Blog – Tagged "Plywood" – smokeandmirrors

Plywood Knowledge bites!

by Nikolett Sulyok June 15, 2022

Plywood is much loved in the maker community, where combined with laser cutters, it's a relatively cheap (compared to solid wood) and is an extreme...

Posted in ARTS & DESIGN & CRAFTS, Craft, HOW-TO, INFO, LASER CUTTERS, MATERIALS, Plywood, Wood

Hatch Fill Extension for Inkscape

by Nikolett Sulyok January 16, 2022

Creating texture fills for your design in a CAD software can be a time consuming sidetrack in a project. In this article, we are going to introduce...

Posted in ARTS & DESIGN & CRAFTS, Inkscape, LIGHTBURN SOFTWARE, MATERIALS, Plywood, TOOLS AND UTILITIES

Laser Bent Boxes

by Kirsty Lockhart September 04, 2018

As part of the laser cutting community, we're no stranger to a living hinge or 2, but there are a lot of makers out there that have grown tired of ...

Posted in Experiments, Plywood, Wood

Custom Model Paint Racks

by Kirsty Lockhart August 30, 2018

As the person in charge of the organisation of the workshop at Tested HQ, Sean was in need of a better model paint storage solution than just chuck...

Posted in Acrylic, Plywood

Laser Cut Pocket Watches

by Kirsty Lockhart August 23, 2018

After finding a collection of inexpensive pocket watches in his mother's loft, Rob Roach had the bright idea of rehousing the mechanism in custom l...

Posted in Fusion 360, Plywood

Dementia Friendly Music Player

by Kirsty Lockhart August 21, 2018

Inspired by the documentary Alive Inside, which shows the joy that some patients with dementia experience when listening to their favourite music, ...

Posted in Accessibility, Electronics, MDF, Plywood, Raspberry Pi

Super Wood Entertainment System

by Kirsty Lockhart August 16, 2018

We've seen a few awesome Retropie builds in our time, but this one has certainly blue shelled itself into first place. The aim was simple enough: ...

Posted in Electronics, Gaming, Plywood, Programming, Raspberry Pi

Laser Cut Game Boy

by Kirsty Lockhart August 02, 2018

Not one to do things by halves, The Beardless Man's first ever laser cut project was a scale replica of a Nintendo Game Boy with interchangeable ga...

Posted in Inkscape, Plywood

DIY Raygun

by Kirsty Lockhart July 31, 2018

After a colleague suggested he should make his laser diode go "pew pew", Patrick at SparkFun decided to make that a reality by making his very own ...

Posted in Don't Try This At Home, Electronics, Laser Diodes, Plywood, Programming, Soldering

Thread ID Tool

by Kirsty Lockhart July 26, 2018

Yeah, OK, Thread ID tools are pretty easy to find, but that didn't stop JON-A-TRON from wanting to design his own. The great thing about being able...

Posted in 3D Printing, Plywood, Tools

North East Icon Mini Kits

by Kirsty Lockhart July 18, 2018

If you're a fan of laser cut mini kits and/or icons of the North East of England, then we've got a Kickstarter for you! Happy customers of ours, R...

Posted in Kickstarter, Mini Kits, Our Customers, Plywood

How to Build a Precise Mechanical Planetarium

by Kirsty Lockhart July 06, 2018

In the Dutch equivalent of high school, all final year students have to write a final paper. Usually, students will do literary research or small e...

Posted in Gears, Plywood, Wood