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It's been a week and I am truly sorry to be late to this party. Happy belated birthday, Ari.

Chili's would be so proud.

Some people were whining in another thread that the Moderators here don't ever do any moderating. So I merged the two birthday threads.

Making Mother's Day dinner for my family, my parents, and the in-laws. Brisket and ribs are looking good. This was earlier this morning.

A very happy birthday to you, Shelly! I saw a math meme the other day and couldn't help but think of my favorite mathematician.

I don't see anything here particularly worthy of moderation. Are there some posts that are approximately 10x longer than necessary? Sure, but that's nothing new.

1. I know this is a personal preference thing but I do not care for their chosen aesthetic. 2. Straight to cloud 7... What the? I think they meant cloud 9 but it still would be a bizarre statement to make about a headphone. The internets do have some references to cloud 7 but whatever. 3. I'm really hoping Justin didn't write this ad copy.

If that continues, two words, Heated Clothing. While I'm generally with Steve and prefer heat to cold there is something truly awful about sitting and getting colder by the minute.

Agreed. I especially like the comments that make a play out of T Bone.

There's an edited reference for me? I wonder if the forum software is hiding them currently for non-admins.

Solid first post.

I think you'll figure it out, but there's definitely a learning curve. It was one of the reasons that I went with the Carbide3D product, so that there was the option of idiot-friendly software but not so locked in that if I somehow get more advanced you can run whatever you want. Figuring out the CAD/CAM interface does take a little time but I see that they've got their +VCarve software so maybe that's relatively user friendly? Start small, work your way up, I'm sure you'll do fine.

The extractor will certainly work, us poor people just use a shop vac which is plenty. The first hurdle is just having a mount for the hose attached to the spindle. Looks like you'll get a free dust boot when you get it all registered which should be perfect and the touch plate is a game changer too. And if you can get an upgraded proper spindle life will be a lot more pleasant. I'm isolated enough in the house that running open frame with the banshee router isn't impossible but I'd really like to get it enclosed and toned down a bit so that night time operation might be an option.

Not sure if you're already planning on chip extraction/suction but I'd highly recommend it. Also, if you can build an enclosure to help attenuate noise you'll be happier for it. I haven't managed an enclosure yet but the router is loud AF and I'm pretty sure we're running the same model. It's one thing to live with it for a few minutes during traditional router operation, it's another thing entirely to run it like that for hours straight.

No. Nope. Nuh uh. Not gonna do it.

Made the most of the early part of the day when it was just windy. The headed to the in-laws where it snowed briefly, but otherwise was pleasant.

Happy Birthday, Jeffy!

It is sightings like that, and similar ones that have occurred in my neck of the woods, that have me thinking that something like a bean bag shotgun wouldn’t be the worst thing to have around.

I submitted my donation on Sunday night. Did not feel good.

This.

I'm probably way late to the game (as usual) but have been obsessed with a few tracks by Big Data lately. A favorite, Automatic.

Brisket chili.

Excellent news.

Done, go Mikey!

@swt61 - how’s the hand healing up, Steve?