The morning of my flight home for the holidays I hastily came up with something for my family’s arts’n’crafts gift exchange.
Luckily the Techshop was pretty quiet so I could get some time on the Laser Cutter to draw up these fellas
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It took three iterations to get it right, the first was too big, the second was good but needed handles. Once you’ve got it though, its just a question of copy and paste to make lots!
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Lessons learned
- The Laser Cutter slices through the MDF sheet like its butter
Equipment and Materials used
- 1/4inch Walnut coated MDF Sheet (~$15)
- 1x Universal Laser Cutter @ Techshop SF
- 1x Adobe Illustrator