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Vomit Comic Robot

by Kirsty Lockhart May 24, 2018

Selling high-quality prints of his randomly generated comic strips at a comic and zine show, Cadin Batrack wanted an interactive way of demonstrati...

Posted in Electronics, Plywood, Programming, Raspberry Pi

Laser Etched Film

by Kirsty Lockhart May 22, 2018

ll As part of a course titled 'Movie Making Machines: Learning About Cinema in the Maker Space', some students at UNC have been studying the histor...

Posted in Adobe Illustrator, Experiments

How to Laser Cut Chocolate

by Kirsty Lockhart May 16, 2018

If you've ever wondered if it was possible to laser cut chocolate, thanks to the hard work of Fisherck, it turns out the answer is yes! In the nam...

Posted in Experiments, Food

Laser Cut Tanks

by Kirsty Lockhart May 11, 2018

If tanks are your thing, then you might be pretty interested in JackCarter's activity over on Instructables and Thingiverse. Using a 1:18 scale, J...

Posted in MDF, Scale Models

Laser vs Bacon

by Kirsty Lockhart May 04, 2018

YouTube channel Laser Destruction recently tried to cook breakfast with a laser. I'm sure you can probably guess what the outcome is, but it's stil...

Posted in Experiments, Food

Captain America's Infinity War Shield

by Kirsty Lockhart April 26, 2018

Based on a lot of his previous projects, it was pretty much inevitable that The Hacksmith would be planning to tackle some of the props from the la...

Posted in 3D Printing, Cardboard, Experiments, MDF, Prototyping

Recycling Plastic

by Kirsty Lockhart April 20, 2018

Looking for a way to affordably recycle the abundance of plastic in maker environments, Agustin Flowalistik has been working on turning PLA remnant...

Posted in 3D Printing, Experiments, PLA

Leather Globe

by Kirsty Lockhart April 11, 2018

The standard world map that you tend to see in most contexts is called the Mercator Projection, and you may or may not be aware that is is not an a...

Posted in Leather, Plywood

Nintendo Switch Game Storage Controller

by Kirsty Lockhart March 28, 2018

Are you as excited as I am about all the upcoming Nintendo Switch titles? Then it's the perfect time to check out this nifty game case/controller h...

Posted in 3D Printing, EVA/Craft Foam, Gaming, Plywood

Our 5 favourite William Osman Projects

by Kirsty Lockhart March 15, 2018

It's been a tough few months for laser enthusiast and cat t-shirt collector William Osman. Like many others, William lost his home to the wildfires...

Posted in Acrylic, Arduino, Experiments, Food, Plywood

How Safe Are Your Laser Goggles?

by Kirsty Lockhart March 08, 2018

Have you ever wondered just how safe your laser safety goggles are? Styropyro is here to show you. In this video, Styropyro takes the time to break...

Posted in Laser Goggles, Laser Safety

Run A K40 with Raspberry Pi

by Kirsty Lockhart March 05, 2018

The software that is usually bundled with K40 style laser cutters can be very temperamental and isn't the most intuitive to use. This is certainly ...

Posted in K40, K40 Whisperer, Raspberry Pi