Practical cuts

A few of my latest practical cuts.

A headphone holder on the side of my monitor. I had a command hook, but it just didn’t fit well - this is so much better.

A whiteboard marker holder:

And some lightswitch stops. They can turn easily if we want to use the lightswitch instead of Alexa to turn on our lights. Side note - don’t take close up pictures of your lightswitches unless you want to see how dirty they really are. I suppose I could go around and clean them all…but then I would have less time with my forge. :slight_smile:

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Oh hey those light switch stops are clever. Do they sort of work the screws out over time?

Not that I have noticed, but we don’t move them very often. They usually just stay in position so we can use Alexa to control the lights. I did manually countersink the screw holes in the acrylic after cutting out on the glowforge.

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you have inspired me to do the same. my wife keeps turning off the porch light switch.

Before you get home? Limited personal expertise here but mom and wife and much anecdotal stories days they usually turn them on then never off.

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Nothing Fancy, and not entirely laser cut. For the cutter part I’m reusing the one that came with some packing tape. The base and the roll holder are made with 3/4" plywood.


SVG in case you want to develop further. :wink:
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Love the reuse factor!

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Practical projects are my favorites. :grinning:

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I wonder if we can make a serrated blade out of acrylic?

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I use the edge of a cut piece of acrylic as a scraper when “weeding.” I bet it (acrylic) would make a great serrated edge.

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A tray for various inks paints and glues:

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A set of corner clamps:

These are really useful for squaring up, even if you don’t use them as clamps. I have been using them to square up friction fit joints, jut by pressing them up against the inside surfaces.

Their design is pretty clever, you can actually clamp something really small because they can be “overlapped”. Kudos to @paul4, well done.

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Oh, I like your solution to small strap clamps. I’ll have to mimic you on these.

I take no credit, this was @paul4’s post here: Tabbed Box Gluing Jig

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Love the corner clamps. Think you could post the pattern?

I’m curious is the left,ost box have a slanted front? How is that done? Love the boxes link thanks for that.

I’d like to see the whiteboard marker holders in the office. How convenient.

Sometimes it is easier to make an angle gauge than to break out the fancy digital one.

Light, reusable, replaceable if damaged. Doesn’t have to be out of nice :proofgrade: but why not, I produce a lot of :proofgrade: scrap.

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I love your ingenuity and drive to discover how to make things happen. I built that hammer and use it a lot.

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If your window sill is too small, make a shelf that fits perfectly.
So I had this shot glass in which I was growing basil. The shot glass would just fit on the sill but the curtain would rub against it. I used a contour gauge my brother had but didn’t use to make a general template. Tweek the design in F360 and prototyped with cardboard, an hour later and I have my shelf cut from 1/4" smoke acrylic ( can’t tell from the picture but it’s slightly transparent). Best of all the window still open and closes easily.

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