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We use a lot of bubble wraps for prep things. Do you know how it’s made, and there’re bubble wraps made in non-cellular shapes for unique lovely packaging?
Bubble Wrap: How it’s made & the best for prep gifts and lovely products Read More »
It has already been October. The Holiday Season is becoming soon. The First Festival coming soon is at the End of October. Yes, “Trick or Treat”. Tons of people love Halloween, no matter kids or kidults. Making Halloween treats, DIY Halloween costumes, masks, and decorations, and there is so many fun to make with Halloween
7 Featured 3D Printable Halloween Decorations in 2017 Read More »
Laser technology sounds dangerous that Sci-Fi stories produce an image as various high-power weapons. Indeed, you may also simply find a laser application in nearby. For instance, CD/DVD players, laser printers, optical fiber devices, laser pointers, etc. They are safely used in our daily life as most of them are low-power lasers. While some more
Craftweeks: Vision on Laser Processing Technology Read More »
Adobe Illustrator and CorelDraw are top well-known competitors, like Apple Mac OS and Microsoft Windows, in the graphic design industry. Which one is better?
Software Review for Laser Cutting Design Read More »
Previously, we have published a demo video about making our logo with CNC 3D engraving. You can do the same if you have a 2.5D CNC engraver or a 3D CNC milling machine. Here is a simple tutorial starting from CNC text engraving with Roland Dr.Engrave. If you buy a Roland machine, you will get
Roland Dr. Engrave Tutorial (1) ─ CNC Text Engraving (Beginner’s Level) Read More »
I have used Roland MODELA MDX-15/20, a desktop CNC milling machine, for several years. Recently, I received an inquiry from the internet about the troubleshooting of these models. Here it is one of the test procedures for you to address the machine problem. The story is that a newbie didn’t know why his second-hand machine
Simple Command-Line Test for Roland MODELA MDX-15/20 COM port Connection Read More »
If you have difficulty in setting the starting height in Roland MODELA MDX-15 or MDX-20, here is a solution for you. With our MDXLabPanel, you can offset the Z leveling to the exact value you want. You can now control the Z-axis numerically. You can set Z0 accurately and start or resume at the exact
Set or resume Z levels of Roland MDX-15/20 to at the exact value you want Read More »
A few years ago I was fortunate to attend a seminar on “What is Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Experts Tell Us”, given by Prof. Mare de Vries. He is from the Delft University of Technology, which located in the Netherlands and counts as one of the best universities for engineering and technology worldwide. To
What is Engineering? Read More »
Hi, every maker and Roland Modela MDX-15/20 users. We released a new version 0.4.1 of the Scilab-based CNC Control Panel. This time, we enhanced the parameter controls and visual aids for positioning. Also, we fixed a few bugs in the previous version. Compatibility with the latest Scilab 6.0 Please note that Scilab 6.0.0 is now
MDX-20 CNC Control Panel v0.4.1 has been released Read More »
