Designing for Laser Cutting - Lessons from 10 years of Boxes.py (iger-2023)

Laser cutters are quick, precise and easy to use. Being 2D is what makes them so easy to use but creates challenges on how to create truely 3D objects from flat parts. This talk will discuss common design challenges and show solutions found in Boxes.py and else where. We will looks at this mainly from a plywood POV but many point apply to other materials also. The talk will cover wood and especially plywood as a building material and general Boxes.py tropes like finger joints, flex cut, flat dove tail joints, gears, integral springs and flexures. It will also go into general design principles like strength and stiffness and how to apply them in your own creations. about this event: https://cfp.fairydust.reisen/iger-2023/talk/CGWYYW/