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The New Hotness

  • Laser-Cut Specialty Wipes

    For reasons not relevant here, Mary asked for a bunch of small cloth wipes cut to a particular size. A few minutes with LightBurn for rectangle-drawing and array-fiddling produces a useful result:

    Laser-cut wipes - cutting
    Laser-cut wipes – cutting

    The part about peeling away what you don’t want just never gets old:

    Laser-cut wipes - on honeycomb
    Laser-cut wipes – on honeycomb

    It turns out this is even faster than rotary cutter action, because you need not worry about the old T-shirt sliding around while you’re slashing away at it. Bonus: a free 2 mm radius on all the corners!

    Let the pieces air out for a day on the patio and they’re ready for use.