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MakerSlide, European edition We're all familiar with the MakerSlide, right? The linear bearing system that has been turned into everything from motorized camera mounts to 3D printers is apparently very hard to source in Europe. A few folks from the ShapeOko forum have teamed up to produce the MakerSlide in the UK. They're running a crowdsourced project on Ulule, and the prices for the rewards … [Read more...]
With laser cutters popping up in hackerspaces and maker's tool sheds like weeds, it's no surprise we're seeing an explosion in manufacturing techniques that would be nearly impossible without a laser cutter. One of these techniques is kerf bending, a method of bending plywood simply by burning patterns along the desired bend. [Martin] just put up a great tutorial on kerf bending with a laser … [Read more...]
[Martin] put together a simple portable radio unit to take some MP3s with him while he's out and around. The build was simple; just a no-name Chinese MP3 player, a battery, and an FM radio transmitter. To give his project a little more pizzazz, he came up with a very handsome laser cut wooden case to turn what would be a bunch of wires and components into an attractive build. [Martin]'s case … [Read more...]
If you want to pretty up your project boxes, we can't imagine anything better than [Shaun]'s walnut plywood, laser-cut, kerf bent Arduino case. Instead of the slot-and-tab construction of traditional laser-cut enclosures, [Shaun] used a technique to bend plywood without steaming, heating, and eventually scorching his somewhat expensive plywood. This isn't the first time we've seen this … [Read more...]
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