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Andy do you think pine with shellac with acrylic paint would work on the ghost yard decor? May have to make some sort of post that would run with the entire piece to keep it from warping. Just a thought to keep cost down.
Thank you for highlighting my comment! I am honored! Question for Andy or Nick: Have you worked with the new V-Carve Inlay Toolpath in Version 12? It seems quite different, and was just curious if either of you have worked with it yet?
@@AndyBirdBuilds My experience personally has been very good, as I developed my method to get the parameters correct with a TBN. Many viewers though, have had issues with it. I am doing a deep drive into the toolpath, and using TBNs which I hope to get out on my channel soon. If you use 30/60/90 degree v-bits, it works fine, but as you probably know, most folks doing deeper or intricate inlays like to use TBNs, which are not supported at all by the toolpath. You have to convert your TBN to a V-Bit in the tool databases, and that can introduce some problems. Thanks for the response! Looking forward to more of your content!
That was great. Two guys hanging out talking about their paths of success and what they may done different if they could go back. Thanks for sharing. I miss Nicks ‘new videos on YT. Keep up the good work.
19:48 I’m the COMPLETE OPPOSITE!! I would much rather stand at the CNC all day (program, operate, make prototypes, do maintenance…. Basically make chips/shavings than teach, show, share, generate leads, etc etc etc. Although I do enjoy selling, shaking hands & getting to look people in the eye (I know weird right 🥴🤪) I guess it’s because I’m NOT an "internet/social media/tech type person (though I have plenty of enough "computer skills" to do whatever I need to do in order to make my CNC run I just can’t stand all this technology stuff…. Which is honestly KIND OF unfortunate if you’re a person like me because people like ordering stuff online nowadays & just having it show up at their door (which is understandable, cause I’m really kinda the same way, but I’m also like after 2 FULL days of being at home I gotta get out here & go see the rest of the world & it doesn’t matter if it’s only to go down to my local H.D & pick up a can of finish, spray paint etc etc etc (whatever) for an hour or 2 I just gotta get in my truck & get the heck outta here. I guess that’s what has honestly made it hard on me somewhat too (& maybe me even really just now realizing this after the past 3 years now) is whenever I actually worked for someone else at their shop I just loved it, cause I was gone all day, I was around 30-40 other guys all day long & all we did was machine parts & talk 💩 to one another And after spending pretty much your entire adult life doing that (from 18 years old right out of HS to 35 years old it’s hard to figure out how to start your journey & invest in yourself & make it work doing what you actually love & enjoy doing. It’s even harder cause until "€ovid" happened I really could’ve seen myself doing that for the rest of life. And it’s not like I don’t like branching out & doing new things cause I do…. Heck I was doing at every other day programming, setting-up & running prototypes for different companies…. Heck every day/other day was a "new day"! And this ain’t no pity party either, I’m just saying the REAL "social engineers" of this country/world (still) have NO CLUE what they did to people like me, but hey that’s life ain’t it!?! It is what it is! 🤔🤷♂️ The comradery is probably what I miss the most & (to me) it’s just about everything in life. 🤷♂️ Anyways Great Video Andy!! & I’m looking forward to seeing that bigger bad boy in action! 🫡 ✌️
If you're comfortable with used, shopbots are great machines, and customer service is amazing even for second owners. I bought my 5'x8' shopbot prs alpha for $9k with no cnc experience. Shopbot replied to my questions within a day to get it set up. I see 2x4 and 4x4 machines in the $3-6k range for sale fairly often.
It’s been my experience(s) in life (thus far) that "hard work" (along with tenacity, grit, determination, will & maybe a hairs worth of luck) ALWAYS (eventually) pays off in the end. Sometimes it’s sooner & sometimes it’s later, but EVENTUALLY IT WILL PAY OFF.
The profit calculation and hourly pay sounds impressive, but it doesn't take into account things like fuel, food, lodging, or show fees. (or hours spent in your booth)
I've already used it to make a few unique designs for end grain cutting board inlays that I converted to SVG files with minor editing in Vectric and cut with my Onefinity CNC.
This process has taken wood art to another level. I love this type of inlay. Would never be able to afford one. Thank you for all the hard work you put in to show us this process and beautiful master pieces!
Going from fuzzy ideas on what to create to engravable/cuttable images/designs in much less time and more accuracy. However there is still the caveat that we could create similar items to others using the same tools, so ensuring our unique spins are important
Don't get me wrong, I like your channel and ideas overall, but this just feels like you ripping off someone else's product. You literally start the process by going to someone else's store page, taking a picture of their product, and then tracing it so you can produce your own clone of it? People get sued for exactly that all the time. And you're posting the video publicly? Some lawyer is going to have a field day with this.
