I saw a design for a holder for coffee pods, and I bought the design off of Etsy (their store is apparently now 'taking a break', so no link).

It was a simple piece with four 'slots' for coffee pods.

I expanded on the design. I made the slots longer …

Cutting knobs is pretty easy. Gluing them together without smearing cyanoacrylate glue on everything is harder.

Cut the parts out. Glue the nut into the appropriate place. Glue the matching piece on one side of that, and the smaller round piece on the other side.

I experimented with opaque acrylic …

How to engrave a picture onto a glass bottle

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Engrave: speed 300 power 40 Cut: speed 20 power 85, 3 times.

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How to engrave a picture

On the way from the Lodge I told Finn "We don't want to go saying stupid things, like 'an Octopus in a Tuxedo."

"What's wrong with an Octopus in a Tuxedo?" he asked, quite reasonably.

I waited for a safe place to pull over, and …

Finn wanted a boat. Just five pieces, and he helpfully drew a picture of it.

I found a Laser cut Noah's Ark DXF and downloaded it.

Corel Draw loaded the plans as 'outlines,' at least, once I clicked 'convert outline to object' I got something I could work with.

My …

Files: - projects/heart_words/live_laugh_fist.ecp - projects/heart_words/live_laugh_fist.dxf

Rose 1/4" Acrylic engrave speed 300 power 40 cut speed 8 power 90

I should do engraving tests. I think I had 500-40 at one point.

There were 'echoes' or ghost lines. About 8 mm to the right or lower …

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black 3 mm Cell Cast Acrylic sheet, Chemcast engrave speed 300 power 40 cut speed 20 power 60 three passes

40 mm coin. Moose on one side. The number 4 or 6 on the other

It is fun how quickly you normalize improvements in your personal hedonic index.

Economists …

I have a directoy named 'laser_box' with two files in it.

It is a parametric model for a live hinge. Specify a few parameters in the OpenSCAD file and you get a live hinge that you can export to a dxf, and then read into your laser software.

• hinge_work.dxf …

I finally got my GigaMacro rig up to the 'new' house (we have been here for 17 months, so 'new' seems a bit of an over statement).

It is in a sub-nominal condition, there is rust, and wear from neglect. But it is, to me, a beautiful object, and I …