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Hey Dave of Dave's Famous Plane Fame!<br>
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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.<br>
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Chat -- if you get an irc client, connect to irc.freenode.net and
join #allthingswoodworking or #cnc sometime!<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Jason Beam
Sacramento, CA</pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/28/2020 3:56 PM, David Higgins via
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">P.S. What ever happened to
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<div> On Tuesday, April 28, 2020, 12:28:01 PM PDT, Jason Beam
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<div> Not to pollute the memorial thread for Joe, I
thought I'd start a new one to answer your question...<br>
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Royce so succulently said....<br>
<p><font color="#cc66cc">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?</font></p>
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<p><font color="#cc66cc">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.</font></p>
<p>To which I alluringly reply....</p>
<p>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.<br>
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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. <br>
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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! <br>
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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.<br>
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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. <br>
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<p>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. <br>
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<p>HTH<br>
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Sacramento, CA</pre>
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