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...
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.
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...
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....
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...
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...
In addition to cutting objects, it's also possible to engrave lines or surfaces. This technique is often used for indicating part numbers, illustrations, texts, maps, or textures in models. By fill...
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...
Cutting out a part from Solidworks is very easy. Open the part We start in an assembly. Right click on the desired part and choose ' Open Part ' You are now in the Part editor: Export to DXF Righ...
Systainers are robust, convenient and readily available. They lend themselves perfectly to making professional cases for instruments, tools, cameras or other sensitive equipment. Download here the ...
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...
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...
Applying tabs in laser drawing
Miniature wooden cannons, by Hans van NieuwkoopFor all materials, parts smaller then 5x5 millimeters may be lost during the laser process. We cannot guarantee to supply residual shapes of smal...
A decorative hybrid between nature and technology, and moreover a fun project: Create your own laser-cut leaf. Below is a brief tutorial. What do you need? An image of the vein structure of a leaf...
Making paint stencil / Spray stencil
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a design in Adobe Illustrator for paint stencils and spray templates, suitable for laser cutting. We will show you how to draw shapes, convert letters...
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...
Laser cutting with SketchUp Pro
In this tutorial you will learn how to make a laser drawing from a 3D SketchUp Model. As an example we use a simple facade for an architectural model (scale model).
Laser cutting is very suitable for precision work. With our tips you will get the best result.
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 ...
Onshape is CAD software that runs entirely in your browser. So you don't have to install anything. It is aimed at technical drawing and engineering and is similar in functionality to SolidWorks and...