Cutting pieces like trhese with my jigsaw was very time consuming.My end goal is to have a Prop kit for sale that is completly flat for easy shipping. Im just now learning how to convert my pdf files to vecter.
These are all pics of my first design. Where i need some help, is with the curved parts. i know you can cut them, just not sure how yet. For example this is the rocket that goes on top of the pack.I made it from paper templates.
What do you mean, exactly? Like, curved lines that you can draw in Inkscape?
Or unfolded paper models?
For the first one, you should look up some Inkscape tutorials on youtube or something. I’m really impressed with it, I can do good, accurate work in 2D way faster than in any CAD program. It’s not that hard to get comfortable with workflow, too, once you get used to it.
For the second, I think you might want to check out Pepakura? It’s what papercraft people use to unfold models, and the laser lends itself very very well to the process.
I have never done it myself from scratch, though. Other than @miststlkr’s excellent papercraft workshop at the Bunker.
So basically the shape thats on the right screen in blue is a template for papercraft. I want to make that out of wood and be able to bend the wood just like paper. The shape in blue forms a cone when cut out and shaped.
They will take a large amount of work to fill and clean if you want a clean cone. Just throwing that out there. We can give one a try, if you’d like.
Hmm, living hinge cone sounds interesting, I have never seen it done. One of the things with them, is they tend to only bend well in one axis, while a cone needs two axes of movement. I think.
Sounds like a great experiment, though, you should totally try it out and report back!
Wow, pretty neat especially for use with wood. From the wikipedia article
Wood
A variant on the kerf bend can be used to create living hinges in laser cut
wood. The technique is popular for making light-duty hinges with large radii.
