As far as I know, every BTT shipment and many individual BTT product packages include an obligatory rubber duck. I’m surprised there aren’t tens of thousands of rubber ducks in Ryan’s picture…
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So many ducks… Thanks @vicious1!
Thinking of giving away ducks as prizes at maker event(s) if I get duck hunt working on the wood tile display.
Maybe tramp lower back stamp with V1E.com (on the ducks) would be cool/helpful.
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Okay, now that makes sense. 
Thanks. 
Exactly. When I pack SKr orders There are two ducks I usually keep one and stuff the box with other stuff instead. At open sauce I brought 3 full grocery bags.
I don’t mean to totally derail the duck conversation…but…
I’m looking at the CAD to make a list of flat parts that need to be cut and get started preparing the files to be cut next week
I ordered some 3/16" Aluminum from Amazon that will be delivered tomorrow. I’m away for the weekend, so I’ll get started next week after @Jonathjon cuts all of his this weekend and tells us all the right bits, feeds, and speeds to use 
@vicious1 can you tell me if this is correct? Are these all the flat parts with the correct quantities?
Do any of them need to be mirrored, or is it just a straight flip around?
I posted an svg with the parts to cut out on the other thread here, if it is helpful. I did cut them out, but I have not yet assembled them.
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Tensioner 4x
No mirror or anything.
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Please stay on topic. We’re talking about the ducks.
Isnt that just “Ducky”
My new extruder from Biqu came with one. I think Ryan sent me one when I ordered a SKR from him. I now have 2 sitting on my LCD. My son noticed and asked where the second one came from. I just said, “It came in that box.” He goes “Oh”… like that’s a perfectly acceptable answer and warrants no other explanation.
My main complaint about the ducks was that my daughter was young enough to put something like that in her mouth and I don’t trust the ducks next to the solder and pcb assembly. But they are great for adults.
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Please share a few bit of information regarding the cutting of the pictured part:
What kind of router and bit did you use?
Did you have a IPA misting system operating?
What was the DOC?
Did you use Trochoidal milling?
How long did it take to cut?
I’m really getting an itch to make a V5, but I’m afraid that it is way out of my capabilities. (And maybe unnecessary given my currently tuned 3D printers and infrequent use of them).
Mike
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Kobalt router and the 1/8" and 1/16" bit from Ryan
Nope.
@Jonathjon helped me get set up with settings similar to his, but I need to back off a little I think and try again.
This 1 part took ~10 minutes
I am not the source for how to do this correctly lol…This was my first attempt. I was fully prepared for something screwing up.
I do intend to set up a misting system at some point, but just trying to get by slowly for now and get this build out.
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NIIIIIIICE!!!
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I am hopefully not far behind you.
Awesome to see someone else giving it a shot! Hopefully many more will follow! Now I need to get off my lazy butt and finish cutting mine out lol. I think I’m just over half way!
Very cool. I haven’t got the confidence to try aluminum yet… so my V5 may have to wait until I can buy parts. 
If it helps anyone, here is what I’m doing to try fit everything in the one 12"x12" sheet.
I laid out all the parts as I would cut them if I were cutting them all at once.
I drilled holes at the 4 corners of my sheet and screwed it down to my table at exactly 100x100 from home.
I am then creating CNC programs for each part individually,
but always zeroing at the same bottom-left corner as starting point.
Hopefully with no mistakes, I can get through all of them without having to buy a second sheet.
This lets me do just 10-25 minute sessions for each part and not get stuck out there for long periods of time. Also lets me make minor adjustments between each part
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Congrats! The part looks great. This is a very good reason to try Aluminum. I hope to follow. Thanks for sharing.
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