Chris Knight posted:

Jonny 290 posted:

e: i'll post a picture too bc it's the pictures thread. i got my Elgato Neo in this weekend, and its a hundo for a really nice macro pad that has dedicated prev/next page buttons, so the theoretical limit is infinite. It's a super cute gadget and i like it a lot.

Base Emitter posted:

what sort of laser are you doing this with

spookykid posted:

Yeah it's a 20w 1064nm Fiber by ComMarker. It's basically one of the cheapest "good" entry-level fiber lasers from China, I picked mine up for about $1900 shipped, and splurged and added the 2 rotary attachments and controller (so you can engrave round things from big stuff like those vacuum mugs everyone is carrying these days, to things as small as rings) for another ~$600. I also bought another lens (which I need to install and calibrate) to do finer detail work (smaller work area, but higher power concentration), and an X/Y table for positioning things. It can mark/engrave basically any metal you can think of, and most plastics, but not glass or wood.

I also have a Glowforge 40W CO2 gantry-style laser for doing organics (wood, plastics, glass, etc) that I thought I'd told the story of in this thread, but after searching though my posts, maybe not.

Back in 2015ish I got on the original kickstarter for Glowforge. The deal back then was $2000, $50 to get on the kickstarter list, and then when it came time for them to ship, you'd pay the other $1950 when they'd ship in 12 months. I put $1950 in a separate bank account and just let it sit. Well 12 months comes and goes, and they go "umm sorry, it's gonna be another 6 months." That comes and goes, and they say "umm another 6 months?" This happens several more times and I'm like "whatever, I'll never see that money again." In late 2018, early 2019 I get a call from UPS: "Hey, we have a 90lb package for you, can you have someone there to receive it tomorrow?" I'm like "wait what?", and take a day off, and lo and behold, there's a laser and $300 worth of proofgrade materials for it on my doorstep. I get it into my spare bedroom and unbox it, then check my bank account all they way back to the time of the kickstarter. They've never taken any money from me other than the original $50. I call them up and go "hey so about this..." and they look up my account "yep you've paid, enjoy your laser" and I go "no I don't think I have?" and the nice lady goes "Yes. You've paid. have a nice day."

And that's how I got a laser for $50. I was drinking heavily at the time and this was right around the time of my disability retirement bullshit, and then COVID etc. so it just kinda sat collecting dust for 3 1/2 years until I got my poo poo straightened out about a year ago, cleaned out my spare bedroom and converted it into a workshop, and here we are today.

Chris Knight posted:

Beeftweeter posted:

this reminded me of a pic i took a few years ago



yours is better though lol

Jonny 290 posted:

we've had too many yosdeaths already. you're all loving amazing posters and i think you're cool and smart and at least semi-cute, let's get through this together and see how the screenplay rolls out.

Jonny 290 posted:

I'm the most negative person on the planet

Agile Vector posted:

yesss. the alternate intro and the evolving intros are really good

Chris Knight posted:

Jonny 290 posted:

I'm the most negative person on the planet

rotor posted:

i get the apple, the window and the mouse but i dont get hte peach, palm tree or the worm


but as long as we're being stuff, i'm the reunited michigan

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

I think the peach might be to represent Peachtree financial software? It was huge way back in the day. I seem to remember a company or software that used the palm tree as a logo long ago as well but don't recall what it was. The worm I figured is supposed to be a software worm.

Chris Knight posted:

they're waiting for you in the chair hive, gordon

Powerful Two-Hander posted:

gj capturing Zuul being summoned

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

I think the peach might be to represent Peachtree

betty boof posted:

No I'm pretty sure that's in Sector 13 of Mega-City One, ruled with an iron fist by the Ma-Ma Clan

Beeftweeter posted:

i got a lot of neat shots that night







e: christ the tonemapping on that last one sucks lol

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

I think the peach might be to represent Peachtree financial software? It was huge way back in the day. I seem to remember a company or software that used the palm tree as a logo long ago as well but don't recall what it was. The worm I figured is supposed to be a software worm.

Sombrerotron posted:

the palm tree's maybe referencing turtle beach corp?

Crazy Achmed posted:

if you can get squares, you could make 1s as well

Large Testicles posted:

rotor posted:

so, uh, whats goin on with you and 1s?

rotor posted:

lol i didnt notice the av before. nice.

spookykid posted:

Large Testicles posted:

i also haven't been posting for a while

Large Testicles posted:

something about the milkie gifs a few months back, you probed me and then someone gave me this av

e; it's my second to last probe and lol i forgot how good the probe reason was

rotor posted:

gently caress em up gramps

rotor posted:

gently caress em up gramps

Cat Face Joe posted:

i don't know how guffhib works

https://github.com/SAWARATSUKI/ServiceLogos

betty boof posted:

No I'm pretty sure that's in Sector 13 of Mega-City One, ruled with an iron fist by the Ma-Ma Clan

rotor posted:

drokk! ellies right.