MSRaynsford

Simon from Eldritch  is once again showing the fantastic levels of detail that can be achieved in LRP items when the foam is laser cut. I only cut the Fleur De Lis the fantastic edging was done using the Mandala Studios    Silvertail laser cutter (now in stock btw). I can't wait till I need some new LRP weapons I'll be headed straight to Eldritch to see what we can come up with.

For the longest time I've been quite anti 3D printers. It's a lot of time and effort to end up with a noddy little plastic toy that's badly ribbed along the edges and could often be made easier with alternate tools (like a laser cutter). It's really about using the right tool for the job though and there are things that 3D printers can do better. So I used my Christmas money to buy myself a 3D printer kit so I could fulfil some very specific projects I have lined up this year. I found a 3D printer kit on line that was very cheap (<£300). It's a variant of the Prusa I3  with a bowden extruder , something I specifically require. It would be very easy for me to knock this printer due to the poor assembly instructions but each time I think about but I find most of my complaints cancel out when I remember how cheap it is. All it really needs is someone in the UK whose built one to answer queries quickly and without the language barrier so I've decided to s...

Made from 6mm Birch plywood, these arrows will be painted up and attached to a signpost mad Hatter stylee.

A long time ago I was asked for a large batch of kotch snowflakes , it was mostly forgotten about until this week when the order actually came through. Amusing that it coincides with the large amount of snow we've been getting this week.

I had a custom request to make these wooden disks from the Age of Enlightenment expansion for Settlers of Catan. They had seen my previous Catan Disks  and felt that the expansion needed the same wooden token treatment.

I've got a large pile of useless machines sat in the garage taking up space and I'd like to move them along so I've dropped the price and they're now on sale for £15 each (maker faire prices). http://msraynsford.myshopify.com/products/useless-machine

Hopefully many of you will be aware that Dominic and I run a UK laser importing business in the guise of JustAddSharks . We're making some massive improvements to the web store and the whole web site over the next few months and I'm trying to get some life back into that blog . We intend to be making a few announcements and featuring the work of our customers (and some of it is absolutely amazing) but we'd also like to feature work of other people. So if you have a hot tip for us on any laser cut item then we'd love to know about it. Let us know what you're working on and who else inspires you. Just send your emails to msraynsford+tips@gmail.com