We have a special guest this week! Hunter Futo joins the podcast!

Topics covered this week...

• Hunter's Favorite Movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• Using a boring bar on the Epilog Thermal Exhaust Port
• A Misadventure with the ShopBot Z-Axis
• Creative Constraints
• The bankruptcies of Toys-R-Us and Claire's

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Using the Boring Bar in the Tormach to mill out the exhaust port on the Epilog to a slightly wider dimension, allowing a stronger connection to the vent ducting.

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A mis-click here and an overly sensitive Lenovo touchpad there and suddenly...

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Creative constraints are restrictions that are imposed or you yourself impose on your design to allow your creativity to flourish in a focused way.

"Don't Play the Butter Notes": https://www.wnyc.org/story/interview-herbie-hancock/

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Toys R Us Bankruptcy: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-08/toys-r-us-said-to-be-prepping-liquidation-of-u-s-operations

Claire's Bankruptcy: http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/19/news/companies/claires-bankrupt/index.html