Blog – Page 6 – smokeandmirrors

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

Lasercutting Mother of Pearl

by Kirsty Lockhart August 14, 2018

Taking inspiration from Carry A. Nation's mother of pearl hatchet pins, Jen from 52 Lasers wanted to have a go at laser cutting mother of pearl to ...

Posted in Acrylic, Craft, Gift Ideas, Jewelry, Mother of Pearl

Make Any Font Laser Cutter Friendly With Stencilfy

by Kirsty Lockhart August 08, 2018

Anyone that has tried to use fonts in their laser cut projects has likely found that certain fonts just don't look as expected on the finished piec...

Posted in Tips, Tools

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

Heatwaves & Laser Cutters

by Kirsty Lockhart July 24, 2018

The UK is in the midst of a glorious heatwave, and sunburn isn't the only thing we have to worry about at Smoke & Mirrors HQ. As we all know, l...

Posted in Laser Safety

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

LAYZOR

by Kirsty Lockhart July 17, 2018

Meet the LAYZOR - one man's quest to convert his K40 laser cutter into something much more usable (and reliable!). For anyone that may not be awar...

Posted in K40

Glow in the Dark Keyrings

by Kirsty Lockhart July 12, 2018

If you've ever wanted to play with glow in the dark pigments and resin, then now's your Chance! Blaze of Blazer Engraving has put together a little...

Posted in Acrylic, Craft, Jewelry, Resin

Origami Bag

by Kirsty Lockhart July 10, 2018

As part of a digital craftmanship course aimed at learning to use digital machinery such as laser cutters and embroidery machines, Veerle Heijnen, ...

Posted in Craft, Fabric

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