In Inkscape, we use this plugin for generating g-Code, which helps in 2D wire cutting with a turning table. You can draw both open and closed paths in it. The machine will cut an open path, and the closed path should be connected because this cutter plugin will not leave raw material...
Access to a laser cutter. Since laser cutters can be set up in different ways it is important to be aware of how your laser is set up. The one I have access to is set up as follows: red lines are to be cut, blue lines are shallow cuts (i.e. they don’t cut through the mate...
If you use Inkscape to lay out your laser cutter designs you might want tolook into this box maker extension. Inscape is [Elliot’s] drawing software of choice since it’s easy to use, and it’s open source. After having to lay out the tabs for a box he decided it was worth his ...
AsSide Door signv3 seemed to have fallen off, I needed to make a new one. With access to a laser cutter, I can make really permanent things now, so I designed this: Yes, that’s a pointy thing filled with pointy things (all without thumbs, you’ll notice) and labelled with Cooper ...
He cut each piece of his robot on his laser cutter, and in order to get the pieces to fit snugly together he made each tab a little bigger than its corresponding slot, ensuring the piece wouldn’t fall out. This also helps account for the loss in the material due to kerf, which is...