{"id":825,"date":"2009-05-08T16:15:55","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T21:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thmsblog.tedatum.com\/?p=825"},"modified":"2009-05-08T16:15:55","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T21:15:55","slug":"the-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"The Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With HB2 running it has been fun refining MACH3. There are just so many things that software can do that I am always experimenting with settings. Thank goodness everything can be saved under various setup names. I have two main versions, one for the little Taig CNC mill and the other for HB2.<\/p>\n<p>I am also spending time with the Vectric Aspire software. This is a serious program that works very well at composing very nice projects. I hesitate at saying it creates very nice projects as I feel that is still a human function. Aspire is simply a tool.<\/p>\n<p>I am making signs and nameplates. I am looking for the &#8220;killer app&#8221; that will be something I can make in suitable volume for sale to others. Gross profits after taxes will go into a building fund to eventually find or build a better shop. That is my long term goal.<\/p>\n<p>The replacement metal gears I sell have been a good sideline but the lack of inventory is killing me. My import person is also beside himself wondering what is going on. I can only think there has been a breakdown somewhere in the shipping process. I can&#8217;t sell from an empty basket or without finished product of my own design.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, I am still excited HB2 is a success. Now to put it to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With HB2 running it has been fun refining MACH3. There are just so many things that software can do that I am always experimenting with settings. Thank goodness everything can be saved under various setup names. I have two main versions, one for the little Taig CNC mill and the other for HB2. I am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77778,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musing","category-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/77778"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.thehobbyistmachineshop.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}