Thanks!
I actually tried them with a darker blue first, but the white just made them pop more and looked better with the aqua - (which was the closest thing I could get to the Glowforge color.)
I thought about hot pink and purple too…
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Purple nurple! 
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These are super fun and they look GREAT!!
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Very good work. I admire the re-purposing of the trailer. The careful thoughtfulness that went into the design of the entertainment wall and the redesign of the deck. My next deck project will be with composite decking, but never used it yet. Thanks for sharing. I too take design inspiration wherever i can find it and tweak or change it to suit my purpose.
Trent
That’s the kinda thinking that got you the beta
Hey joker I was wondering how you got engravings on the Encarded Gold Coins so precise… do you have a cnc in house or do you outsource to someone? I’m really interested in making coins for business cards like this 
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What a nice gesture! The white makes it…
Thanks for sharing!
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I use http://www.coinsforanything.com and they are awesome. Great results, though you will need to order at least 100 to make it worthwhile.
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There is a ton of awesome looking stuff in this “Show and Tell” thread. I’m truly impressed with how creative people here are. I on the other hand couldn’t create something that looked beautiful if I spent a lifetime at it. Not an ounce of artist skill on the visual side. But to the ear is a different case. When I get my Glowforge I will use it to make the little black pieces of forbon you see the wire whirling around between.
Now, I did design and code the application you see running this CNC winder. I also designed and fabricated the winder itself (excluding the physical motors and controllers of course). And while none of what you see in the video is pretty and I couldn’t draw a stick-man for love or money, you should hear how sweet the product of this rig sounds in the right hands. No, I’m not an engineer, I’m a retired CPA/CFO 
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Love it.
looks nice and solid!
I’ve never understood how that fragile coating of enamel is sufficient insulation on a winding.
I suspect that wax potting process (something else I know nothing of) has something to do with that?
Nice setup there too. Amazing what you can do with readily available things - “OK I need a heating element… that coffee cup warmer I never use!”
You might be surprised at what you find yourself doing with that Glowforge.
I predict you will have something you lasered hanging on a wall before a month has passed.
Door is wide open. Thank you for sharing that! 
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When you rewind an electric motor you use a VPI system to force insulation into the slots and around the wire and then cure it in an oven for a predetermined temp and time. In the case of the insulation my shop uses it is 350 for 8 hours.
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Thanks for that bit of education 
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I can tell you than never happens in pickup winding. 
I don’t think wax potting does much of anything wrt affect on insulation, it just dampens microphonic potential in the pickups. Also, they is only a few millivolts generated in a pickup.
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I see. That’s what bothered me, how can the enamel withstand the winding process.
It must not be as fragile as It seems.
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Not sure about insulation on windings on electric motors, etc. with much heavier gauge wire, but with pickups, most use SPN (poly nylon) insulated wire. Enamel and Formvar are used mostly for vintage correct rewinds or vintage product models. I wind my own models with SPN, but as an example, but last week I rewound a '55 Stratocaster middle pickup and used period correct HFV (Heavy FormVar) wire. I’m guessing either will outlast me.
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I’m sure it is 2 different animals completely.
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BEAUTIFUL. Really beautiful work.
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I am completely floored by the talent in this group! Like others have expressed before me, I feel completely unworthy and more than a little (read “a lot”) intimidated… but I was invited/encouraged to post pics of my work by @jkopel, so, after a few days of perusing this thread and drooling over everyone’s beautiful stuff, I’ll post a few pics of my work. If I can figure out how to post pics, that is… (oh! it worked!) Ok, well here are a few of my 1/12th scale luggage sets. The largest piece is 2 3/8" tall by 1 1/2" wide by 3/4" deep.
And here is a set in a 1/12th Scale Roombox “Luxury Hotel Suite” by Paris Renfroe.
And here is some of my smaller work. 1/144th scale (dollhouse for a dollhouse). The house is kit-bashed from a kit I bought online (hoping to create my own micro houses when my iForge arrives), and the interior is a combination of kits, scratch-built, and repurposed found items.
I included the AA battery in this photo to show scale
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This is stupendous work. Definite artistic merit. Thanks for sharing. Where can I check in for the night!
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