Bed #7: Working with what you've got.

At least you got it done :-))

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

That’s quite a machine!!

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

I like it, it’s coming out good

-- Harry --- Never Give Up, Never Surrender, www.cncdesignwork.com

got er together

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Progress is progress! You are getting there ;)

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

And a nice lot of garden mulch as well…

-- Drink twice... and don't bother to cut... @ lazylarrywoodworks.com.au For lovers of all things timber...

And next time you need a toothpick you can just attach a maple tree to your machine :)

-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us

Wow..thats like killing a mosquito with a surface to air missile…

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I’ve been laughing quite a bit at some of the comments… :-)

I figured you all would get a kick out of the pictures from that.

I work at / am the Exec. Director of a non-profit organisation that is basically an open-source learning centre, focused on science and technology. We have a machine shop, of which I manage. Lathe, mill, sheet router. We use the machines primarily for making educational videos and for being available to those in the area who want to learn how to use CNC equipment, make prototypes, etc. My job within it is to make sure nobody hurts themselves, or breaks the machines, and to help along with the computer side of things.

When it’s not being used for that stuff, I play with it. A lot.

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

Cant blame ya there..that sounds awesome! I used to program and run a 8’x10’ bed, single spindle CNC and I loved it. Those things are the ultimate wood working toy..part computer, part router, part robot! Is it like the public library? Can anyone walk in and just learn and use the equipment? I wish they had something like that in my neck of the woods…

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that’s a pretty sweet deal you have there Lis!

and if it makes you feel any better, half of the wood I start with becomes sawdust when creating my little segmented turnings… i don’t feel bad about it either!

David – pretty much. There are some limitations to what the random walk-in person can do and for more advanced time/equipment/learning/etc there are some fees, but the basics is yes, any person can just walk in and learn the equipment, get time on it, etc.

It’s pretty epically awesome. I was going to do a blog post about it and how it brought me to woodworking, actually, but I haven’t quite had the time.

-- Lis - Michigan - http://www.missmooseart.com - https://www.etsy.com/people/lisbokt

got room for my bed.. i’d love to use that cnc for a few months..

-- larry