Here’s the latest project I’ve done on the Glowforge as published in MAKE magazine. I write a regular column “Toy Inventor’s Notebook” which features a super simple, fast, and inexpensive toy-related DYI project.
In the current issue is this tiny attachment for a paper airplane that blows bubbles. Seems simple, but took a few iterations to optimize flying and bubble action. The design is symmetrical so that you can flip the part over and reinsert it in position into the cut out material and then engrave the other side — that makes the many groove that hold bubble solution. Still could use some tweaks on size/weight/number of bubble rings, etc.
How well does the plane fly with a fully loaded bubble wand on the front? I feel like my paper airplane game is pretty strong, but I’m not sure it could hold up a bubble wand at the tip.
Eye opening experience from my youth: losing a paper airplane contest to a kid who wadded up his sheet of paper and chucked it farther than the rest of our planes managed to fly.
What a great idea.
