Laser cutters are really sweet! You just put your material in, and then you wait a few seconds, and you’ve machined this really complicated part. Here’s some stuff I made using a laser cutter over the past year.
Stencil for Bleaching a Shirt
My friend Kirsten L. gave me this idea and helped me make stencils for making bleached T-shirts. Here from Make and here from Stencilry are instructions for making T-shirts with cool graphic effects using bleach and a stencil. However, instead of making a stencil by hand, I used a laser cutter, which was really easy. I didn’t use very complex designs, but a laser cutter would be way preferable compared to hand cutting for very intricate stencils.
This stencil was cut from cardboard using a laser cutter.
I mixed and sprayed bleach using a spray bottle.
Here’s one with a fire nation symbol. whooo fire.
Here’s my shirt!
I also made another shirt. In my next post I’ll tell you about something else I made with a laser cutter.