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Review: xTool F1 Laser Cutter

Manufacturer: xTool Price as tested: $1,999 Link: https://www.xtool.com/products/xtool-f1 The phrase “small but mighty” might have been created to describe the xTool F1. Fully enclosed, it will only take up a small corner of your desk while still giving you dual blue and IR diode lasers. If you’re a craft person looking to take a laser to events to personalize items during the event, keep reading, because you’ve found your laser. While the cutting area of the F1 isn’t large,...

June 20, 2025Uncategorized, , , , , , 0 Comments
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Maker Faire Cairo at 10: How Egypt’s Maker Movement is Connecting the Dots—and the Future

INSTAGRAM I FACEBOOK I WEBSITE I YOUTUBE Ten years ago, Maker Faire Cairo lit a spark in the heart of downtown—a bold introduction to a region ready to build, hack, craft, and dream. In 2025, that spark became something more: a platform. A two-day celebration that rewired how a maker event could feel, flow, and connect. With a reimagined format, deeply local roots, and global voices on the ground, Maker Faire Cairo’s 10th edition wasn’t...

June 10, 2025Uncategorized, , , , , 0 Comments
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Review: Neoden YY1 PCB Assembly Bundle

This article appeared in Make: Vol 93. Subscribe for more great projects. Manufacturer: Neoden Price: $9,497 as tested; $3,999 for YY1 Pick & Place alone Our makerspace just became a surface-mount technology (SMT) printed circuit board (PCB) factory overnight. We’ve watched 3D printers, CNC machines, and laser cutters become cheaper, smaller, and easier in our magazine’s twenty years, and now this revolution has reached PCBA (printed circuit board assembly). While services such as PCBWay have made...

June 5, 2025Uncategorized, , , , 0 Comments
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Very Sucky — Mini Kirby Fume Extractor

This project appeared in Make: Vol 87. Subscribe for more great projects. Charcoal fume extractors of all shapes and sizes have been a staple project in makerspaces for many years. Make: even has its own mini fume extractor by Marc de Vinck (Volume 19) with a video by Kipkay, now there’s a throwback! Built into an Altoids tin and featuring a 40mm fan and a basic circuit, this little device was rough but...

June 4, 2025Uncategorized, , , , , , , , , 0 Comments
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