1. First day of school 1997

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    Finn and I started to play Splendor in my office, and I looked down on the book shelf and there was a picture of Molly's first day of Fourth Grade in 1997, With me, Molly, and a five month old Madeline.

    We are in front of the barn on the …

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  2. Heart and Rose and ghost/echoed lines

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    Files: - projects/heart_words/live_laugh_fist.ecp - projects/heart_words/live_laugh_fist.dxf

    Rose 1/4" Acrylic engrave speed 300 power 40 cut speed 8 power 90

    I should do engraving tests. I think I had 500-40 at one point.

    There were 'echoes' or ghost lines. About 8 mm to the right or lower …

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  3. Photos of the laser

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    I had the front doors of the laser off, which might be a bad idea. In this photo you see the 'hatch' or top cover, and then two doors with key sockets on each side.

    The two doors are actually one, but it is hinged in the middle so that …

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  4. Work Holding and Alignment

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    Work holding and tooling are like 90% of doing well in a machine shop, and maybe 60% in a wood shop.

    I first started with laser cutters in 2009 at TechShop, and that was before I knew about work holding and tooling.

    Then I got to live on a property …

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  5. Laser Love and Beer

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    (an ongoing post)

    Laser Love and Beer! Continuing my hopeful inclusion in North Bay Python.

    I paid for my Laser cutter right before NBay Python 2024, while I was frantically and frenetically working on my talk about cocktail robotics.

    It was in the period I defined as the great laser …

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  6. Blog pivot

    Original Date: 2020-06-15 11:05:49 I have not been using this blog because it was intended to be for serious and professional things, but time for a pivot. So onward with new focus. New vigor.

    This tweet by Brandon Taylor from May 14, 2020 has stuck with me.

    "The …

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