It seems like just about every hobby under the sun requires its practitioners to learn an entire vocabulary of specialized terms, whether it's music, cooking, or woodworking. Sometimes people who have ...

Nothing beats a laser cutter and a sheet of Baltic birch plywood or MDF when it comes to making quick, attractive enclosures. Burning out all the pieces and fitting them together with finger joints is ...

The recent crop of laser cutters are nothing short of miraculous. For a few hundred dollars you can get a machine that can easily engrave and — subject to materials — cut well, too. [Nate] has been ...

Researchers from China's Shandong University have proposed a new methodology for the quantitative prediction of excess kerf loss caused by lateral vibration of diamond wire wafer cutting in solar ...