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Close-up view of a CNC router cutting a part out of plywood.
Laser & CNC ResourcesMachine types: CNC Router

Choosing Your CNC Router

Tips for choosing a CNC router.

By ClaudioOct 28, 2027 / 1 min

A round wooden clock with engraved numbers and gold hands, leaning against a brick wall next to a picture frame and a small Eiffel Tower model.
ProjectsMachine types: Laser Cutter

Laser Etched Clock

Mar 5, 20246 min

An assembled graham cracker house sitting on a cardboard jig inside a laser. The front wall is etched with a door, door knob, and two paned windows, the roof support has a round window, a brick-etched chimney pokes through the roof, and a graham cracker Christmas tree with etched ornaments stands beside the house.
ProjectsMachine types: Laser Cutter

Graham Cracker Houses

Dec 15, 202315 min

An assembled laser cut dinosaur made from acrylic printed with pink, purple, blue, and orange stripes. Clear acrylic ribs slot through its body, and it has a toothy open mouth and spikes along its back and tail.
ProjectsMachine types: Laser Cutter

Laser Cut Dinosaur

Aug 21, 20236 min

A laser cut wooden puzzle postcard engraved with a photo of a corgi among flowers. Several pieces, including ones shaped like a bone and a corgi, sit beside the partly assembled puzzle in its border.
ProjectsMachine types: Laser Cutter

Purrfect Present: Pet Puzzle Postcards

Aug 9, 20234 min

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What the newsroom's readers opened most in the last seven days.

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01The Rabbit HoleMachine types: Laser Cutter / CNC RouterFormatting Test PostOct 30, 2026 / 1 min

Laser & CNC Resources

General info about selecting and using laser cutters and CNC routers.

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Close-up view of a CNC router cutting a part out of plywood.
Laser & CNC ResourcesMachine types: CNC Router

Choosing Your CNC Router

Tips for choosing a CNC router.

By ClaudioOct 28, 2027 / 1 min

Close-up view of a CNC router cutting a part out of plywood.
Laser & CNC ResourcesMachine types: Laser Cutter

Choosing Your Laser Cutter

Oct 28, 2027 / 1 min

The desk index

Every desk, its story count, and the piece it is leading with right now.

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Projects

Try some of our projects, or use them as a starting point to launch your own ideas.

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A set of customized pencils sitting in the engraving jig. Pencils are engraved with the names of various BattleBots and "Don't steal my pencils!"
ProjectsMachine types: Laser Cutter

Laser Engraved Pencils

Jul 24, 202615 min

A square slate coaster leaning against a white wall, engraved with a detailed portrait of a curly-eared spaniel wearing a bandana.
ProjectsMachine types: Laser Cutter

Image Engraving on Coasters

Mar 5, 20245 min

Seven stickers turned into magnets on a stainless steel fridge, including LightBurn logo stickers, a vintage suitcase, a van in front of pine trees, a bouquet of flowers labeled folklore, and a wine bottle.
ProjectsMachine types: Laser Cutter

Laser Cut Fridge Magnets

Mar 5, 20248 min

A round wooden clock with engraved numbers and gold hands, leaning against a brick wall next to a picture frame and a small Eiffel Tower model.
ProjectsMachine types: Laser Cutter

Laser Etched Clock

Mar 5, 20246 min

An assembled graham cracker house sitting on a cardboard jig inside a laser. The front wall is etched with a door, door knob, and two paned windows, the roof support has a round window, a brick-etched chimney pokes through the roof, and a graham cracker Christmas tree with etched ornaments stands beside the house.
ProjectsMachine types: Laser Cutter

Graham Cracker Houses

Dec 15, 202315 min

An assembled laser cut dinosaur made from acrylic printed with pink, purple, blue, and orange stripes. Clear acrylic ribs slot through its body, and it has a toothy open mouth and spikes along its back and tail.
ProjectsMachine types: Laser Cutter

Laser Cut Dinosaur

Aug 21, 20236 min

EDU & Makerspaces

Resources for and about schools, makerspaces, and anywhere else you can go to learn or try something new.

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Close-up view of a CNC router cutting a part out of plywood.
EDU & MakerspacesMachine types: Laser Cutter

Classroom & Makerspace Safety

Oct 21, 20266 min

The Rabbit Hole

A little bit of everything, and not just lasers and CNC routers. There will be pet pictures.

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A chubby cat looking at you from his spot by the window.
The Rabbit HoleMachine types: Laser Cutter / CNC Router

Formatting Test Post

Meaningless post for testing formatting

By JackieOct 30, 2026 / 1 min