Make: Daily In This Issue... A Closer Look at the Glowforge Laser Cutter DiResta: Plastic Pumpkins Bring Your Pumpkin to Life with Mechanical Movements Choreograph a Music and Light Display for the Holiday Learn Plastic Welding with Giant Inflatable Tentacles Learn the Difference: Gas and Diode Lasers More Recent Articles A Closer Look at the Glowforge Laser Cutter Two days before the pre-order period ends, we take another look at the promising Glowforge laser cutter. Read more on MAKE The post A Closer Look at the Glowforge Laser Cutter appeared first on Make: DIY Projects, How-Tos, Electronics, Crafts and Ideas for Makers.         Related Stories Watch the Life-Like Motion of This Wooden Hummingbird Automaton Makers Love Cardboard: 8 Awesome Projects from Maker Faire Prove It Here’s All the Specs for Glowforge’s New Desktop Laser Cutter   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • DiResta: Plastic Pumpkins In this episode of DiResta, Jimmy uses a real pumpkin in a vacuum former to make a plastic copy, which he finishes in orange and green, adding a tea light for the jack-o-lantern look. Read more on MAKE The post DiResta: Plastic Pumpkins appeared first on Make: DIY Projects, How-Tos, Electronics, Crafts and Ideas for Makers.         Related Stories Bring Your Pumpkin to Life with Mechanical Movements Choreograph a Music and Light Display for the Holiday Learn Plastic Welding with Giant Inflatable Tentacles   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Bring Your Pumpkin to Life with Mechanical Movements Engineer Ben Brandt wanted to animate his jack-o-lantern for Halloween, so he carved a pumpkin, built some mechanisms, and voila! Read more on MAKE The post Bring Your Pumpkin to Life with Mechanical Movements appeared first on Make: DIY Projects, How-Tos, Electronics, Crafts and Ideas for Makers.         Related Stories Choreograph a Music and Light Display for the Holiday The Easiest Way to Levitate a DeLorean 10 Spooky 3D Printed Halloween Props and Decorations   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Choreograph a Music and Light Display for the Holiday Trick-or-treaters are bound to get a thrill when you make this choreographed music and light display that plays each time your gate is opened. Read more on MAKE The post Choreograph a Music and Light Display for the Holiday appeared first on Make: DIY Projects, How-Tos, Electronics, Crafts and Ideas for Makers.          Comments Comments Related Stories New Project: Scare Trick or Treaters with an Animatronic Skull Candy Jar New Project: 3D Print a Supersized Seven-Segment Clock New Project: Practice for Your Next Rave with Fabric Poi   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Learn Plastic Welding with Giant Inflatable Tentacles This project will explain how to weld plastic to make these giant inflatable tentacles. Read more on MAKE The post Learn Plastic Welding with Giant Inflatable Tentacles appeared first on Make: DIY Projects, How-Tos, Electronics, Crafts and Ideas for Makers.          Comments Comments Related Stories New Project: Weave a Giant Frightful Spider Web for Halloween Sculpt Demon Horns from Foam and Paper Towels New Project: Projection Mapping with Laser Cats   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • Learn the Difference: Gas and Diode Lasers Lasers are used for lots of purposes, but how much do you know about how they function? Here are two common types of lasers and how they work. Read more on MAKE The post Learn the Difference: Gas and Diode Lasers appeared first on Make: DIY Projects, How-Tos, Electronics, Crafts and Ideas for Makers.         Related Stories Tested Live Show Comes to San Francisco This Friday Zen and the Art of Microscope Maintenance 4 Ways Amateurs Are Advancing Maker-Style Exploration   • Email to a friend • View comments • Track comments • More Recent Articles Tested Live Show Comes to San Francisco This Friday We Talk to the Mystery Maker Behind the 3D Printed Railgun 6 Back to the Future Projects as Cool as the Movie Zen and the Art of Microscope Maintenance

 

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