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Does thin wood let light through? Template for reveal lamp

Yes, thin wood lets light through - and this reveal lamp demonstrates that in a beautiful way. Although 0.5mm thin birch wood is opaque, light does come through when you place a light behind it. Tu...

TutorialsGelaserde randen wegfrezen

Milling away lasered edges

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.

TutorialsHoe ontwerp ik een stempel?

How do I design a stamp?

Easily order your own stamping 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. Read on to learn our design tips...

TutorialsLasersnijden met Adobe Illustrator - Snijlab

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 with Illustrator....

TutorialsHoe maak ik een gravure? - Snijlab

How do I make an engraving?

Would you like to mark text, shapes or lines on your laser-cut parts? Then you can do that with an engraving. In the laser drawing, you can distinguish between cutting and engraving. Laser engravin...

TutorialsNo screw no glue hamerverbinding - Snijlab

No screw no glue hammer joint

Want to join two pieces of wood without screws? This is a laserable wood joint that does make it very easy. How does it work? The hammer joint is a kind of mortise and tenon joint, which is secured...

TutorialsOnderdelen nesten - Snijlab

Parts nests

Nesting is the merging of several 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 beneficial fo...

TutorialsGravure invullen met inkt - Snijlab

Engraving fill in with ink

In addition to cutting out objects, it is also possible to engrave lines or surfaces. This technique is often used to indicate part numbers, illustrations, texts and floor plans or textures in mode...

TutorialsHoe maak ik een stencil of verfsjabloon? - Snijlab

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 will be...

TutorialsLasersnijden met Solidworks - Snijlab

Laser cutting with Solidworks

Having a part cut from Solidworks is very easy. Open the part We start in an assmebly. Right click on the desired part and choose 'Open Part' You are now in the Part editor: Export to DXF Right c...

TutorialsSystainer inlay - Snijlab

Systainer inlay

Systainers* are robust, convenient and readily available. They lend themselves perfectly to making professional cases for instruments, tools, cameras or other sensitive equipment. Download the temp...

TutorialsLasersnijden met Vectorworks - Snijlab

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 model (scale model). Vectorworks is a comp...

TutorialsZelf schroefdraad tappen in lasergesneden onderdelen - Snijlab

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)because it is tough and strong. In your laser cut drawing yo...

TutorialsTabjes aanbrengen in lasertekening - Snijlab

Applying tabs in laser drawing

Miniature wooden cannons, by Hans van NieuwkoopFor all materials, parts smaller than 5x5 millimeters may be lost during the laser process. We cannot guarantee to supply residual shapes of small hol...

TutorialsLasergesneden blad - Snijlab

Laser-cut blade

A decorative hybrid between nature and technology, as well as a fun project: Create your own laser-cut leaf. Below is a short tutorial. What you need.  A picture of the grain structure of a leaf....

TutorialsVerfstencil / Spuitsjabloon maken - Snijlab

Making paint stencil / Spray stencil

In deze tutorial leer je hoe je in Adobe Illustrator een tekening maakt voor verfstencils en spuitsjablonen, geschikt voor lasersnijden. We laten zien hoe je vormen tekent, letters omzet naar sjabl...

InfoVoorbeeld tekst graveren - Snijlab

Sample text engraving

Single line font? Especially with small letters, it is recommended to take a font that you can convert to 'single line strokes'. This gives the letters no outline, but a single engraving line. That...

TutorialsLasersnijden met SketchUp Pro - Snijlab

Laser cutting with SketchUp Pro

In deze tutorial leer je hoe je van een 3D SketchUp Model een lasertekening maakt. Als voorbeeld gebruiken we een simpele gevel voor een architectuurmaquette (schaal model).

InfoKleine onderdelen lasersnijden - Snijlab

Laser cutting small parts

Lasersnijden is erg geschikt voor precisiewerk. Met onze tips krijg je het beste resultaat.

TutorialsLasersnijden met Inkscape - Snijlab

Laser cutting with Inkscape

Inkscape is a free and open source vector-editing program. It is available for Windows, Linux and OSX. By default, Inkscape uses the .svg file format but can also work fine with other formats such ...

TutorialsLasersnijden met Onshape - Snijlab

Laser cutting with Onshape

Onshape is CAD software that runs entirely in your browser. So you don't have to install anything. It focuses on technical drafting and engineering and is similar in functionality to SolidWorks an...