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putyn (/member/putyn) a year ago Reply

Hello great project, but i have one question im interested in

building something using living hinge, but im not really sure
how to calculate the spacing or the length of the cut lines.
Can you give me more details on how you calculated them or
its trial and error ?

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . putyn (/member/putyn) a year ago Reply

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It was trial and error. I think I shared the plans on the ible though so you
can start with that. I think the bands were about the same width as the
material was thick. The top of the boxes is very flexible, you can bend it
much tighter than the box requires.

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 streetart (/member/streetart) 2 years ago Reply

This is good! But i can't download the file.

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jhall30 (/member/jhall30) 3 years ago Reply

I've found that I can save Inkscape files as PDFs (on the
Mac), or export PDFs from Illustrator, and then "print" them
from Acrobat Reader (on a PC, of course, as Epilog's driver
doesn't support Mac OS). Inkscape (and Draw Plus)
rasterizes when printing, so it is only useful for raster
engraving on Epilog laser cutters.

Regardless of TechShop SF's use of CorelDraw, you don't

need to use it. Printing from Acrobat Reader works just fine,
as the Epilog driver mimics a printer driver, and can be used
from any program (it must print a vector image to cut).

I did have problems importing some file formats to

CorelDraw, as it appears you have found. Since I primarily
work on a Mac, I am happiest just using PDFs for the actual
cutting. The same trick works with Inkscape on Windows.

Beautiful work, by the way, and great instruct able. Now I

want to find some reason to make one of these (or I could
just make something pretty).

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . jhall30 (/member/jhall30) 3 years ago Reply

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Thanks for the tip. Just to be sure I understand, you are saying that the
Inkscape­>PDF­>Acrobat reader­>Print to Epilog path does not rasterize
vector lines, so it should work for both vector and raster engraving? (But if
you just print from Inkscape then it rasterizes before printing so that's no
good.)

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jhall30 (/member/jhall30) . fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) 3 years ago Reply

Correct. Printing directly from InkScape rasterizes the image, while

exporting to a PDF file does not. Acrobat Reader will then send the
properly vector image when printing.

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| tytower (/member/tytower) 3 years ago Reply

This is a novel way but not very structurally sound.

saw kerfs on the underside 2/3rds the way through 1/2 inch
apart would look better and finish better plus some epoxy
glue added later upside down to the kerfs would make it
strong enough to stand on

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . tytower (/member/tytower) Reply

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I quite like the aesthetic of the living inge. It's more than strong 3 years ago
enough for my purposes. The plywood is only 3mm thick and
the whole box would fit on your palm; I don't think cutting a
"traditional" kerf bend, as you describe, at that scale would be
easy.

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X Rob311 (/member/Rob311) 3 years ago Reply

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do you have an instructable about the wireless network?

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . Rob311 (/member/Rob311) Reply

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Not yet. It's on my todo list. It's largely based on the one 3 years ago
described by a friend at http://mchr3k­arduino.blogspot.com/
(search for Wireless sensor node, I think it starts in Jan 2012).
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X laserline (/member/laserline) 3 years ago Reply

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FWIW: I cut quite a bit of 3mm ply. I find poplar bends far
more readily than birch.
Kewl project!

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . laserline (/member/laserline) Reply

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I've updated the design with narrower zigzags. Now it works 3 years ago
perfectly with all the wood that I've tried.

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . laserline (/member/laserline) Reply

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Thanks for the tip. I think I have some poplar ply as well (looks 3 years ago
just like the beech).

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X sabu.dawdy (/member/sabu.dawdy) 3 years ago Reply

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8 this is a very lovely instructable . this will look awesome in
form of jewelry box =)

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . sabu.dawdy (/member/sabu.dawdy) Reply

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Thanks. I'll upload the design files to my github soon so people 3 years ago
can base their own designs on them.

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X sabu.dawdy (/member/sabu.dawdy) . fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) Reply

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8 you are welcome :) 3 years ago

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X The Cartographer (/member/The Cartographer) 3 years ago Reply

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8 Informative and stylish, love it.

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . The Cartographer (/member/The Cartographer)

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Thanks. 3 years ago Reply

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X jo_mo (/member/jo_mo) 3 years ago Reply

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Well done. Got to make one too. In my experience using any
plywoods can be a problem with these type of "bendy" cuts.
I'm open to any suggestions.

Keep on with Inkscape. It's the future!

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . jo_mo (/member/jo_mo) 3 years ago Reply

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Yep, it was definitely hit and miss. Need to get my hands on some thin
sheets of real wood.

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X Lorddrake (/member/Lorddrake) 3 years ago Reply

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8 did you try steaming the top cover to make it more plyable
before attempting to bend it?

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . Lorddrake (/member/Lorddrake) Reply

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No, I haven't tried steam bending. I'd be a bit worried that this 3 years ago
sort of ply (veneered MDF) might delaminate or swell if I
exposed it to water. Any thoughts?

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X Lorddrake (/member/Lorddrake) . fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) 3 years ago Reply

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8 veneered MDF will more than likely delaminate if you try to steam it.

I thought this was made from one of the solid woods you listed at the
begining ( that will teach me to skim and comment lol)

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . Lorddrake (/member/Lorddrake) Reply

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Unfortunately not, I'd like to work with thin planks of wood 3 years ago
instead but I'm not sure where to go to buy such things. I
bought my "laser wood" from laserbits.com.

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lyaxovvv (/member/lyaxovvv) 3 years ago Reply

cool

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X fasaxc (/member/fasaxc) (author) . lyaxovvv (/member/lyaxovvv) Reply

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Thanks! 3 years ago

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