2018 Chuff thread - is it chuffy in here?

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Le Chuck:
Hi everybody!

Oh my holy cats has it been busy, but kinda super chuffy too. I'm settling into my new job as the director of communications for The Old Guard, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment. Tomb Guards, Honor Guard, Fife and Drum Corps, Caisson, Drill Team, all those awesome specialty units are my bread and butter now. Moved into a new house, getting things squared away here. Have a proper basement and game rooming it up in style, slowly but Shirley. I also have a box of parts and pieces from IDS str8 out of Canada to start working on Space Base again. Kinda strapped for time, but as things settle down here in VA I'll start projecting again. Have my eye on adding some form of shooter to the line-up, and a vertical shooter cabaret - but not until I clear out my Xenon and get SB functional.

It's been a helluva a last six months but I think my feet are starting to get underneath me, the first few months were super un-chuffy as the wife was on the ropes for a bit with her health, but things are looking up. I might even be around this wretched hive of scum and villainy more often. Who can say? At any rate, if you don't follow The Old Guard on all your social medias, you should, because they rock. That is all.

shameless plug division:
https://www.facebook.com/usarmyoldguard
https://www.instagram.com/usarmyoldguard
https://www.flickr.com/photos/theoldguard

jdbailey1206:

--- Quote from: Le Chuck on August 05, 2018, 06:50:04 pm ---...the first few months were super un-chuffy as the wife was on the ropes for a bit with her health...

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Sorry to hear about your wife Chuckles. I can completely understand. Its a daily occurrence with my wife. It sucks to see someone you love go through health issues. Its good to hear she is feeling better. To add to the unchuffiness I was told that I had to be in Cincinnati yesterday at 5:30 pm before I left work. So here I am today through the weekend to 'save' one of our jobs which is on the night shift. :angry: So I apologize to anyone who has bought something from me in my FS thread I will be starting to ship on Monday when I get back home. But I will try to keep up with who wants what during the day since I know I wont be sleeping. Okay enough of being a Debbie Downer. On to the chuffy!

My little girl turned 4 on Monday. She makes everyday an awesome, unpredictable, adventure. I also went to my first CNC class on Tuesday. Learned how to use VCarve and a Shopbot CNC machine. I made the stool pictured below. Not much to look at but it gets me one step closer in using a CNC machine to create my upright Star Wars cab. Im also heading up North next weekend to Torch Lake to camp next Friday so thats good. That will more than make up for having to work this weekend.

Mike A:
V Carve Pro is the way to go. It is really easy to use and produces great results.

BadMouth:

--- Quote from: Mike A on August 09, 2018, 08:46:46 am ---V Carve Pro is the way to go. It is really easy to use and produces great results.

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Yup. I won a free shopbot class at the factory a couple years ago. Didn't get to cut it out, but learned enough vcarve in one day to design an arcade control panel.
Easy peasy for 2D, stepped 2.5D and lettering. The class was full of cool people who made a crazy wide variety of things for a living.

Mike A:
I would like to get Aspire some day to do 3D stuff, but I can't justify the price tag. Maybe after I build my 4x4 CNC machine.

If you ever need something CNC cut, come on down. I am 65 miles north west of Chicago.

I have a 60 Watt CO2 laser with a 12x17 inch work area.

I have a CNC machine with a 24x12 inch work area. With indexing the 12 inch axis can be much longer.

I have bourbon and beer.

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