Fast Times at Marginally Clever

I’m working overtime right now and loving every minute. Today the 3d printers are running, the laser cutter is running, and two Makelangelos are drawing sample pictures for the Vancouver Mini Maker Fair this weekend. There’s going to be a workshop to make line-following robots (so nervous, so excited!), first view of a new kit, the 3-axis arm, and the prototype of the 5-axis robot arm will be there. This is also the first year I’ll have help at the booth, because we’re growing like crazy here. I’ve just received the new Marginally Clever shirts and they are suh-weet. So sweet I might just put them up for sale.

Next week I’ll finally be able to take a breather and then I can start prepping a slew of new products (parts, not kits). I calculate I’ll run out of stepper motors in about two weeks and then I’ll have a 2-3 week period where I can’t ship the related kits, so I’ll be investing the time on all the stuff I don’t normally do – like upgrading the website to be mobile friendly.

In about two weeks some of my code will be going to the White House. Yes, that White House. The GcodeCNCDemo was used in another open source project that has been invited to show their work to POTUS. Nice! I’m now 1 degree away from the oval office in two different ways.

All this success wouldn’t be possible without you, dear reader. Thank you for your continued support and feedback!