Newly purchased 2.x machine
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:17 pm
Hi, everyone! I'm brand new here and wanted to introduce myself. My name is Melissa, and I purchased Bill Meade's (whmeade10 - you can see his build log here http://buildlog.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2072&p=19452#p19452) 2.x machine last Monday. My husband was going to build one for me, but when he was on the forum about 10 days ago looking for parts kits to buy he noticed Bill's for sale post. We feel pretty lucky to have been able to obtain a great machine so easily!
DSC_9613.jpg by scrappyJedi, on Flickr
I work full time (I'm a software engineer) and my husband is in grad school, so we've only had limited time in the evenings to get it set up. We added casters to the cart that the machine came with, and I cloned the included computer to a virtual machine to run in VMWare Fusion on my Macs so I can also work from my desk or laptop. Yesterday Darren ghetto'd up a ventilation system for me outside of our dining room window- it's temporary since the machine will likely live in my home office after I do some rearranging there.
DSC_9615.jpg by scrappyJedi, on Flickr
I'll mostly be cutting 1/16" birch plywood and 7.5 and 10 mil mylar (making stencils) on it. I'm really pleased with how my first few cuts went considering that I only had a few minutes to play with it, and now it's going to just be a matter of trying to tweak the settings to keep the plastic from getting too melty and minimize the scorching on the wood. (The photo below shows 1/8" birch plywood- my order of 1/16" hasn't come in yet).
DSC_9623.jpg by scrappyJedi, on Flickr
Thank you, Bill, for the opportunity to purchase your 2.x! And I'll be posting back here from time to time as I figure out settings.
DSC_9613.jpg by scrappyJedi, on Flickr
I work full time (I'm a software engineer) and my husband is in grad school, so we've only had limited time in the evenings to get it set up. We added casters to the cart that the machine came with, and I cloned the included computer to a virtual machine to run in VMWare Fusion on my Macs so I can also work from my desk or laptop. Yesterday Darren ghetto'd up a ventilation system for me outside of our dining room window- it's temporary since the machine will likely live in my home office after I do some rearranging there.
DSC_9615.jpg by scrappyJedi, on Flickr
I'll mostly be cutting 1/16" birch plywood and 7.5 and 10 mil mylar (making stencils) on it. I'm really pleased with how my first few cuts went considering that I only had a few minutes to play with it, and now it's going to just be a matter of trying to tweak the settings to keep the plastic from getting too melty and minimize the scorching on the wood. (The photo below shows 1/8" birch plywood- my order of 1/16" hasn't come in yet).
DSC_9623.jpg by scrappyJedi, on Flickr
Thank you, Bill, for the opportunity to purchase your 2.x! And I'll be posting back here from time to time as I figure out settings.