My Dream Came True Today

[shilala]

I finally made the move to order my CNC machine for my shop.
I picked the PRSstandard BT48 with a 4' powerstick, digitizer probe, casters, and all the rest of the options that made sense.
The lady who was helping me talked me out of a bunch of things and turned me around altogether on what I was going to do.

This is what she looks like...




It will make absolutely anything the mind can conjure, beit out of wood, plastics or aluminum. It'll take a lot of work out of my humidor building, allow me to make all the cabinetry and custom woodwork for the house and basement (when I finish it) and can copy anything that's already been made.

Lots of people make specialty signs and stuff like that, that's not really what I'm after. But the abilty to work those sorts of components into hardwoods, that really piques my interest.
I'll be able to make all sorts of humidors that literally have never been done before, or even attempted. I have about a zillion ideas swimming in my head.

I'm currently reworking the entire shop to accept an air cleaner, dust collector, new lighting, cabinetry, and all my new tools. I just picked up a Sawstop Table Saw and a Powermatic 2800 drill press that round out my tools.
I should be completely done and cranking stuff out in the next couple months, although I still have a ton of work to do. I'm just about done pulling wire, then I can insulate, cover the walls, and finish the cabinets, shelving, workbench and the nesting roller worktable that'll sit under my workbench.

It's the shop of my dreams, something I never thought would happen. Why God is so good to me, I'll never know.