News – Tagged "Acrylic" – smokeandmirrors

Cheeseborg

by Kirsty Lockhart February 15, 2019

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

Posted in Acrylic, Arduino, Electronics, Experiments, Food, Plywood, Programming, Prototyping, Raspberry Pi

Acrylic and Resin Christmas Tree Candle Holders

by Kirsty Lockhart December 19, 2018

Wanting to finally get to grips with resin pouring, David from Make Something recruited Evan and Katelyn to help by recreating his childhood Christ...

Posted in Acrylic, Christmas, Resin, Wood, Woodworking

Kitronik Christmas Fair

by Kirsty Lockhart December 15, 2018

Are you feeling a little lacking in the DIY Christmas decorations department? Kitronik have you covered this year with their Christmas Fair display...

Posted in Acrylic, BBC micro:bit, Cardboard, Christmas, Craft, Electronics, Plywood, Programming, Soldering

Acrylic Stained Glass Window

by Kirsty Lockhart October 17, 2018

Paying tribute to famed Canadian musician Gord Downie, the people over at Trotec Canada have made this beautiful laser-cut acrylic stained glass wi...

Posted in Acrylic

Mini LED Desk Lamp

by Kirsty Lockhart October 09, 2018

Providers of a multitude of laser-safe materials, Kitronik also provide a range of electronic components and mini kits, along with a host of tutori...

Posted in Acrylic, Electronics, Soldering

Taco Stands

by Kirsty Lockhart September 11, 2018

As someone who enjoys a taco or two, I've yet to bother making them at home. Despite being pretty simple to make and put together, they're also jus...

Posted in Acrylic, Food

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

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

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

Laser Cut Braille

by Kirsty Lockhart June 21, 2018

Wanting to device an easy and cheap to produce a braille learning device, ramonable has put together an Instructable to show you how. Grade-1 Engl...

Posted in Accessibility, Acrylic

Transparent Speaker

by Kirsty Lockhart May 29, 2018

Inspired by clear speakers that he had seen elsewhere, Daniel Jansson of Switch & Lever decided to make his own, using a cheap cardboard Blueto...

Posted in Acrylic, Electronics, Soldering

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