[Woodworkers] Hey Royce

[Jason Beam]

Hey Dave of Dave's Famous Plane Fame!

I did finish the little machine - it handled Christmas rush without any 
complaint which was a relief. I haven't done Youtube in a few years 
because editing video suuuuuuucks.

Chat -- if you get an irc client, connect to irc.freenode.net and join 
#allthingswoodworking or #cnc sometime!

Jason Beam
Sacramento, CA

On 4/28/2020 3:56 PM, David Higgins via Woodworkers wrote:
> Hey beamer, it's higton your famous plain tool swap buddy. I was 
> wondering if you ever finished the mini CNC I followed the build on 
> You Tube a few years back and, always wondered if you ever finished 
> it. I'm still using my branding iron that you built me and, still 
> loving it! Take it easy bud I talk to you some other time.
>                                         Dave Higgins
>
> P.S. What ever happened to woodworking chat, I couldn't get on anymore 
> for some reason just wondering if it's even a thing anymore.
>
> On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 12:28:01 PM PDT, Jason Beam via 
> Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:
>
>
> Not to pollute the memorial thread for Joe, I thought I'd start a new 
> one to answer your question...
>
> Royce so succulently said....
>
> Speaking of topics to talk about....has anyone took the plunge into 
> CNC stuff? and how is that working out for you if you have?
>
> I have looked and am thinking about making my own...might not know 
> what I am getting myself into, but looks interesting if nothing else.
>
> To which I alluringly reply....
>
> Yessir. Around 2012, I designed and built my first CNC router. Fillmed 
> some of it back in the day and put it on YouTube. At first it was just 
> to tinker around and such. I would occasionally cut stuff for other 
> folks but nothing super serious. Then in 2016, I had enough workin' 
> for the man and quit my lucrative programming job. Spent the rest of 
> that summer living the good life sitting on my ass doin' nothin. Ahh, 
> memories.
>
> My machine was built of mainly an MDF torsion box for the table and a 
> bunch of structural aluminum shapes (channel, angle, etc). To my 
> surprise, it also did an okay job cutting some metals like aluminum 
> and brass. That summer I freeloaded, someone asked me to make 'em a 
> branding iron and I figured what the hell. Brass is pretty easy to 
> cut, why not.
>
> Well little did I know what lay before me. After some gentle nudging 
> from friends, I listed a branding iron on Etsy and what a shock. I 
> woke up the next day to 3 orders. Just like that. Holy dang. So I 
> listed a couple more designs and that first two weeks turned out to be 
> my highest earning two weeks in history. Better than my lucrative 
> programming job!
>
> Well, I says, looks to me like I found myself a way to earn a living 
> without actually needing to wear pants. It's been  3-1/2 years now. 
> I've since designed and built a dedicated CNC machine to do irons and 
> free up Ol' Bertha to get some much needed love. That first machine 
> ran hundreds of hours of irons for the first 3 years. I'm shocked it 
> still works, frankly, seein' as how I'm the knucklehead what built it.
>
> Anywho - Yep - CNC is within reach. If you're a tinkerer, building one 
> is quite a lot of fun and challenging. I'll give you the secret to 
> building a good machine: Don't cheap out and make rigidity your 
> priority. You'll thank me later.
>
> Anywho 2, Electric Boogaloo ... If'n you wanna dig into it - hop in 
> our chat room, or jump on that same network and join #cnc and I'll 
> blather endlessly until you decide to just buy one ready-made.
>
>
> HTH
>
>
> -- 
> Jason Beam
> Sacramento, CA
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