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Clever assemble-yourself toys and models made with laser-cutters
Artifacture Studios is a maker shop based near Dallas, TX (I met the founders at a recent speaking gig at U Texas at Arlington) that does pretty amazing stuff with laser-cutters. They are probably...
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HOWTO: Laser-cut and 3D printed record albums
Amanda Ghassaei used a laser cutter to engrave audio into wood, acrylic, and paper discs. Sure, the sound quality is, er, terrible, but… art! Previously, Ghassei 3D printed records from MP3 files....
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Digi-Comp II: teaching computing with pachinko balls
I posted in 2011 about the Digi-Comp I, a 1963 mechanical digital computer made of polystyrene and used to teach the fundamentals of boolean logic, binary, and computer programming. I'd just...
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Scratch-building a keyboard
When Jesse Vincent's boss stole his beloved keyboard, it set him on a long journey to make his perfect and ideal keyboard from scratch (ish -- he bought the keycaps premade). This slide deck documents...
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HOWTO make a laser-cut Cupid automata
Rob Ives created this great laser-cut cupid automata and has supplied files and instructions for recreating it with your own laser-cutter (or that of your local makerspace). (more…)
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DIY rolling-ball clock
Christopher Blasius sells plans (€40) to make a Serpina "rolling ball clock" whose timekeeping is accomplished by rolling a ball around a laser-cut wooden frame, causing the frame to see-saw and...
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Kickstarting The Origami, a new kind of portable laser-cutter
Created by a team from Pittsburgh's Techshop makerspace, the Origami uses a novel, fold-out arm that lets you laser-etch and -cut much larger designs than you could get into a normal, enclosed cutter....
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Marvellous rube goldberg mechanical lightswitch covers
These laser-cut rube goldberg lightswitch plates from Green Tea Jewelry turn your lights into hand-cranked, mechanical delights to rival the very best in novelty switchplates of yore. (more…)
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Hacking a laser-cutter to play real-world Space Invaders
Martin sez, "I just completed my silliest projects to date: while running the risk of turning my laser cutter into a giant fire ball I actually succeeded in turning it into a real world version of the...
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Toy, snap-fit hydraulics
Small Machines are snap-fit, laser-cut simple hydraulic machines that use standard syringes and plastic tubing filled with tap-water for motion-control. (more…)
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Back a community makerspace, get a Dinosaur Comics laser-dino
Andy sez, "What could be better than dinosaurs? Dinosaurs made with lasers, of course! STEAMLabs community makerspace has been working with our friend Ryan North, author of Dinosaur Comics to bring...
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The new Glowforge laser cutter is amazing
https://youtu.be/vPX1gy5qQMo [Sponsored Post] Laser cutters are machines that cut and engrave flat material – such as plywood, acrylic, chocolate, leather, cardboard, seashells, glass, even sheets of...
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How to make things with a Glowforge laser cutter
Glowforge is a 3D laser printer that uses a beam of light the width of a human hair to cut, engrave, and shape designs from a variety of materials. In this video, Glowforge founder and CEO Dan Shapiro...
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Intricately layered laser-cut plywood sculptures
These amazing plywood art pieces are created in a small work area by Gabriel Schama and his laser cutter Elsie. His work really took off after a successful Kickstarter a few years ago. (more…)
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Print of "lost" britcom discovered in Nigerian basement and restored with...
In the early days of TV, it was routine to tape over the recording medium after the initial air-date, which means that no video record exists of many of the pioneering moments in television. (more…)
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Watch a laser cut this bowl from one thin sheet of wood
It's pretty cool to watch a 3-millimeter thick sheet of birch transform into a bowl that's laser cut as one long wooden spiral. (more…)
View ArticleKickstarting a Da Vinci-inspired, programmable, mechanical drawing robot-arm
https://drawmaton.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/45118351_358662618238424_3396031426926215168_n.mp4 Robert Sabuda (previously) writes, "It has long been a dream of the Leonardo da Vinci Robot Society...
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This laser water jet can cut almost anything
Laser water jets combine two cutting technologies for extremely precise cutting of almost any material. Here's how it works from a manufacturer's promotional video: The demo at the top if from a...
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