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Sold for $5,300 -- $6,348.34 with taxes and fees. I wasn't bidding as getting that thing to me would have been quite the adventure right now. Still seems like a deal to me though. I remember seeing a similar machine at a dealer in Edmonton 10 years ago for $4,500 (and I'll forever be kicking...

Boo! Well, that sucks.

A little out of the way for me, but it is a lovely drive down the west coast to Monterey.

I think this is only an issue with Windows 11. Last I checked, you could get around the requirement of having a Microsoft account for Windows 10 and just use a local account.

I've managed to stay proficient enough with Solidworks even though I switched out of that line of work a long time ago, so I'm fine with the CAD part, although I could see how it might be steep learning curve for others who aren't familiar with the parametric 3d modelling paradigm. My personal...

Man, that turned out nice! really like how you finished the cable ports.

Couldn't agree more, yet I'm still trying to resist... But for me at least, the biggest draw for getting a 3d printer has been the idea of printing my own shopvac hose fittings...

Yeah, it's weird - We all have our own calculations around risk tolerance. I mentioned upthread that I do occasionally wear gloves around machines, but I always remove my wedding ring before going in the shop. Either gloves or a ring can give you a nasty degloving injury, but I guess in my mind...

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Seems like I might be an outlier here, but I wear nitrile gloves in the shop pretty much all the time. I spent many years elbows deep in oil, grease and solvent and now I'd rather keep my hands clean. Also, I seem to be a sliver magnet and the nitrile gloves cut that down 95%. When doing fab...