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Milling About

May 31, 2017 · 1 hr 14 min · Episode 345 · 71.1 MB

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We referenced a TON of past guest shows this week:
Dave and David have been fixing up a microscope.
Chris got back from Maker Faire and some very nice people showed up for his talk. There were also some crazy demos:
- Intel/Microsoft had a demo that identified gender, age and if the person was smiling pretty accurately. Felt like the pizza shop that was doing the same.
- IBM quantum computers were running user code
- There was a younger lady from Australia at Maker Faire showing off a homemade particle accelerator.
Automation craziness in a grocery store/warehouse.
Chris likes NYC CNC's Fusion 360 tutorials
David2 prefers Solidworks, because of the integration with Altium.
Dave liked eMachine shop, which was a intuitive interface for Dave to build project boxes.
Bre Pettis purchased OtherMachineCo, makers of the Othermill.
Dave talked about getting a 24 hour turn in his PCB manufacturing video for the Nixie board.
The milling machines use copper clad FR1 (phenolic paper) vs FR4
Dave is considering registering as an educational organization for tax purposes. But it probably isn't worth the hassle.
Kickstarter, Avnet and Dragon Innovation announced a partnership to help funding campaigns make more manufacturable hardware.
Dragon used to have a crowdfunding platform that was shuttered.

Thanks to all of our Patreon supporters! Thanks to Bill Automata for the picture of the milled circuit board.