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The recent crop of laser cutters are nothing short of miraculous. For a few hundred dollars you can get a machine that can easily engrave and — subject to materials …read more Continue reading Better Laser Cuts: Know Your Kerf
[PWalsh] was using his lasercutter to cut acrylic, expecting the cuts to have a pleasantly smooth edge. Alas, the edges turned out to be wobbly and sandpaper-like, not smooth in …read more Continue reading Debugging Laser Cut Wobble, The Scientific Way
It is easy to not think much about common tools like screwdrivers and wrenches. But not for [Torque Test Channel]. The channel does a lot of testing of tools and …read more Continue reading Testing a Laser Cut Wrench VS a Forged Wrench
If you are a process junkie and love seeing the end-to-end of how a thing is made and with what tools, then watch [Michael Klements] show off his Raspberry Pi …read more Continue reading Custom Raspberry Pi Case Shows the Whole Workflow
[Nervous System] sells a variety of unique products, and we really appreciate the effort they put into sharing elements of their design and manufacturing processes. This time, it’s details of …read more Continue reading This Spherical Lamp’s Pieces Ship Flat, Thanks to Math
While there’s always the edge case, there’s a strong likelihood that if you’re using OpenSCAD, you’re probably working on a CAD model that you intend to 3D print at some …read more Continue reading An OpenSCAD Library For All Your CNC Cutting Needs
Most projects around here involve some sort of electronics, and some sort of box to put them in. The same is true of pretty much all commercially available electronic products …read more Continue reading The Many Ways To Solve Your Enclosure Problems
3D printers are quite common nowadays, but we’re still far from exhausting new ideas to try with them. [Angus] of [Maker’s Muse] recently got interested in 3D printing small mechanical …read more Continue reading See This Hybrid Approach to Folded 3D Printed Mechanisms
3D printers, desktop CNC mills/routers, and laser cutters have made a massive difference in the level of projects the average hacker can tackle. Of course, these machines would never have seen this level of adoption if you had to manually …read more
Most of us have, or, would like to have a 3D printer, a laser engraver, and a CNC machine. However, if you think about it naively, these machines are not too different. You need some way to move in the …read more