However, one major tool still hasn't received a DIY overhaul: the laser cutter. ... and looks like it would be fun to put together in that 1,000-piece-Lego-kit kind of way.

The frame of the machine is made from 20×20 aluminium extrusions and laser cut plexiglass. The tape is pulled off the reel by a stepper motor using a 3D printed sprocket, with the tape held on by ...

However, one major tool still hasn’t received a DIY overhaul: the laser cutter. ... and looks like it would be fun to put together in that 1,000-piece-Lego-kit kind of way.

Laser cutters are great DIY tools, but they're pretty expensive. If you'd prefer to build your own, Instructables user SilverJimny shows you how using an Arduino. The build here uses an Arduino ...

And now you can add a laser to your DIY kit. The Aufero Portal Mini Laser Cutter is kind of like a reverse 3D printer. Instead of building something new, ...

Jenna Musgrave & ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander finish up the firefly crafting project and Jenna shows her DIY jewelry bar ...

Glowforge is a new object-maker that's a 3D laser printer, cutter and engraver rolled into one. It will help DIY enthusiasts churn out a range of products with wood, acrylic, leather, fabric or ...

Also: My first laser cutter project: Saint Patrick's Day coasters That said, I did make some nice coasters using the Dremel, and there have been other projects where the ability to cut all the way ...

As examples: Flux’s other laser cutter, the $2,500 Beambox, bumps the laser up to 40W and the work area up to 15.7″ x 14.7″; the $2,500 base model from competitor Glowforge comes in at 40W ...

The Aerowood kit includes a sheet of 184 laser-cut laminate Linden-wood airframe components, along with various electronic modules such as four motor/propeller units.

To cut something on a laser cutter it has to be a vector drawing made in programs like CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk AutoCAD or the free open-source vector drawing program Inkscape.