Here’s another thing I made using a laser cutter!
Poi Holder
I cut a sock poi holder out of acrylic. It’s a slot with a curved, tapered opening, so it’s easy for poi to slide in to hang and slide out. First, I made a holder out of cardboard, but then I cut some out of acrylic, which resulted in a slot that is a much smoother and less likely to catch.
Here are the acrylic pieces. I set the design a few thou large to account for the laser kerf as noted in Charles’s guide.
Here are the pieces prior to assembly.
The holes in the back are for screwing mounting the holder.
Then, I assembled them and fused them with cyanoacrylate glue.
Wood screws secure this piece against a 2×4.
The color is great.
Other Stuff
I also prototyped a mount for an optical quadrature encoder and a mount for a robotic radiator dial controller, but I’ll post about those later.