Centerpieces for a geeky wedding

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[Bill Porter] is a married man now, and evidently his new wife, [Mara], is awesome. They put together one of the geekiest weddings that included custom side-lit LED centerpieces. Instead of laser engraving the dozens of plastic panels for each centerpiece, [Bill] tricked [Mara]'s Silhouette Cameo home vinyl cutter - the same one they made their invitations with - into engraving acrylic … [Read more...]

PCB stencils for $200

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There's some really cool stuff to find if you wander around a Michaels craft shop or Hobby Lobby long enough. Recently, [Ben] picked up a craft cutter - a small vinyl cutter-like device meant for scrapbooking and other crafty endevours. He's using this machine to create solder paste stencils that are better than any laser cut stencil he's used before. Like a build we've seen before, [Ben] is … [Read more...]