I've been playing a lot lately with a new toy I picked up from Inventables: a powered LED strip for edge lighting acrylic. It's made in particular to work in tandem with specially made acrylics that transmit light efficiently, but I've found it works really well with simpler transparent and fluorescent acrylics. My first test … Continue reading 109: Edge-Lit Acrylic
Over the past few weeks, I've spent half a day here, half an hour there, slowly going through all of the inventory I've accumulated since starting my collection of laserable bits back in 2011. One of the gems I pulled out of the rough was a set of about a dozen small pieces of finished … Continue reading 105: Tint and Shade Engraving
I'm not a huge fan of New Year's Resolutions - sometimes I can be too much of a perfectionist to have it work in my favor. Instead, I come up with a one word affirmation for the new year ahead. I know it sounds a little hippy dippy, but a one word affirmation is designed … Continue reading 104: One Word Affirmation
Back in June, the Aurora Public Library finished and opened their new Santori building. The most personally exciting addition to the library within the new building is a public makerspace, with plenty of gadgets for making things (and some just for playing around) that I knew I'd want to spend some time with. In November, … Continue reading 102: Aurora Public Library’s Makerspace
