This is one of the big reasons I have decided to stop posting at the Tavern. The other reasons...honestly I don't see any benefit to sharing and since the reasons are mine, that should be good enough.
I'd like to say that now I will be posting here every week and that is my goal, but not necessarily every Sunday. I'd like to get back into doing some reviews, Free GM Resources, and shout-outs to cool creators....probably ones I particularly like.
Anyway.....
This weekend has been game-less, not even video games, but I have spent a decent amount of time & money working on my gaming-project maker spaces. I have a shed out in my backyard that has power & hot/cold water, along with a small walk-in cooler (clearly set up to process deer). I've built out an enclosed space, with an exhaust fan, to house my resin printers and I had my laser engraver out in the shed as well. I had picked up an enclosure for the laser and while it worked well, it was a bit of a pain to switch between jobs. I had a bunch of 1x4's to stack up a build platform to set my stuff to be engraved upon, but odds are I'd have to change out the screw-in legs of the engraver and figure it out. I learned to tack down a piece of thin cardstock and burn in the outline of my stock in order to have that stock properly placed.
What I did was build out a large wooden enclosure that I can open up almost fully. The engraver is placed inside in such a way that it cannot move about and has all of the legs installed. The box is almost airtight, but there is a 2"x8" adjustable vent on the side to feed the exhaust fan which I was able to place in a better spot, hopefully keeping soot buildup on the engraver to a minimum. I have a set of 4 16" square platforms that can raise the stock instead of lowering the engraver itself. There are two stop blocks on the base so the bottom platform can be set into proper position. One of my platforms is covered in steel plate to that I can now pre-cut my cardstock placement paper to 16" square and held down with magnets.
The side of the enclosure has a tray to bolt down the air pump and hold the UPS I'm using as well. The only thing I have remaining to do is to add some weatherstripping for the cover, add a latch to secure said cover, and figure out how I'm going to add a wireless camera I picked up to keep tabs on progress. Since most of the jobs take hours, the camera isn't that important and I might just use it to check in on the shed in general. I don't plan on engraving when I'm not at home.
When I'm 100% finished and have successfully made my 1st (well, next) engraving using this equipment, then I might post pics.
My other project, which I'm taking a break from working on to type this out, is bringing my painting station inside. I had picked up this (HOLY CRAP....I did not realize it was so expensive...$180?!) paint booth "thing" years ago and hadn't got it setup. I was going to do so out in the shed and I realized that if I had to go out to the shed I wasn't going to be using it. Instead I got some wood to block out the window in my hobby room and cut out a hole for the vent. The rest of the window is sealed up and all I need to do is re-install the cat/window bed that now needs to be affixed to the wood blocking instead.
I also picked up a second paint station from this etsy seller. It was easy to put together and now I have all of my paints at hand. Before I'd used a giant spinning rack that was relatively compact, but was a bit awkward to use. I barely have enough 2oz paints to warrant a second station, but I like that I can spread my paints out more.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who has a "few" unpainted minis sitting around.....
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