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  1. OpenBuilds

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    please be ballscrews and linear bearings :p


    also, first
     
  3. Giarc

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    I wonder if it is 1500mmx1500mm??? A LEAD 1515? With screws under tension!
     
  4. romamaker

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    Oh good grief... need to go hide my wallet...
     
  5. Rob Taylor

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    Judging by the picture and the recent additions to the Part Store, this seems like the sensible guess.
     
  6. Gary Caruso

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    Enhance..... Enhance..... doesn't work like the movies :(
     
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    I just took my glasses off and it was perfectly focused.
     
  8. jukeman60

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  9. Alex Chambers

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    Depends on your settings ;)
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  10. jukeman60

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    Alex your killing me that was realy funny
     
  11. Rob Taylor

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    So I Googled "cook with a laser cutter" and um... Turns out, that's a thing.
     
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  12. Alex Chambers

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    On a different forum I saw a post recently where someone had lasered "medium rare" onto the surface of a steak.

    Alex.
     
  13. Rick 2.0

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    At a minimum you could probably have it cut a pizza into 7 slices...
     
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    The suspense is real! Checking the hobby fund balance just in case!
     
  15. Gary Caruso

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    I don't know why but made me think.. if it could cut 7 and a half slices is it really just 8 slices?
     
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  16. Rob Taylor

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    Depends on your definition of a slice. Do ALL slices have to be the exact same size to be considered "a slice"? Or is a slice a literal slice, regardless of size? If you slice a slice in half, do you have two slices or two half-slices? If you keep cutting in half, how long until it's no longer a slice? Can you have a 1/64 slice?
     
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    If you cut it into 7 and 1/2 slices, eat one slice and cut one of the remaining slices in half, have you still got the same number of slices? How long can you continue this process before you run out of pizza?
    Alex
     
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  18. Rob Taylor

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    That sounds asymptotic. I think you tend toward infinite pizza?
     
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    Infinite pizza.....count me in...
     
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    Anyone know the lead time for this announcement?
     
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    Couple of days apparently. In the meantime, go grab a pizza.
     
  22. sharmstr

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    Looks like I've moved back to the land of cell/internet service just in time!
     
  23. Peter Van Der Walt

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    Welcome back!
     
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    Good to see you around again!
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    I was literally wondering where you'd vanished to just last week!
     
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    Well like most, 2020 had different plans for me. I have to admit that being disconnected since March was a much needed break. But just moved into a new shop. Hoping to have my workbee out of storage real soon. I've missed it!
     
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  27. Rob Taylor

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    Yeah, it's certainly been a year!

    Well that's awesome! Lots of people are getting new shops at the minute, maybe the real estate market is right or something. Meanwhile I'm filling my last space with another machine! :D

    It's a pretty sweet machine with the mods. Should be fun!
     
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  28. Alex Chambers

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    Well that was pretty much what was expected - see parts store.
     
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  29. Peter Van Der Walt

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    Thanks Peter - got called to lunch before I could post the link :D
    Alex.
     
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