I used to wait waaay to long between changing my blades. That stopped when I ended up stabbing myself in the finger because I was pressing so hard because of the dull blade and the knife slipped.

Now I change my blade anytime I find myself pressing harder, or need to make more than two passes. Sometimes I just throw in a new one when I’m starting a project for someone else as stuff tends to come out nicer with a sharp blade.

+1 to the other user that mention stroping as that can help extend the usable lifetime (by a little).

But yeah, if you can get a big pack of them cheap online and just change them as you feel you need to.

As a smoker that actually makes them go to an 11 because I know I won’t be judged by them for my addiction 🤷

I wear a watch, the same thing still happens. I check it and immediately forget the time and then have to check it again. Rinse and repeat.

Nice! Making a full set of patterns isn’t easy, kudo to you! If the pattern is digital is there a chance you’d be willing to share it?

I’ve been close a few times, but DLC keeps setting me back lol Not going to complain about more Issac content tho!

Check his subtitles, he explains a lot there!

Then there’s my boss who’s like just merge it and we’ll figure it out. I’m constantly asking him if we should maybe do some user testing, or for the love of God set up a staging environment.

I have to test the everloving fuck out of everything I do but cause I know it isn’t going to get reviewed or tested by anyone but me. I guess that’s why he keeps doing it, because very little actually breaks anything but it’s definitely giving me more grey hair lol

Why does he look like issac

I think that’d fit this community, everyone who makes stuff knows it’s never the straightforward path we think it is to start.

It’s aways something that we could split into another community if it starts being to much, but I think at this point the more making posts, the better!

Yep the light is acrylic I beleive. You can use this for glass but you have to be super careful that you have it dialed in well or you’ll break it. I’ve actually been working up the courage to try it haha. I’ll definitely post once I’d do!

They’re so cute!

What did you use to make them?

A vevor s3020, just a little table top cnc. Been a fun dip into the world of cnc milling, still lots to learn!

I think you’d probably be able to, there’s a few screws on the back. I haven’t tried since they fit on my machine with the plug in overhanging the side. And I know right? When I saw them i knew what I had to do haha

Also if you do post it, I’d love to see it!

I found them at the dollar store(Dollarama if you have them) , they come blank like this and I just clamp them in and carve. I have an unopened one laying around here’s a pic

Another one I did

I’m also curious! Been thinking of making a synth myself even though I don’t know the first thing about doing so haha It’ll be a fun learning experience if I do!

I always stick with the basic rags and find the biggest fuckin hat I can. Then I get the biggest bonk I can weild at the time and start bonkin. Makes for some challenging fights haha