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Today I'm going to show you how to make a custom, laser cut, "stencil" style CD case. For it, you'll need access to a laser cutter.
Materials for this are really easy: paper. In this case, I'm using some really beautiful, semi-glass, very heavy paper (this is typical for what woul...
The font that I used here is called "Phantom Stencil". It was designed by Mark Klein, and you may download it from here: http://www.fontstock.net/91...
Inkscape is a wonderful piece of Free/Open Source software that you can get right here: http://inkscape.org/ This is clearly inferior to a dedicated...
This cd case is a stencil. Put something on it worth stenciling. In this case [ha!], but put "Listen to music. Be happy" :). NOW! An important bi...
To accomplish this, I imported the linked PDF file into coreldraw, and used corel's DXF exporter to get a file I could work with on my laser. Load th...
At this point you will have two rectangular pieces of paper. One of them should have stenciled track names on it, the other should be ready to hold y...
Apply glue to the edges of the paper. Be mindful of where the glue will go when you squash the pieces together. (In this picture, I actually folded ...
Put your CD case in some books. We had these sitting back in the machine shop as temporary support structure for large pieces going through the drill...
Impress your friends, frighten your enemies! (Do not stencil onto things you do not own!) I'm really happy with how this came out. It easily looks ...
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