Fab Academy at AS220 Labs

February 11, 2010 6:17 PM

Laser Cut Cards - Construction Kit

by Anna Kaziunas France

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The Fab Academy Assignment

  • Make a press-fit construction kit

The Project: Laser-Cut Playing Cards Construction Kit

When reading through instructables.com, I found a great pattern for a polygon construction kit. I thought I would use it for my first laser cutter / computer controlled cutting project at Fab Academy. The instructable I reviewed is for a plastic lamp shade, but I decided to use playing cards instead and make a construction kit minus the lamp. (Also, the cards are too opaque for a lamp and I didn’t want to take a chance with heat in such a small space.) In the end, I created a sculpture construction kit.

Laser Cutting the Cards:

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Laser Cutting Video:

Putting Together The Construction Kit:

This construction kit shape can be put together to form a variety of shapes.

My Final Construction:

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Skills Learned

  • I leaned how to use Inkscape to create files that would create cut shapes when sent to the laser cutter.

Tools Used

  • Epilogue Mini Laser Cutter
  • Inkscape

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