Small and powerful laser diodes are getting cheaper and cheaper, and there are a few commercial products that give anyone the ability to cut paper and vinyl with a computer-controlled cutting machi… ...

[Jens] decided he wanted to try building his own laser cutter to see just how much you can actually cut with a fairly low power 300mW laser diode. He was inspired by a similar project from earlier ...

The students designed different paper-cuttings, and then used a nonmetal laser cutting machine for red paper, which can produce paper-cuttings in just a few minutes. Chinese zodiac animals, ...