Lazzzor Battle 2008 – 12″x12″ Design Challenge
On November 22nd, designers from around the world will participate in the first annual Lazzzor Battle. Each participant will create designs for a laser cutter that will fit on a 12″x12″ sheet of acrylic, wood, leather, cardboard, paper, or whatever else you can slap onto a laser cutter that is 12″ by 12″!
All you have to do to compete is upload a design file to the Thingiverse that will fit on a 12″x12″ of something and tag your design lazzzorbattle2008. You don’t even need to have a laser to compete, you can just upload your designs under a license that allows others to lasercut them! Some of the best designs ever come from having constraints. What the designers of the world design that will fit on one square foot of material?
When is this happening? We’ll be liveblogging the entries from 12pm Saturday November 22 to 11PM Sunday November 23rd. Yes, that’s right. 24 HOURS (12+12) of live lazzzoring goodness!
When it’s all over, a group of judges will meet to choose the champions of the lazzzor battle and they’ll showcase their favorite designs at NYCResistor on 12/12/08 at 8PM. (12/12 get it?) Because these are all virtual objects that can be created by anyone with a lasercutter, we’re inviting folks who have lasercutters to have showings in their neighborhood on 12/12. Together we can have a laser art exhibit to cover the world! Zach will be in charge of getting the NYCResistor show set up because I’ll be in Europe trying to set an exhibit up on the continent!
Who’s in?
Douglas Repetto – Dorkbot (Douglass instigated this with a facebook laser challenge!)
Zach Hoeken – Reprap Research Foundation and Thingiverse
Bre Pettis – I Make Things and Thingiverse
Phillip Torrone – Adafruit and Make: Magazine
Matt Joyce – NYCResistor
Adam Mayer – NYCResistor
MORE PARTICIPANTS:
John Baichtal – Geekdad
Mathieu Glachant
Jen Dunlap
Windell Oskay
Team TacoTruck
Want to be added to this list of lazzzor battle contenders? Drop a note in the comments or just join us on
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Mathieu Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
Great idea, thanks for setting this up!
Stupid question I already know the answer to: it’s ok if some assembly is required after the laser does its thing? No glue or special tools, just manual assembly of the parts into something else… e.g. in the spirit of the tinysaur.
admin Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
Yup, that sounds fine to me. I’m ok with glue too. I’d be happy to add you to the list, let me know what you’d like your name hotlinked too and your tagline.
Jen Dunlap Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
IM IN BOYZ. GET READY
Windell Oskay Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
Bring it on!
cycletronic Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 5:05 pm
What’s a common thickness for materials in laser cutting? I don’t have a cutter, but I just might try making a design.
Mathieu Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
I’d love to be on the list, how about this:
Mathieu Glachant (linking to http://twitter.com/syvwlch) – Laserless in New Jersey
Douglas Repetto Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 5:14 pm
Behold, Team TacoTruck: http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas/lazzzorbattle2008
Windell Oskay Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 6:17 pm
Hey– we need specs on media that will be available. If it’s acrylic, how thick: .236″ ? .250?
Douglas Repetto Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 6:48 pm
Hey Thingiversers, can we add our teams’ liveblogging pages in the participants section? Team TacoTruck is: http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas/lazzzorbattle2008
Douglas Repetto Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 6:55 pm
re: thickness — it really depends on the laser. Our 60watt laser cuts 1/4″ plywood (with thin plies) very well. We don’t cut plastic, but I’m sure we could do 1/4″ acrylic with no problem. If you look at laser manufacturers’ websites they usually have material examples listed for each model.
Quinn Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 11:25 pm
I love this idea, but wish I had more than a few days notice. Excited to see the Thingiverse take off.
dcb Said,
November 21, 2008 @ 1:56 pm
I’m totally entering tomorrow. I’ve got an ambitious project in mind but haven’t done anything like this before. I hope it works out…
-dcb
Spikenzie Said,
November 21, 2008 @ 3:46 pm
I just posted my entry to the lazzzorbattle2008!
Aaron Kuehn Said,
November 21, 2008 @ 10:47 pm
I have now armed the Lazzzor Battle with my submission (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:141). Cut some quickly or duck and cover!
Windell Oskay Said,
November 22, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
Darn. No specs -> No submission.
Bre Pettis | I Make Things Said,
December 2, 2008 @ 1:55 am
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Things - Zach Smith Lazzzored a Peristaltic Pump Said,
December 2, 2008 @ 2:53 am
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Make a a Peristaltic pump » Developages - Development and Technology Blog Said,
December 2, 2008 @ 6:41 am
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Olechka-persik Said,
December 9, 2008 @ 1:50 pm
Thanks for post. Nice to see such good ideas.
chicas hot Said,
July 23, 2009 @ 9:49 pm
nice! i’m gonna make my own journal