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Engraving metal with your CO2 laser cutter

Engraving metal with your CO2 laser cutter

By its default configuration, engraving metal with a CO2 laser cutter is only possible by adding a few extra steps of preparation before we can act...

Are you looking for a new direction?

Are you looking for a new direction?

Maybe you are new to the laser cutting world and looking for a little inspiration. Perhaps you are a seasoned pro who wants a change of direction b...

Face Shields for COVID-19

Face Shields for COVID-19

Smoke & Mirrors and Kitronik answer a call for Face Shields from the Nottingham City GP Alliance. Find files and instructions to help your local health care with this polypropylene and A4 binder sheet design for an ad-hoc face shield to supplement front line health care workers PPE. COVID19.

Turn Your Off-cuts Into Display Pieces

Turn Your Off-cuts Into Display Pieces

Do you ever find yourself wondering what to do with all of those off-cuts after you've finished your latest projects? They're often too small or aw...

Cheeseborg

Cheeseborg

As their electromechanical design capstone project, Taylor Tabb, Evan Hill and Mitchell Riek built a fully automated grilled cheese maker dubbed Ch...

How To Create Low Poly Images From A Photo

How To Create Low Poly Images From A Photo

Have you ever wanted to make your one of those beautiful low poly images but weren't entirely sure how to start? Anthony from Trotec Laser Canada h...

Mini Disc Sander

Mini Disc Sander

Cut Transform Glue was going through their junk drawer when they happened upon a little 19V motor; and remembering that they've always wanted a dis...

Restoring a Chinese Laser Cutter

Restoring a Chinese Laser Cutter

After a fire put this Redsail X700 laser cutter out of commission at Joshua's work, he managed to snag the carcass and passed it onto Amy, who was ...

Burn the Subs

Burn the Subs

Not quite your average build, this wall mounted laser etches new subscribers onto a piece of wood in real time whenever Jesse goes live on Twitch. ...

Laser Cut Wire Inlay

Laser Cut Wire Inlay

After watching a tutorial on wire inlay and realising that it was a very time intensive process, watchmeflyy wanted to simplify that process; and w...

Laser Bent Boxes

Laser Bent Boxes

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 ...

Engraving With Sunbeams

Engraving With Sunbeams

Inspired by all the usual experiments one might do as a kid with a magnifying glass and some sunlight, Instructables user rabbitcreek decided to ma...