New material: acoustic PET felt
PET felt is made from recycled PET bottles. Besides being color- and wear-resistant, it has excellent acoustic properties. Namely, it is sound dampening and sound absorbing. In addition...
MDF we already had in natural 3-9mm, extra thin 1 and 3mm, through and through black 3 and 6mm and white coated 3mm, but now also in 6 colors! These boards are as easy to use as normal MDF...
New material: engraving laminate ABS
We are excited to announce our newest material: engraving laminate ABS in gold, bronze, silver, red, yellow, green, and blue. These new colors give many new design possibilities, you can...
Create neat wood furniture sans laser aesthetic with this simple method. Using a router with an edge router bit, you can easily mill away the dark edges from the laser.
Blog: A circular sheet material, does it exist?
a sustainable, circular and biodegradable plastic sheet material composed of 100% biobased materials. You can use BioPanel for almost anything you...
Do you need a film cut to your own design? In this blog post you will learn which foils you can have laser cut and which material is the best choice for your application.
At Snijlab , we understand how crucial it is to choose the right materials for your product. However, sometimes you want to test several designs first without immediately using the most expensive material for this...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, European companies were forced to face the facts: our supply chains are more vulnerable than we thought. One simple but crucial component that was missing...
Easily order your own stamp parts. What would you like to stamp? From logos to drawings and even birthday gifts, bring your designs to life in a laser-cut stamp....
Laser cutting with Adobe Illustrator
Laser cutting with Adobe Illustrator Adobe Illustrator is a vector drawing program used by many people. In this tutorial, we will explain how to create a drawing for laser cutting ...
Would you like to mark text, shapes or lines on your laser-cut parts? Then you can do that with an engraving. In laser drawing, you can distinguish between cutting and engraving. Laser engravings are a ...
Want to join two pieces of wood together without screws? This is a laserable wood joint that does make it very easy. How it works. The hammer joint is a kind of mortise-and-tenon joint....
Nesting is merging different parts into one drawing. Do you have a lot of small parts? Or parts that fit well next to each other. Then nesting can be advantageous. Nesting is not for...
In addition to objects laser cutting it is also possible to engrave lines or surfaces. This technique is often used to indicate part numbers, illustrations, texts and floor plans or textur...
Calculating laser cutting costs is a complex story. There are many things that affect the cost of laser cutting. That is why you often see that there are no prices online...
How Snijlab helps MDL!GHT make made-to-order lamps... MDL!GHTIn 2018, Daphne van Dijk and Maarten van Asch had their first lamp made at Snijlab.They have since turned their brand MDL!....
How do I make a stencil or paint stencil?
If you want to make a paint stencil or paint stencil, laser cutting is a quick and easy way to do it. The stencil becomes...
Getting a part from Solidworks laser cutting is very simple. Open the part We start in an assmebly. Right click on the desired part and choose 'Open Part'. You are now in the Part ed...
Systainers* are robust, convenient and readily available. They lend themselves perfectly to making professional cases for instruments, tools, cameras or other sensitive equipment. D...
A custom meter scale is perfect for laser engraving. This example is made with duotone acrylic. A material where the inside has a different color than the outside. This project is e...
This template shows you how to draw a crate to have laser-cut at Snijlab. For example, you can use this template to have your own crate made to a specific size, or have your cr...
A wooden cover with flexible hinge (sninge) as known from makezine and others. Use this template to customize your own cover; add engravings or extra cuts and upload your drawing to b...
Laser cutting with Vectorworks
In this tutorial you will learn how to turn a 2D Vectorworks drawing into a laser drawing. As an example we will use a simple facade for an architectural scale model. Vectorworks is a...
Tapping your own threads in laser cut parts
With a thread tap, you can easily create threads in laser-cut plastic parts. The most suitable material for threading is POM (polyacetal), as it is tough and strong and ...