[Lab] laser cut "living hinge" to try

[Andrew Plumb]

Hi Eric,

My own design flow would involve coding up the hinge and main cutting DXF in OpenSCAD, then pulling the resulting files into Q-Cad and/or InkScape for assembly and adding text.  I haven't paid a Microsoft tax in ages so I'd then have to print-to-PDF to get it in a form I can use from the PC in the lab.

Andrew.

On 2011-10-28, at 8:35 AM, eric.schmidt at rogers.com wrote:

> Hey Andrew;
> 
> I'm a modlab newbie, but have been dying to try a laser-cut plywood project. My wife's birthday is coming up, and I think this would be an awesome gift, combined with a laser-engraved name on the front, and some finish on the covers.
> 
> So where do I start? Should I just show up on a Weds night meeting with materials and a cutter-friendly-CAD file, and ask for help?
> What would you do?
> 
> cheers, thanks in advance, and apologies for the n00b-factor,
> 
> Eric Schmidt
> 
> From: Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org>
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> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:14:27 PM
> Subject: [Lab] laser cut "living hinge" to try
> 
> We should give this technique a try on the laser cutter with a selection of different materials + thicknesses:
> 
> http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/10/plywood-living-hinge-technique-for-laser-cutters.html
> 
> Andrew.
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