Waag Society Fablab Amsterdam

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it was my first ever experiment at a fablab, which i managed to pull off thanks to the friendly people there helping me out, explaining the how&what, thanks.

the image above, of the circle with the two men, took 1 hour 7 minutes, speed 20, power 100, ppi 600

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Test-phase to discover how the machine works and how I can use it best. I want to make a 2D Greyhound realsize.

For now I started with a piece of waste material (18 mm thick multiplex) on a smaller scale ( height of the dog is approximately 30 cm)

For an event organised by Foam Lab, we needed some big-sized famous internet figures: the Fail Whale and Nyan Cat. We met Alex at FabLab and he told us a little bit about what we were going to do. We had already created some vector images and now we just needed the material for cutting. We got some wood around the corner and headed for the BIG milling machine. Alex helped us to load the file and showed us how we could use all of the wood in an economical way so we wouldn't waste a lot.

Wooden nameplate like the silver name-necklaces that were popular in the 80s.
Lasercut and etched test in 3mm multiplex 

Great bargain for a bunch of leftovers from fineer plates. The package comes with about 15 pieces from different kinds of wood (some mazing ones from roots too), some bigger some smaller but all good!

25 euro Including the shipping cost (UPS shipping, wth signature required), in two days I got the package, very serious seller! If you pass by Arnhem you can get it for 15.

They also have any sort of wood/format

www.af.nl

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For my researches I wanted to push the limits of leaser engraving on wood. So I decided to make a gift for my parents, who recently celebrated 25 years of marriage, engraving a 60x40cm picture of them.

The first step was to find the right wood and the best setting to have a nice result. So I made a lot of tests using different kind of wood.

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because the laser cutter always cuts straight down, it is hard to create non cubic 3d shapes

however, with the use of gradients one can engrave cornered edges.
with this technique this was created:

a wooden dome created out of 19 wooden pieces and a ground plate.