Bought gf aura from FB market, new and unopened, for $350 (best steal). It was sus at first, but after inspecting the gf, it was legit! The lady who sold it just wanted to get rid of it because she received it as a gift.
I don’t have the aura personal filter and so I vent the exhaust hose outside the window. Is there anyone else here who also doesn’t have a personal filter? Any issues so far? Tips on managing the smell when using the gf aura? Should I just buy it?
Anyways, here is my first attempt at using gf aura using the wood it came in the box. I knew I wanted Studio Ghibli-themed characters. I first drew each character on Procreate, converted the images to vectors, and saved them as SVG files. After some trial and error, I was able to cut the characters, paint them using acrylic pen, add some jump rings, and I am so happy with the outcome!
Yup! That’s the exact fan I’ve been using for the last ~5 years on my big Glowforge. It should be more than enough for the Aura
Place it at the end of your hose, and it’ll suck the air out of the machine and blow it away.
I like the hard plastic hose because I never need to move my machine. I got an insulated soft hose prior that I used for years before this when I did need to move my machine every once in a while.
That sounds like a steal! Congrats! You are going to have fun with this machine. I haven’t ever heard of Studio Ghibli before so I had to google it. lol Your designs are adorable!
@deirdrebeth I’m jealous that you have that straight shot to vent with! That would be so nice.
I’m going to echo @steph.suba’s whaaattt? They’re SO good. They’re mostly about perfectly normal people dealing with perfectly normal people things except also the school bus is a cat, and the dust bunnies are sentient. My folks had watched them all and loved them so I sat down one day to see how many were streaming (all of them as far as I could tell) and ended up watching like 6 in a row. Totally recommend.
I’d go with My Neighbor Totoro as a start, just because if you’ve been in a shop in the US in the last decade you’ve likely seen a Totoro even if you didn’t know what it was
Then maybe Ponyo - though if you like war time movies The Wind Rises is the one
I haven’t really watched any anime, to be honest. So that’s probably why.
If there is one movie an almost-13 year old boy would like, I can try to get my son to watch it if it’s streaming somewhere. (He hasn’t watched any either.)
That turned out really cute! What a fun first project, and thank you for sharing it with us, and informing us who had no idea what Studio Giblhi is! I also have never watched any anime, so had no idea. And congrats on such a good deal on the Aura!
thanks for the recommendation. We’ll see if he’ll watch it. He mumbled some noncommit answer when I asked him. He’s not 13 yet, not supposed to act like that for almost 2 months yet.
If he’s into creepy scary stuff, go with Spirited Away.
If he’s into magic and curses go with Howl’s.
If he’s into post-apocalyptic stuff, go with Nausicaä
If there’ s something else he’s into, let us know and we can probably recommend a Ghibli!
Personally, I think it’s kind of sad that a person received a $1200 gift and sold it for a fraction of its value. Feeling kind of sorry for the giver, but very happy for you!
You have to watch Studio Ghibli movies, they are awesome, I highly recommend Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away!
(just sometimes)