Plywood Living Hinge Design for Laser Cutters

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Plywood Living Hinge Design for Laser Cutters

Another cool technique for your bag of CNC panel-cutting tricks.  The booklets and photos shown here are from the Dutch firm Snijlab lasersnijden (which, obviously, translates as “Snijlab Laser Ninjas”).   The method is kind of like kerf-bending, but the cuts go all the way through the substrate. [via Boingsy Boing]

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