Dear Abbyā¦
Waitā¦ wrong forumā¦ 
Merry Christmas all. Iām relatively new to the CNC game but loving it so far. In the few short months Iāve had my longmill Iāve only broken 2 bits. Not sure what the average is but Iām pretty happy with myself on that number. Lol What Iāve learned do far is that CNC is NOT plug and play as I know some people Iāve spoken with assume. Iāve learned to not rush things and ask questions of those who are more experienced. This community and others Iāve met since getting into this have been incredibly helpful and open to teaching. Iāve managed to turn out a few projects but my most recent is a babyās first Christmas ornament for a close family friend. By no means is it anything compared to some Iāve seen on here but I was pretty proud of myself that it turned out the way it didā¦ on my third try 
. Still a few things that arenāt perfect but that just adds character right? I used a 4" x 4" x .25" walnut board. This was my first attempt at something more detailed and fine. The finish is a simple oil and wax. The idea was to keep a natural look and not too shiny. I dont comment much in here yet but I do read the posts and all of the knowledge shared and information given has been a great help so thank you to all that have posted. Oh and the imageā¦ Screen shot off of Google and messed around with it until I got it to work. Still learning how to design my own stuff. Youāll notice I had some parts of the snowflake break. Any suggestions on how to prevent that would be awesome! Thank you all and Merry Christmas!
