One of my favorite gifts for a loved ones after their first child is a nice, live edged height board. See the little sprouts growing on a tree. At seven ish feet long, I always get a bit nervous about wood flexing, bits skipping, or me advancing the wood incorrectly or crookedly on my 4x4’ lowrider v4. Also just lining up the straight line to match the contours of the wood is sometimes a trouble. A lot of inexperience and not really using the CNC until the last minute where its either do or die.
So I made a jig with the cnc instead. Any mess up is only $5 instead of $100 and I can line everything up as much as I want before committing. I also feel more comfortable with the router in my hand so I can adjust speeds if running into any troublesome wood.
And the final result after some painting from my Aunt. Much admired by the recipients. (Picture doesn’t do it justice, Aunt doesn’t have a great camera and I won’t see it in person for a while)
The guy I buy live edged wood from expressed interest in the jig so I might make a V2 with some improvements and do some bartering for the next child.
Also - UV cure epoxy needs light to reach it to cure; pigment blocks light. Had to tear out half of the top epoxy because I poured 2 mm thick layers which was apparently too thick to cure the bottom. It started leaking. It was frustrating. But now I know for next time 