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the absence of burn
As has become usual, my efforts making stock for the upcoming Arisia are getting frequently interrupted by A) hating everything I paint, which is a me problem and can be mentally worked through and B) things that are substantially made on the laser failing during the lasering stage. Not a me problem.
So. I am not selling enough stuff made with a laser to easily justify getting a new laser cutter, especially given the difference between the amounts of money in my bank account and the amount the most obvious replacement costs. However, the glowforge is getting more and more unreliable, which limits how much I can make and increases my material costs, because the primary way it fails is alignment issues, so issue #2, not cutting through, on a better functioning machine, is fixable by just putting the board back in the same place and doing a second pass. No one sane would give me a business loan, but online quasi-bank places like paypal would. Gah.
Damnit.
At this point, I have no idea what my panel is actually going to look like.
I also planned to e doing some self-reflection on what my personal goals for the next year should be, but, well, stressing out over business is still far less stressful than plumbing my own emotional depths.
So. I am not selling enough stuff made with a laser to easily justify getting a new laser cutter, especially given the difference between the amounts of money in my bank account and the amount the most obvious replacement costs. However, the glowforge is getting more and more unreliable, which limits how much I can make and increases my material costs, because the primary way it fails is alignment issues, so issue #2, not cutting through, on a better functioning machine, is fixable by just putting the board back in the same place and doing a second pass. No one sane would give me a business loan, but online quasi-bank places like paypal would. Gah.
Damnit.
At this point, I have no idea what my panel is actually going to look like.
I also planned to e doing some self-reflection on what my personal goals for the next year should be, but, well, stressing out over business is still far less stressful than plumbing my own emotional depths.