July 2011
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This Week's Tinkering
Just a few photos from this weeks tinkering. Malcolm brought along his homemade self-balancing scooter: (Details here: http://members.optusnet.com.au/a4x4kiwi/scooter/) We did some 3D printing: I made an Art: And tried my hand at some laser cut intarsia to make a sign for out new office lab: In other news, we’ve arranged a new controller for the lasercutter to stop the bugs we...
Jul 30th
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What can you make with a lasercutter?
Explaining to people that you have a lasercutter is one thing, getting across exactly what you can do with it is another thing. Here’s some photos of Max’s new project, a slot-together lampshade, which is one of the best examples of what’s possible I’ve ever seen: The prototype is made from recycled cardboard, but the final one will be cut from translucent acrylic.  ...
Jul 19th