Justin hosts 25 high school students at PDX CNC for a packed tour and CNC routing live Mount Hood machining session, sharing insights into education, tooling, and shop layout. Jem rebrands his custom furniture configurator to Kitta Parts Builder, phases out VividWorks. They dig into DIY automation—from cobot sanding and Rhino scripting to overnight print bed swapping—and marvel at a spotless European shop using robotic CNC loading with laser-measured sheet stock. Rounding it out: AI companions, part quoting workflows, and the existential joy of printed PETG brushes.

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DISCUSSED:

✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option

• School tours at PDX
• Machining Mount Hood - Steep & Shallow
• 4am JSON dreams
• Vibe coding
• 85% issues with Cursor! Focus MF
• KittaParts Builder replaces paid configurator
• So much redundant code! Ooops

Samuel - Random Routing

• Excuse me? Backlit racking?
• insane - voice to gcode

• Second Shift Mentality?
• Her, holds up
• PDX CNC's first Automated CNC on the way
• PDX CNC on Amazon
• Throw away script saves hours of work.
• Pi, never left us
• Printing Brushes
• Gimbal Automation - insta

Race of the Lasers ⚡

• Fabworks - PDX CNC referral
• SendCutSend - Within Tolerance - Jim B
• RMFG

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Jem Freeman

Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

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Justin Brouillette

Portland, Oregon, USA

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