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Locking Squares Cube 2

A little sculpture made from interlocking squares of deli-tray foam cut with my DIY laser cutter. Each square is about 3cm on a side. Material is about 5mm thick. The laser cuts the squares in about 30 seconds and there are 18 squares, so about 10 minutes total (including positioning the material) to cut all the pieces. No way I could cut these with an X-acto knife in that amount of time or with anywhere close to the precision this rig can. The machine has a resolution of .004" on each axis, and repeatability of better than .008". Beam diameter is about .010". The parts are, for all practical purposes, identical.

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Uploaded on January 26, 2008
Taken on January 26, 2008