Her excellent hack uses a Processing sketch that converts a digital audio file into a vector graphics file, which is then burned onto vinyl using a laser cutter. We saw a demo of this at the ...

It’s not exactly trivial to cut them out ... heat from the laser. Without this step, the pads will likely end up a little bit too big. If your CAD software exports the files as gerbers ...

Laser cutting works by directing a laser together with a motion control system to follow a pattern to be cut out of a sheet of material. The laser either melts, burns, vaporizes away the material, or ...

The laser cutter can then be told to do different things with each colour. The first colour should be used for the shapes that have to be cut out. This is called 'vector cutting'. The second ...