I Love My Robot Laser

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It’s back there cranking away as I type this.
Used to be if you put the tool down, things stopped happening. This order is going to bring me up to 7,000 of these things.

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Same kind of thing, two different outfits - except my Daughter is the executive director of the one in the second pic (she gets a better price- and got me the job of the second one).
(The font on the periphery and the back is “Hobo Standard” :+1:)

Anyway, this thing has introduced me to the worlds of CNC and digital design. I couldn’t be more pleased.

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That’s such a magnanimous project…can’t believe you’re up to 7000 of them though. (When do you sleep?) :smile:

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What are they used for? I mean, I see you can get a “free lunch”, but how are they distributed?

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Companies sponsor and distribute them to employees to hand out to the people on the corner with a sigh in their hands. You can’t buy drugs or alcohol with it.

I keep wondering, if they come back… why do keep needing more? I really dunno, she’s the director and I’m just a guy with a laser in his basement.

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Looking for an income opportunity… don’t think that model would work for me here…

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I didn’t buy the laser to make any money, strictly self indulgement. In spite of that, it’s paid for itself - +.

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As I’m currently not working, that’s why this sparked my interest…

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I understand. It helps me to realize that in spite of all the worrying I did, I made it to 64 - I’ll make it to 65.
God Luck in you search. :+1:

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this is so fun and so simple, it’s stuff like this that got me into glowforge. Actually bought mine with the intent of making a little money

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Well, I wasn’t even trying, so that tells me there is an opportunity out there.

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Also I just happened to finish a test project of my own a few minutes ago. My previous one was quite popular with my coworkers, so here hoping to making a couple extra $$

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Nice! Keep after it!

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Hi @PrintToLaser,

Love it!

I have one suggestion, if you don’t mind. I make lots of circular objects. If you stagger them with a horizontal shift of a half-circle every other row, then you can move the rows closer vertically and get in a lot more of them per sheet.
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That’s a lot of engraving time!

I think I’d be tempted to engrave a rubber stamp with say 9 pieces ganged up on it then laser the blanks and ink 'em… that’s only 780 ink impressions! :crazy_face:

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I don’t mind a suggestion at all. :+1:

Thanks for the input!

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