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Diffraction Grating Kaleidoscope

by Kirsty Lockhart

Diffraction Grating Kaleidoscope

Playing with a kaleidoscope was always a lot of fun as a kid, but when was the last time you picked one up and gave it a spin? If you're anything l...
Posted in Gift Ideas, Plywood

Laser cut Acrylic and Wood Inlay Flowers

by Kirsty Lockhart

Laser cut Acrylic and Wood Inlay Flowers

Since getting his Glowforge laser cutter, MichaelMikkelson has been making some absolutely beautiful projects, occasionally sharing tutorials on so...
Posted in Acrylic, Adobe Illustrator, Gift Ideas, Glowforge, Plywood

Cheeseborg

by Kirsty Lockhart

Cheeseborg

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

Kitronik Christmas Fair

by Kirsty Lockhart

Kitronik Christmas Fair

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

It's Not Terry's, It's Mine!

by Kirsty Lockhart

It's Not Terry's, It's Mine!

We may be a bit late to the December train over here at Smoke & Mirrors HQ, but this super simple Christmas tree advent calendar is certainly g...
Posted in Food, Gift Ideas, Plywood

Laser-Cut Box Loom

by Kirsty Lockhart

Laser-Cut Box Loom

Typically a back-strap loom user, Matthijs Witsenburg's wife found it impractical to use whilst also having to chase after their kids; so she asked...
Posted in Craft, Delrin, Plywood, Tools

Laser Bent Boxes

by Kirsty Lockhart

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 ...
Posted in Experiments, Plywood, Wood

Custom Model Paint Racks

by Kirsty Lockhart

Custom Model Paint Racks

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

Laser Cut Pocket Watches

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

Dementia Friendly Music Player

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

Super Wood Entertainment System

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

Laser Cut Game Boy

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