I know ... Joe! Plasma! Think PLASMA!!!

[adbuch]

In the mean time, here are some introductory Fusion 360 tutorials to get you started with your cnc machining.

[Joe Jones]

This will definitely be a new learning curve for me.

Joe

[cutnweld]

hey Joe, your cash printer low on toner? How is the new laser?

[adbuch]

hey Joe, your cash printer low on toner?

I was wondering the same thing! That Langmuir MR1 is "peanuts" compared to some of this other stuff he has been loading up on. Maybe it's just more fun to spend the money that it is to actually try to learn how to use some of this.

David

[Joe Jones]

hey Joe, your cash printer low on toner? How is the new laser?

I just sold some guns the other day, so things are good. The lasers are in the FrankenBarn, and it is too $%^&* COLD out there to work with them right now. I have been focusing on other things.

Joe

[cutnweld]

Ok! Hope you dont have it cold as here, -45 celcius wind chill this morning. Converts to -49 fahrenheit

[Joe Jones]

I was wondering the same thing! That Langmuir MR1 is "peanuts" compared to some of this other stuff he has been loading up on. Maybe it's just more fun to spend the money that it is to actually try to learn how to use some of this.

David

It takes less time to BUY a sewing machine, than it does to LEARN how to use it.

Your comment implies that I am NOT TRYING.

I am trying to learn, David, as time and energy allow. I cannot control the fact that there are only 24 hours in a day, and I am only really good for about SIX of them. That is about 42 hours of productivity in a 7-day week IF I am lucky. I am learning Lightburn software for the lasers. I am learning Fusion 360 software for the 3D printers and now the MR-1. I am learning Google SketchUp for various purposes. I am learning CreativeSpace software for the X-TOOL lasers.

I am also training people to use DesignEdge software online via Zoom FREE of charge. I am also traveling around the country to help people convert tables, repair tables, and learn the software. Toss in the logistics of moving large lots of stuff won in auctions, which will all be used or sold in the not too distant future. Add in setting up the iron worker, the roll bender, the two planers, the 37" belt sander, the 48x48 TechnoCNC router table, and about a dozen other machines including five industrial size 3D printers I have acquired but not yet placed into service.

Now consider that I have NO HELP here. Yes, two teenagers drop by now and then, and they ARE helpful, but not in a production shop way. They help me clear up areas, toss trash, move things around, and such. AND ... they do not work for free. Right now it is FREEZING out there, so no work is being done simply because it is too friggin' COLD to work out there.

I have the seven coffins that will be converted into trailers and sold. I have worked out the suspension issues, but again, I am only ONE GUY

The recent haul from Virginia will become a large inventory of STUFF to be sold. The teens will sell it all, and get a hefty commission for doing so. BEFORE I sell any of these printers, I need to set up one of each model, and make sure that they CAN be used, and that there are no issues. The DaVINCI printers use microchips in their filament canisters. These chips tell the machine whether or not it can print anything. Friends are tracking down the aftermarket chips and chip resetters needed to insure that whoever buys these printers (or more likely receives them as gifts) WILL be able to use them for more than the one small sample spool of filament that comes with them.

Things are looking much better now, after Jan. 20th. I am looking forward to good things!

In a few days, these 14 lots will be sold. I may buy one, or all of them. This would mean another trip to VA., another rental truck home, more time, more help required at both ends, and so on ...

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