Digital Fabrication

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CNC & Laser Engraved Coin Bank: SainSmart Anniversary Project
To celebrate SainSmart's anniversary, Windsor Woodcraft, a dedicated SainSmart customer, embarked on a creative project to design and build a wooden a...
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Review: WeCreat Vision
If you are in the market for a diode based laser especially if you intend to use it a great deal with a rotary for engraving mugs and tumblers, the WeCreat Vision is a great option.
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First Look at the Makera Carvera Air
The Carvera Air may not be the biggest or most powerful CNC but if you put one of these machines on your desktop, you just might find that it's one of...
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Review: Acmer Laser A2 IR Laser Module
Acmer's IR laser module allows you to engrave on metals such as aluminum, titanium, steel, gold, and silver.
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Papa's Gonna Build You a PancakeBot
How food printing became a family affair for PancakeBot creator Miguel Valenzuela.
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Review: Glowforge Pro Laser Cutter
We got to get hands-on with the Glowforge pro. Beautiful hardware with limited software and frustrating pay to play business model.
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Review: Acmer Laser P2 a 33 Watt Diode
Manufacturer: Acmer Laser Price: $1,199 URL: https://acmerlaser.com/products/acmer-p2-33w-laser-engraver-cutter-machine Features: 420x4...
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Review: LaserPecker 4 Dual Diode
The LaserPecker 4 has a funny name but the laser itself exudes quality. I was surprised and pleased. This thing is honestly great.
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Review: Wainlux K8 Laser
The Wainlux k8 is a fully enclosed, 10W laser with some pretty nice features. Here is our review.
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Which Laser Should You Buy?
Makers are confronted with so many choices of laser cutters and engravers that it can be intimidating. Here's a rough outline of the main differences between the lasers on the market today.
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60 Laser Cutter Tutorials To Keep You Inspired
If you've got a laser cutter, you know that there is a weird gap in projects out there that are fully documented, that use your laser cutter. Greyligh...
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Nerd Out About Toys And RCs With Us On May 11th
We’re overjoyed to bring you another episode of Hangout & Nerdout on Thursday, May 11th, this time focusing on toys and R/C! We’ll be talking to t...
Building A Four Axis Foam Cutter From Hardware Store Parts Hardware Store, 3d Printer, Building
Building A Four Axis Foam Cutter From Hardware Store Parts
This diy foam cutter is relatively cheap and the results are quite impressive.
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On Pulleys and Pirate Ships: Learning CAD
A lot of makers struggle to learn CAD. Why is this keystone piece of software such a challenge to learn? One reason is that you have to find projects ...
Make: Volume 84 — Speed Demons! Cardboard Dinosaur, Make 3d Printer, Vertical Wind Turbine, Dinosaur Puzzle, Clothes Folding, Folding Board, Laser Engravers, 3d Design Software, Tv Backlight
Make: Volume 84 — Speed Demons!
What’s new in digital fabrication? So much! In Make: Vol. 84 we show you how adding dedicated SBCs, like a Raspberry Pi, make 3D printers vastly smarter and up to five times faster, and much more!