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In the interests of shameless self-promotion, I made these calender's I think are pretty cool: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1012906584/wooden-calendar-puzzle

In the interests of shameless self-promotion, I made these calender's I think are pretty cool: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1012906584/wooden-calendar-puzzle https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1012906584/wooden-calendar-p... Just finished programming a solver (well, ripping apart someone else's solver) to solve for all the possible states (hint, look up Knuth's Algorithm X). Don't imagine they'd ship in time though if you were interested.

sloaken 5y ago
At first I was, WTF?!? But when I saw the second image, I must admit I love it. Will now share with daughter who was asking.
sigmaprimus 5y ago
That is a very nice design, did You use a diode laser to cut it?
- traverseda 5y ago
  No, I used a CO2 laser. I don't imagine a diode laser would cut it.
  - sigmaprimus 5y ago
    I have just started getting into wood working and want to build whirlygigs which I believe would go a lot faster with a laser cutter. I am thinking the way to go for now might just be a scroll saw for cutting and diode laser for pattern transfer but eventually I'll probably get a CO2 unit. Would You mind telling us what brand You are running? I have heard good things about the Epilogs.
    - traverseda 5y ago
      I inherited a glowforge from a failed business venture. I can't say I'd recommend that brand for serious works, among other things it requires an always on internet connection and need to re-process your files after every run. It is very easy to use though, and aside from normal maintenance and one $1600 hardware failure that I had to pay out of pocket to fix, it's been generally rock solid and zero configuration/tinkering. Just reliable results every time. For serious work I'm looking at an omtech laser. They're basically inexpensive chinese laser cutters that have a parts warehouse and support in north-america. Their entry level machine is less than a grand, so I'd probably recommend one of those instead of a glowforge to start with. I only really have experience with the glowforge, but even if I wasn't price-sensitive the time it takes to process the designs and the SaaS business model would mean I probably wouldn't get another one.

sloaken 5y ago

At first I was, WTF?!? But when I saw the second image, I must admit I love it. Will now share with daughter who was asking.

sigmaprimus 5y ago

That is a very nice design, did You use a diode laser to cut it?

traverseda 5y ago
No, I used a CO2 laser. I don't imagine a diode laser would cut it.
- sigmaprimus 5y ago
  I have just started getting into wood working and want to build whirlygigs which I believe would go a lot faster with a laser cutter. I am thinking the way to go for now might just be a scroll saw for cutting and diode laser for pattern transfer but eventually I'll probably get a CO2 unit. Would You mind telling us what brand You are running? I have heard good things about the Epilogs.
  - traverseda 5y ago
    I inherited a glowforge from a failed business venture. I can't say I'd recommend that brand for serious works, among other things it requires an always on internet connection and need to re-process your files after every run. It is very easy to use though, and aside from normal maintenance and one $1600 hardware failure that I had to pay out of pocket to fix, it's been generally rock solid and zero configuration/tinkering. Just reliable results every time. For serious work I'm looking at an omtech laser. They're basically inexpensive chinese laser cutters that have a parts warehouse and support in north-america. Their entry level machine is less than a grand, so I'd probably recommend one of those instead of a glowforge to start with. I only really have experience with the glowforge, but even if I wasn't price-sensitive the time it takes to process the designs and the SaaS business model would mean I probably wouldn't get another one.