I wanted to see how different materials respond to the laser cutter, so I attempted to cut a press fit mammoth out in 1/8″ acrylic.
I must need to tweak the laser cutter settings. I was not successful. The laser did not cut all the way through most of the acrylic and most of the pieces would not pop out or broke on me. I will revisit this project after adjusting the laser cutter settings.
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.
This construction kit shape can be put together to form a variety of shapes.