Making ‘flat-pack’ style items is one great application of laser cutting so when one’s wife looks at fancy tea racks for storing the inordinate quantity of tea you have you just knows what’s coming next.
And there it is and who could dare refuse that subtlest of commands so here we go. A sheet of 3mm MDF is all that’s required plus some paint to make it look smart. It’s all in the measurements to make sure that everything lines up and that when it slots together that everything is tight, although you can always use glue where needed, even MDF isn’t a perfectly consistent thickness, although it’s close.
Getting the design and alignment correct isn’t as fiddly as you might think as long as you have a logical approach. It’s the deciding of how to break it down into flat shapes which takes a little longer. Once that’s done then it’s mostly a question of positioning slots and tabs and making sure you have your kerf set correctly. Kerf is essentially ‘the thickness of your blade’ when cutting things precisely. In this case it’s around 0.15mm, the diameter of the laser spot plus a small margin.
Once the design is sorted it’s a simple matter of lasercutting it from the MDF sheet and slotting it all together with the gentle persuasion of a rubber mallet to help with any of the tighter slots. A couple of coats of paint and it;s good to go. The design had keyslot in it for slipping onto screw heads but these are actually held up with nano tape which is brilliant stuff and grips most surfaces like a fiend while also being removable with no damge in most cases.
If you have an idea for items you want created then why not book a zoom call to have a chat about it or use our contact form if you prefer to get the ball rolling.
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