dkj4linux
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Looking great David! I haven't been using my laser much because I'm a little frustrated with the G2 lens. Seems like I have a harder time cutting than people who went with the 3 element - even though the G2 is supposed to be more efficient. I'm guessing it's the slightly larger spot of the G2 that disperses the energy over a larger area. Need to pickup a 3 element to try but hasn't been a high budget priority because I decided to build a new nano quad instead. (been having a lot of fun learning Onshape and redrawing that eggbot as well as designing this new nano quad frame...which flew for the first time last night!)
I did get to give the MPCNC a bit of a workout last weekend however. My daughter wanted to have a birthday party for the two goldfish she won at the county fair last year since it's fair time again. She's not only managed to keep them alive but they've grown so much we had to move them from their 10 gallon tank to a 30 gallon. Anyway, my wife agreed to this fish party as long as it had a very limited guest list. Even so my daughter wanted to do it right. Cupcakes, a craft project (they made fishtanks out of construction paper decorated with glitter and markers), and "pin the tail on the fish" which was where the MPCNC came in
I found a nice fancy goldfish SVG which I used the MPCNC to draw onto a sheet of DTFB. Then made slightly smaller versions of it's tail which I used the laser to engrave and cut from posterboard. The kids loved it
I really need to catch up on some of my projects. Just haven't had a lot of time to get out to my shop to work on them the past few weeks
Thanks, Jason. It's so good to hear from you.
I've decided that Onshape is the CAD I really need to get familiar with but really haven't been able to spend the time with it that I need to. I probably need to identify an "eggbot" project -- as you did -- which would give me the excuse to spend the necessary time with it. BTW your Eggbot design might be it... I have a couple of grandkids next door that I'm sure would go crazy over it
-- David