If you have access to a laser cutter you’re going to want to take a look at this brilliant tutorial. [Steven Smethurst] has figured out how to extract public map data and turn it into a file ready to ...

Prototyping your own PCBs? At a loss for how to apply your SMT electronics? Well — do you have access to a laser? [Felix] shows us a definitive way to use a laser cutter to engrave SMT stencils with ...

On a recent evening in a workshop in Anchorage's Spenard neigborhood, a group of people gathered around a laser cutter to chart the machine's progress engraving a chunk of wood. With some assistance ...

The Tanaka LMX VII 6kW TF6000 system at Penn Stainless Products, with a proprietary nitrogen cutting capability, is one of just two of its type operating in North America. Penn Stainless Products in ...

Corpus Christi, Texas (Aug. 7, 2012) -- Nobody works on more Army helicopters than Corpus Christi Army Depot, so when it comes to repair and overhaul, they cut a lot of metal. Gone are the days of ...

Caleb Lovelace works on a design that will be uploaded to a laser cutter in a class at Anchorage MakerSpace on April 6. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News) On a recent evening in a workshop in ...