Fully functional, customized for the location where the recipient lives. She’s officially an astrologist - I’ve been working on this for years, on-and-off, so a perfect reason to finish it up and make a few more…
That looks amazing.
Looking at it makes me realize I have no idea how to use it anymore. I’ll have to do some research.
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Beautiful craftmanship. Congratulations @eflyguy !
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Wow! That is one amazing and very personalized gift.
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A very nice gift!
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Love it!
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This piece pulls me in two directions so hard I feel like I’m being drawn and quartered. 
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Are the background pieces part of a NYC subway map puzzle?
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Very cool nice work.
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I’ve been researching making one for a long time. Started by spotting it in the background of a couple of YT people I follow. Found a Smithsonian article on it, then later on an Intructable which also includes a link to an easy-to-use generator tool. As-produced, they aren’t perfect for my needs but it was enough to use for the bulk of the design. It’s taken a long time to get it “just right” and as this is the first one I’ve make, I may make some slight adjustments, and keep this one for myself and make even better ones for my friend and daughter. The engrave steps take a long time because I have to use two different settings, but I may change something about the graphics to be able to make a single pass. Not that it matters much, as the machine only gets occasional use.
Finally, I am trying to get a more “classical” rete design from the Smithsonian images I have, but that will take some time and honestly I need to let my OCD subside for a while!
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Does she know she’s going to be getting this? Either way, knowing or not, she is going to love it! Great job!
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This is truly amazing!
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Awesome project!
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Nope. Shared the pic with other friends who know her, but they will keep the secret. I’m not good at keeping them, though, so I may ask her where she lives (I know her street is a mile from me)…
Also made a display stand, with her star sign cut out of the feet. Dyed her favorite color…
'Forging another now, with the changes made. Print time is 1/3 of the first.
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impressive. this is excellent work. will make an excellent gift.
(is gift pronounced jift?
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That’s great! She’s in for a wonderful surprise!
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Wow! Another great project! You can know no bounds when you have a GF, cutting PVC and metal excluded.
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i want one. looks awesome.
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It’s lovely, and so creatively photographed! I always forget to stage my photos, but it adds so much.
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Hehe… I have a very large and difficult jigsaw puzzle I’m trying to figure out on a 30x60" board in my living room. It’s a beast. But also a nice surface to put things on like this. I have two more I am finishing up, one for myself, another for my daughter… I’ve been refining the design files so I can churn them out on-demand…
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