[sudo-discuss] help with laser cutting (& design) ?

Steve Berl steveberl at gmail.com
Tue Jun 9 16:50:39 PDT 2015


My favorite place to get plywood around here is
http://www.palsearthsource.com/.

-steve

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been meaning to design and laser cut a contraption for our Science
> Sideshow at the Cal Academy NightLive LIVE
> <http://www.calacademy.org/nightlife/nightlife-live-june> event this
> Thursday evening, but I'm rapidly running out of time.
>
> Anyone able to give me a hand?
>
> Basically, I found these vases that look just like giant test tubes - long
> cylinder with a rounded bottom. So now I want to make a giant test tube
> rack, and have them sitting at our booth with some food color and dry ice,
> steaming away. Would look awesome!
>
> I got about halfway through designing the thing in Inkscape, but I've
> never dealt with designing fasteners for plywood before. Needs to have a
> wide base so it doesn't tip over, but also needs to be hangable from a
> wall, so the base may need to be removable.
>
> If I were to order this through Ponoko, I'd probably go with something
> like their 1/4 inch amber bamboo plywood
> <http://www.ponoko.com/make-and-sell/show-material/226-bamboo-amber-3-ply>.
> Is there any plywood at Sudo? Recommendations for a good place to buy nice
> plywood?
>
> Patrik
>
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-steve
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