Dear Blog

Overwhelmed, will get back to my previous post...soon. I took time off from Rochester Makerspace projects on the laser machine for the winter. OMG, it's as bad as blogging. When you don't stick at it, there are always changes and you have to start learning all over. Cutting/Etching/Engraving on wood/c
hipboard, stone and slate. Really, there are not enough hours in a day.

 

 

 

Darn, darn, darn. Now I can figure out how to rearrange images side by side. LATER...

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What's new? My sister and I set up a booth in an Antique store for six months but made just enough to pay for the rental. The shop was half an hour from where we live, gas was high, so we closed shop. Nothing ventured "nothing learned". Ouch, what to do with left-over inventory?

 

 

 

 

 

I now have the burnt up laser machine in my garage, thanks to my little brother. He is going to get it up and running so my sister and I will have a new toy to play with. 

Owing to the weather (it has been a long, but mild winter) we have slacked off going to Makerspace until Spring. Missing our Makerspace buddies---who take the time to humor us with our never ending questions.

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OMG, it's been almost a year since my last entry; I have totally forgotten how to blog.  Still missing my husband big time and trying to keep busy. I have made a few things since joining Rochester Makerspace and during the summer spent time wandering the beach for pebbles (pebble art).

 

Santa String Puppets. I made six for family members and hand painted

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My sister and I are beginning to get the hang of how to operate a laser machine and learning the necessary software to make and engrave wood cut outs. We are learning how to operate a chop saw, jig saw, table saw and much more, making mini wood houses, at the Rochester Makerspace, https://rocmakers.org/ , giving us access to their tools & equipment, free training classes that teach you how to be safe and productive with that equipment.

 

Dear Blog

Tuesday, April 27, 2021, my sister and I are learning how to make cutouts on the laser machine at Rochester Makerspace. It requires knowledge of  the software program "Lightburn" which is free to download.

Class-Day 1: Learned how to Power Up and shut down Laser and to Never eve3r leaave the machine when operating.

Day 2: We were on our own. Spent 15 minutes for about a week just to get the machine running and shutting down when done.

Day 3: Laser disaster. OMG did we power down incorrectly!!! Machine caught fire and melted inside. My brother works on most of machines and came in to check on us. First thing he asked "Was it us?"It was a couple of nerve-racking" days before we found out it is not us, but one the the regular operators.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First attempt at etching stones.