A quick note to all you digital dreamers. Until September 22nd, anything ordered from Ponoko out of cardboard or card will only cost your laser time + shipping, making it a little cheaper to try out the geometry of that backscratcher/fruit bowl you’ve been cooking up in Solidworks before you commit to plywood. Both the New Zealand and USA facilities are offering this and you don’t even need a promo code.
If you ever go ridding a horse bareback through plate glass windows, you may often wonder how to reduce the amount of scarring by attaching a thin acrylic shield around yourself and the horse. I propose Ponoko as the single best resource for creating such a shield. However, you don’t want children attempting to try such dangerous equestrian activities quite yet.
In that case, I still propose Ponoko as a violence-free resource for instructing children about the wonders and possibilities in design using laser cut material. Ponoko is onto the idea. They’ve put together Ponoko project guides to get you, and anyone interested, started in the process of creating your design ideas, start to finish. Saddle up.
I’ve covered a little of what Ponoko does with their laser-cut, create your design approach to manufacturing. Coupled with the ability to sell your own design, it’s simply the most unique and creative DIY site out there.
Their blog is no less and has been one of my favorite to read some time. A group of their latest latest articles not only give you insight into manufacturing, but really show the talent and breadth of the Ponoko blogging crew and what they write about.
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