Laser tattoo
We’re amazed we didn’t stumble across this ill advised burnination sooner. Earlier in the week [tetranitrate], of LED chess set fame, posted his experiences using a laser cutter to scarify his own...
View ArticleEpilog Zing personal laser etching
The new Epilog Zing is designed to bring laser engraving to the home for personal use. It’s got 25 watts of power, a small enough footprint to fit neatly on your desk, and the video above shows it has...
View ArticleHackaday links: October 10, 2010
Old timey pics with a new timey camera Update: We’ve already looked at this one… see the full article for all the details. One way to get old-looking photographs is to use a vintage camera. Then again...
View ArticleTrashed Hard Drive? Why not an Engraved Clock?
So your hard drive quit working. Don’t despair, with a “little” work your disk can be repurposed into a clock like the one seen above. I made this clock after several iterations of various success,...
View ArticleHackaday Links: January 24, 2012
Open source engraving [Scott] wanted to do some v-carving with a CNC router, but couldn’t find software to generate GCode that didn’t cost hundreds of dollars. He ended up doing the sensible thing and...
View ArticleHigh contrast laser etching
The problem with laser etching dark materials is that the areas burnt away by the intense light don’t really stand out from the rest of the surface. [The 5th Fool] is taking a roundabout way of...
View ArticleElectrochemical Etching With a Microcontroller
While most of the time the name of the game is to remove a lot of metal, etching is an entirely other process. If you just want to put a logo on a piece of steel, or etch some labels in a piece of...
View ArticleA Folding Laser Cutter
Want a laser cutter, but don’t have the space for one? How about a portable machine to engrave and cut wood and plastics? A folding laser cutter solves these problems, and that’s exactly what Red Ant...
View ArticleBrass Clock Face Etched With PCB Techniques
Over the last few months, [Chris] has been machining a timepiece out of brass and documenting the entire process on his YouTube channel. This week, he completed the clock face. The clock he’s...
View ArticleWalnut Windfall Winds up in Custom Keyboard
When a neighbor decided to cut down a walnut tree, [voluhar] decided to make something of the wood. The result was this custom keyboard that combines wood and metal in a lovely and functional package....
View ArticleVideo Shows Power Isn’t Everything In Laser Engraving
When it comes to power tools, generally speaking more watts is better. But as laser maestro [Martin Raynsford] shows, watts aren’t everything. He shares a brief video showing his older 100 W laser...
View ArticleSimple Hand Tools Turn Brass and Steel Into An Amazing Astrolabe
There’s something enchanting about ancient tools and instruments. The idea that our forebears were able to fashion precision mechanisms with nothing but the simplest hand tools is fascinating. And...
View ArticleMaking A Hammer With Beautiful Engravings
Tools are a key part of any maker’s pursuit of their work. For most of us, our tools come from the local hardware store or are purchased online. Some prefer to craft their own, however, and [Uri...
View ArticleWatch This LEGO Pantograph Carve Chocolate Messages
[Matthias Wandel] is best known for his deeply interesting woodworking projects, so you might be forgiven for not expecting this lovely chocolate-engraving pantograph made from LEGO. With it, he carves...
View ArticleThe Clickspring Playing Card Press is a Work of Art
We have no idea what a playing card press is, nor do we care. All we know is that after watching [Chris] from Clickspring make his playing card press, we want it. Digging a little deeper, [Chris]...
View Article3D-Printer and CNC Make This Russian Calculator Bilingual
Let’s be clear right up front: there are probably more obvious solutions to the problem of using a Russian calculator when you don’t speak Russian than printing new keys and engraving translated...
View ArticleMaking PCBs the Easy Way
Building a PCB at home can be fraught. If you’re etching, there are chemicals and the nuances of toner transfer. If you’re milling, getting the surface height just right, and not breaking those pointy...
View ArticleTransform Kicad Design To Patchwork For Isolation Routing
Tuning a desktop router and your board designs for isolation routing can be a bit tricky, with thin traces usually being the first victim. For simple prototype boards you usually don’t need tightly...
View ArticleImproving a Mini-Lathe with a Few Clever Hacks
Like many budget machinists, the delightfully optimistically named [We Can Do That Better] had trouble with some of the finer controls on his import mini-lathe. But rather than suffer through it, he...
View ArticleTiny Pneumatic Tool Made from a Single(-ish) Bolt
We’ve noticed a couple of things about the “Widget from a Single Bolt” genre of metalworking videos. The first thing is that almost all of them need to use a freakishly large bolt, and many of them...
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