap yearsā¦ oh well, she didnāt notice!!
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After 20 years (weāve got to 50 years), no oneās counting!
PS. At least you didnāt carve all that in stone! 
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