We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Cutting plays a large role in many craft and DIY projects — but you may need a little more than a pair of scissors to get a job done.

These are great days for makers. Affordable 3D printers and CNC mills are popping up everywhere, opening up new worlds of production to wide ranges of designers. However, one major tool still hasn't ...

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Foam is all kinds of useful, but trying to cut it with scissors or a serrated plastic knife is usually an exercise in futility. What you really need is a hot wire for nice clean cuts. [Elite Worm] ...

Score a discounted Cricut vinyl cutter during Amazon Prime Day and make your own stickers, shirts, and anything else you can think of. By Stan Horaczek Published Oct 7, 2025 3:40 AM EDT We may earn ...

It was time for some new T-shirts so [Andreas Hölldorfer] built a laser cutter. Wait, what? That’s the excuse he’s going with, and in the end this scratch built laser cutter did come in handy by ...

Young maker and Arduino enthusiast Nikodem Bartnik has created a fantastic Arduino CNC machine by converting a Dremel cutting tool and using a selection of 3D printed parts and aluminium profiles.