Laser-cut plywood boxes are cool. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the free projects out there for people to get started with when they get a laser cutter – it’s obviously a popular genre of project.

I needed something to test out a low-power laser cutter, and thought that some small cardboard boxes would fit the bill nicely, so off I went to scour the Interwebs for a quick-and-dirty finger-joint ...

For $1,199, the Aura comes nearly ready to use out of the box, complete with a library of readymade designs you can use for an added cost. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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