Category: Laser cutter
Rubberband cars
I’ve been volunteering in a local pop-up fablab to lead laser cutting workshops aimed mostly at children. A singular session only covers the absolute basics: learning how to draw in vector-based... Read More
Mother’s day card
My mom’s birthday is always aroud the same date as mother’s day, but this year they coincided on the same day. So I made this quick card with interchangeable greetings. Not much else to sa... Read More
More Cake Toppers
I’m doing more and more of these. Enjoy the tasty pictures! I’ll keep adding new pictures as I make them.... Read More
Secret Santa 2020
Like last year, I recently participated in a maker-related Secret Santa. The person I got to make something for was a nice young lady who is apparently very close with her dog. So I decided to make a ... Read More
Cake Toppers
A close friend of mine is very talented in baking, and does comissioned work on a regular basis. She asked me to make some decorations for her cakes, and I was happy to oblige!... Read More
Pyrography Blanks
I’m still working through my backlog of short project updates, so here’s a really short one. A friend of mine started attending pyrography classes, and I made her some blanks in different ... Read More
Grandmother’s Birthday card
My grandmother turned 95, so I made this lasercut wreath as a gift. Not much else to add, really… 😉... Read More
Hand sanitizer stand
I work in a movie theatre which means I’m not actually working at all right now. We are waiting for the event sector to reopen in our country. In the meantime I was tasked with building better h... Read More
COVID-19 ear savers
The face shield distribution seems to be caught up in my area, so I decided to look into an emerging need from healthcare workers: ear savers. I started out by using this well-known Thingiverse design... Read More
Lasercut city map
My mom’s birthday is coming up, and this year I want to give her something special. I actually came up with the idea last year, but this project makes heavy use of my lasercutter, which was bein... Read More
COVID-19 face shields
These are strange times. Covid-19 is taking the world by storm and a lot of us are temporarily unemployed and holed up at home. The Belgian maker community was very fast to respond to this new reality... Read More
Lasercut Treasure Chest
I’ve been working on a little project for a friend during the month of January. It’s a lasercut ‘treasure chest’-looking box that will contain some badges that the kids have to... Read More
Secret Santa yarn bowl
This year, I participated in a Secret Santa for the Belgian maker community. You all know the basic idea, but instead of buying, people make something for their ‘victim’. My instructions: ... Read More
Another birth gift
I’ve made a few birth gifts over the years, see them here: #1 – #2 – #3 – #4 This time, it’s a colleague of mine who’s expecting, and since I already knew the gende... Read More
LAYZOR 8mm pine test
Not much to add, just watch the clip: Pretty happy with that result!... Read More
Living hinge 2.0
Most of you will undoubtedly have come across the so-called ‘living hinge’ pattern which, when cut into thin wood stock, allows it to be bent along one axis (as illustrated below – n... Read More
PSA: Check your water flow!
A friendly reminder to those of you who own a CO2 laser cutter: always make sure your coolant is running! The other day when I was doing some test cuts during the latest batch of upgrades, I forgot to... Read More
LAYZOR final upgrades
I’ve been tinkering with my LAYZOR ever since I’ve built it, and now I believe I have gotten to the point where there isn’t much else to add without having to resort to huge modifica... Read More
Trophy plaque
This year, my brother finished his bike trip around the Belgian border. Just for shits & giggles they held some sort of competition amongst themselves. Long story short at the end there was a R... Read More
Dymaxion Globe
From Wikipedia: ” The Dymaxion map or Fuller map is a projection of a world map onto the surface of an icosahedron, which can be unfolded and flattened to two dimensions. The flat map i... Read More
Kitchen Garden
Spring is coming! I’m trying to grow a small kitchen garden, so I made these labels in order to remember where I planted the various crops/herbs. This job marks the first time I’m engravin... Read More
Lasercut X-Wing
I found this awesome design on Thingiverse the other day, and I just had to give it a go. Huge props to the designer, it is extremely well designed! Other than that, I’m going to let the picture... Read More
Quick Layzor shenanigans
After doing some minor modifications to my Layzor (had to replace my broken power pot), I put it through its paces with some quick & easy projects. First up, making a simple sign for my band. Seco... Read More