When Robots Take Over the Wood Shop with Ben Myers

This week we are chatting with Ben Myers. Ben runs a hobby wood shop with a heavy emphasis on robots. We get into our common love for all things CNC, 3D Printing and Lasers.

Show Notes

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SHOWNOTES

• Website
• YouTube
• Instagram
• Build Guild Podcast
• X-Carve
• Cutech
• Etsy store
• Sawstop Utility Drawer
• Ender 3
• Suck It Dust Boot
• Prusa i3 MK3S
• Lightburn
• Camera Holder
• Tinkercad
• JTech Laser
• Fiery Squirrel Art
• 50W Laser Review
• 60W Laser Review
• Fusion 360
• Snap Maker
• Prusa SL1 Resin Printer
• Anet N4 Resin Printer
• Elagoo Mars Resin Printer
• Elagoo Uno R3 Robotic Car
• Paladin 3D Model
• Scandy Pro
• Octoprint
• CNC JS
• One Finity CNC
• Shapeoko
• Carbide 3D
• WInston Moy
• Nick Zammeti

TOPICS

• 00:03:16 - Getting into making
• 00:08:22 - Shop setup
• 00:12:44 - Getting into CNC
• 00:16:02 - Selling on Etsy
• 00:19:12 - Getting into 3D Printing
• 00:24:58 - Lasers
• 00:31:06 - CNC vs 3D Printing vs Laser
• 00:39:14 - 3D Modeling
• 00:45:28 - Becoming a content creator
• 00:48:12 - Building out of colored pencils
• 00:53:24 - What's next
• 00:55:12 - Where to find Ben
• 00:55:51 - Shop Update

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