Laser cutters are getting more and more popular among crafters. As a unique means of creating artwork using all sorts of different materials, laser cutting is accessible and fun. If it’s something you ...

A practical guide to fiber vs CO₂ lasers—best materials, real-world performance, maintenance, and common myths—so you can ...

The influx of cheap laser cutters from China has been a boon to the maker movement, if at the cost of a lot of tinkering to just get the thing to work. So some people just prefer to roll their own, ...

Considerably heavy -- do not try to set this up without help Large working space means the device is even larger Requires ventilation option (window) or smoke purifier Cost prohibitive to beginners ...

Laser cutters are in a fun place right now. Gone are the days when the cheapest machines were tens of thousands of dollars, and when the “compact” models were roughly the size of a freezer. They’ve ...

I couldn’t write very much without a computer. Early in my career, I wrote with a typewriter. Unless you are pretty close to perfect — I’m not — it is very frustrating to make edits on typewritten ...

Harness the power of light with the xTool P2 laser cutter and engraver, a 55W CO2 laser that can help you achieve all your DIY dreams. Laser cutting is taking the maker world by storm, the same way ...

Spanning a wall in a separate area is a large automatic storage and retrieval system that feeds multiple lasers and stores ...

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These are great days for makers. Affordable 3D printers and CNC mills are popping up everywhere, opening up new worlds of production to wide ranges of designers. However, one major tool still hasn't ...

I know many craftsy people. Folk who can knit and crochet, people who draw and paint, people who can carve and whittle wood, and people who can seemingly create anything from almost literally anything ...

So a local "maker space" has two introductory workshops. One for laser cutting/engraving, the other on 3D printing. Ideally I'd visit both, since I'm clueless in both techniques and I haven't designed ...