The influx of cheap laser cutters from China has been a boon to the maker movement, if at the cost of a lot of tinkering to just get the thing to work. So some people just prefer to roll their own, ...

Conventional cut-to-length lines cut sheets from coil and feed them to an inventory buffer held either at the service center ...

It's hard to believe we've been working with and exploring 3D printers for three years here on ZDNet. Before MakerBot sent me their early Replicator, I had never touched a 3D printer. That said, I was ...

Just to kick off this party, don't get a laser head for your desktop CNC. Just don't. Xenocrates wrote up a much better reason than I could possibly do, so here it is. Non-quoted so the whole thing ...

These are great days for makers. Affordable 3D printers and CNC mills are popping up everywhere, opening up new worlds of production to wide ranges of designers. However, one major tool still hasn't ...

So a local "maker space" has two introductory workshops. One for laser cutting/engraving, the other on 3D printing. Ideally I'd visit both, since I'm clueless in both techniques and I haven't designed ...

Make festive laser-cut elf ornaments with a beginner-friendly file and simple painting steps. Quick to cut, easy to assemble, and perfect for adding handmade charm to your tree—or gifting as sweet, ...

Whether you're processing high-volume work or custom orders, it's not as difficult as you may imagine to lower overall expenses of laser-cutting projects. Laser cutting is a popular choice for ...