Important news about HackSpace

We have some important news to share about HackSpace: Issue 81 was the last issue of HackSpace as a standalone magazine, and HackSpace has become part of The MagPi, the official Raspberry Pi magazine. Starting with issue 145, We’ll be adding pages to The MagPi to make room for the stories and tutorials you’ve come to expect from HackSpace.

Laser Cut Dice Boxes

By Poppy Mosbacher. Posted

Dungeons and Dragons fan, Wolfboxshop, has finally designed a dice box that can be entirely laser cut. Their previous attempts failed because the boxes were too fiddly to assemble or required specialist woodwork tools.

The new box is formed from 8 hexagonal layers cut out of Plywood. The layers are stuck together using Wood Glue, except for the lid which is secured with magnets.

To personalise the boxes to give to friends, Wolfboxshop used the Image Trace feature in Inkscape. This turns photos into vector paths that can be laser engraved.

Customising the lids in Inkscape

Laser cutting the boxes

Instructions to make your own dice box are available here.


https://poppymosbacher.com/

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