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Coaster - mostly from the Langmuir tutorial.

Got 95% through my machine build and stalled a bit as I got busy with work, finally got back to it and cut my first part today.

Constructive feedback welcome - I messed up the chamfers slightly (rough edges) and had to pause a few times to make adjustments. Not perfect - but thrilled to actually make a part. Been wanting a machine for a decade or two to make parts for my various projects.

Fenrir is obsessed with jumping to the planter this week. He has not yet succeeded. He can easily climb into the planter but that's insufficiently dramatic.

I told him he's not Arboreal but he is insistent. This is his first TOT.

He's not even sorry!

We had a great morning of taming/handling and he is getting much more comfortable with us. His basking spot is elevated and I was sitting next to him...

He gave me the cutest look ever, then walked over and put a paw on my nose. Thought we were having a moment but apparently eyelashes and crickets look pretty similar... He leaped up and grabed my eyelid before I could react. He thrashed it for a good ten seconds before giving up and looking moderately annoyed he couldn't get it loose.

Really 1000% my fault- got complacent especially as my previous tegu Loki was so tame. That said Fenrir could at least look a little sorry, or at least less proud of himself. Glad this happened while he was too tiny to do much damage - but my eyelid is rapidly bruising/swelling so this is going to be fun to explain.

Edit: I may have lucked out, bruising looks better, eye is less swollen. May not have a full black eye after all. ​

I have a large patch of parasols in my yard, growing out of some old grass clippings. This was growing among them - at a glance thought it was another parasol but stem is plain, annulus looks different, etc...

Apologies lost track of the base.

Would someone mind IDing? Location is upstate Ny

Thank you in advance

I hadn't seen this happen before, though with the number of molting mayflies it may be more common than I thought.

Having a slightly tough time distinguishing this one from similar species. Saratoga County, New York

This is my first machine so I don't have a great sense for how big of a deal this is. I noticed a small pit on the linear rail during assembly. Would you consider this to be cosmetic or is it likely to cause issues (for work, or machine longevity)?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Didn't come out perfect but I'm pretty happy (at least assuming all is positioned right and final assembly doesn't lead to heartbreak). Used sumi black eyecandy pigment instead of the stock gray.

There was a little separation between cement and front of tray - thought I thoroughly filled it during the seal coat layer, but apparently not enough as I had a bad time with bubbles in that one spot.

Also a little worried about coolant pooling under the rails as epoxy didn't flow under the way I expected. Still excited to have the major patience requiring steps done with finally!

Coincidentally my mechanic let me know yesterday a repair on my truck might need a machined part - no idea if I'll be done in time to make that myself - but that officially qualifies buying a garage cnc as a practical decision and I will take no notes to the contrary.

Found these in the yard this morning - have never tried morels so pretty excited even though there aren't many. Stems are hollow.