1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Nooooo

 

Gas and oil huh?





@Kwikvette I think he's asking for a cartoon fart cloud and a dab rig

 

If you can find a background you like, I can incorporate your name

Or individual items to convey what you're wanting, I'll see about making it work

Your name would be the easy part

Just came to the garage to make some more stiffies and work on another set of tiger cut outs

 

Like a burning earth being wrung dry by a fat guy dressed like the monopoly man?

That'll really put his table to the test detail wise

 

Bold of you to assume I'd even get the drawing itself done

 

Lol just steal clipart like everyone else selling stuff on Etsy

 

Convertio is what I used for that tiger; the apple/teacher one I just used an image as a canvas and traced it

Same for @Blue92 house number, he had a specific text in mind so I just traced it

 

Have to say, I'm glad I got a water table too cause I wouldn't be able to experience within 1/32" on some of my cuts



Consistent across all pieces



I remember Danny telling me his experience was without a water table; would've been a no go on 16 gauge cause that shit would've been warping like crazy

 

Sure

 

This guy has like no competition last time I checked, and there's definitely room for improvement from the one I bought
https://www.ebay.com/itm/115585910126

 

Ooh I like this one

 

Plenty of those files are available online for free

Bottom line, market is saturated with sellers making tons of cutesy signs and stuff like that (Zane already mentioned that earlier regarding Etsy, same goes for the 3D printer world)

It's a common reason why the CNC group I'm on continues to get more and more newbies; then you find out just how little to no experience they have with metal working and the answers provided by others is so far out of left field it blows my mind

Anyway I digress

For signs and the sort, you're only going to make money if you keep it local and work by word of mouth (like I have been) or go to flea markets, farmers markets, etc which there's a ton of out here

I'm not in it for that stuff though, I make a good side hustle with one off parts locally

Sometimes an item can be a hit like those bottle openers I made; I sold over 50 of them all within a day on TW

 

Ya it blows my mind how much people like you can make just cranking out one design over and over.

My gf has this friend that basically prints an open source 3D model of a dragon and makes bank on Etsy with them...like wtf people, why are you so easily parted with your gold (no offense to you or her, get that hustle).

A lesson I'm learning far too late in life is that just because I view something as a way of squandering money, doesn't mean it can't be very profitable.

 

Like just 3D printing a dragon and charging $30 for it? I'm sort of guilty for buying an open source model ID/Badge holder (3 cards and two security tokens) on etsy for work.

I could've gone to the local library and printed it on their 3D printer for almost no charge. But the convenience of not having to own a 3D printer or go to the library was worth the upcharge.

 

You ever just grab your backup hood, and realize you practically never use it so the lens is clean AF?

 

Yeah those tiny sections wouldve burned right through/melted off

 

I laughed, I cried

Is it cringe posting hours now

Spoiler

 

Hot knifed my rear tires for that budget grip

 

Dang

Hell of a good job