Cardboard grand piano model

Made on a Glowforge
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Nicely done! Great details!!

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Haha, that is brilliant. Wow.

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Wow, that is really amazing. Do you think you make it out of wood?

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Hi, my next step when I have the time is to try to adapt the design for draft wood or acrylic :slight_smile:

Currently the “hinges” for the top cover are just masking tape, so that might not work well on wood or acrylic and I have to design actual hinges.

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Oh, Clear acrylic would be super cool.

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For sure, but I will have to use heat forming for the vertical curved walls :slight_smile:

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Wow. Really impressive.

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I do a fair amount of cardboard stuff and I am extremely impressed you got the black keys bit to cut without scorching, let alone bursting into flames.

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Thanks. I did watch the glowforge closely when I’m cutting cardboard. I used a setting I found online which worked well. I also made sure there are no debris from previous cuts trapped in the tray.

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While using your own settings clearly worked great - did you know there are :glowforge: settings for cardboard? I’ve never had a fire using them either :slight_smile:

Also, we’re only supposed to discuss non-PG settings in the Beyond the Manual section, so you could move your post or you could edit to say something non-specific :slight_smile:

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Thanks! I have edited my post.

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What an amazing project! I love it so much!! Cardboard and paper are so much fun!

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Impressive design and execution. It is even articulated! A labor of love. Congratulations @roygoh !

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Outstanding job on that! And I too would love to see this design in the catalog.

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Anyone else remember that phase that the forum went through and everybody was making miniature instruments? I should try to dig up the old threads, maybe give them a necrogame.

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This is SO COOL!!! Wonderful work!

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What a fabulous project! As a piano player myself, I would love something like this to be displayed at my piano! :slight_smile: Would make a great gift, even in cardboard!!

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Great job! I would love to make these for a friend that is a piano tuner so he could give them as gifts.

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This is truly wonderful! Thinking black acrylic would be stunning.

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What did you design this in may I ask?

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