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Lunar map on a coaster
This one speaks for itself. It’s an historic lunar map, raster-engraved in grey polyester felt at 15% power, 200 mm/s. There are tricky issues. One is the inhomogeneity of the material. Held up to a window, the light comes through in spots where the beam penetrated almost all the way through. The other difficulty is… Read more
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Let’s try printmaking with laser cut acrylic
Originally posted on The MakerLabs Blog:
When I was doing some tests with different power settings on the laser cutter recently I thought it would be neat to cut the image in reverse so I could try using one of the acrylic pieces as a block printing plate. Here is a video of me giving… -
A translucent wood-veneer lamp
I had a broken lamp to fix, and some sample sheets of veneer that have been no use for anything but too good to throw out. Along with some laser-cut plywood and a new lamp holder, they are now this lamp: At night, the light glows through the veneer, and shines up onto the wall.… Read more
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