See, I have to do Stargate, Dalek, Cats, Aztec Stone, and more. Going to burn $20 in proofgrade just on that… Though some non-clear stuff I might be able to get away with doing in cardboard and painting.
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Then get one of those robot arm devices to serve as your own personal escutcheon randomizer. Every time you push the button, it waits 5 minutes, then swaps out the ring.
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Oh, now that is an idea…wonder if my Makerspace will have room for that.
Going to be starting as a printer stand and old entertainment center in a corner of my living room. Will contain, Printer, 3D printer, laptop, Glowforge, and intermittently 2 cats.
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I didn’t have a slide rule but thought they were neat so I download a phone app that functioned like a slide rule. I thought it to be quite the irony. A fancy computer simulating an old slide rule! You could slide the center scale and flip the rule over as well…all with a swipe of a finger! And no need to worry about aligning the cursor!
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Awesome! Sounds like a good way to learn to use one! ( will go look)
Thanks!
Although it is already the name of my Airport Time Capsule (wireless router and backup drive) I might have to call my Glowforge the Pandorica. I have a feeling I will lose all track of time playing with it.
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This is what I plan to make for mine.
My drawing simplifies the design a bit, but I think it will still be sufficiently creepy. 
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Love love love love
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marmil: (Puts a sheet of PVC on the bed)
GF: I’m afraid I can’t cut that…
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Heck yes that’s awesome
I’ve been pondering a wall plate along these lines. A bit of red acrylic over the button will be awesome. Still trying to figure out scoring that backside to emulate the deep lens distortion created for the film.
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Just showed this to the family. Everyone loves it!
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I threw my gauntlet in this ring. Here’s a very imperfect first attempt.
My cut didn’t go all the way through on the inner circle, so I got a bit forceful. I was also just doing an outline circle by eye, and went a scosh large. I’ll re-input manual settings a bit stronger.
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Love it! 
Cool. You should think about just cutting the outline rather than a big circle. That would look epic!
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I agree. I expected that and was surprised to see the outline of the larger circle.
Add some color and it’ll really pop 
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I only have inkscape and Photoshop cs3 at my disposal, and I can’t exactly say I am a master at inkscape yet. I figure I could make a bunch of circle shapes and rectangles to join and have an outside shape, but that is tedious and last night I simply didn’t have time. I also quickly attempted the trace bitmap function and do offset, but that was a mess too.
How would you do an outline cut?
In Inkscape I use the trace bitmap and check the ‘Remove background’ option.
@mpipes is a wizard in Inkscape (in my perception), he has really helped me break through a few walls I was up against.