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Originally Posted by philso
It sounds like LPKF have improved their machine and processes. We had one where I worked 20 years ago that just sat in the corner because it didn't work well and made a lot of hazardous dust.
Your day job sounds fascinating.
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I have 2 professional HEPA filtered vacuums powered on by solid state relays to collect the dust. I would not recommend operating either machine without them. They each sit on a short computer cabinet with casters and inside a wooden box with Lexan panels enclosing it. This way anything that does not go up the vacuum is contained. Could send a picture if you like.
My day job is I do core engineering for an International bank I own a part of in Puerto Rico. We do BitCoin/Ethereum and other bleeding edge financial technology. Mostly writing Java/Python/Ruby code. I no longer make weapon systems or manufacture professionally. I got out of weapons because I prefer to make defensive systems and the money was offensive systems. I got out of manufacturing because I could never afford all these tools on the cost my customers were willing to pay (always in need, never sufficiently enriched). I only rebuilt my tooling capacity as a hedge against a throw-away society. All this junk we buy makes us more dependent on the few people willing to make it for the lowest bid. Experience has shown me that sort of dependence does not cause innovation to thrive. So I rebuilt my capacity to insure if crisis comes I was ready to move, plus this stuff is used so I need runway to get it working as desired.
(Long timers on this forum might note that I change jobs often. I do so because I get good money and opportunity each time. My base salary has increased by $100k in 5 years, and I have had as many as a few hundred reports as manager. If I can not get compensated at market rate I may take risk and move. To put that in perspective I worked 1,500 hours of 'over time' last year.)