This sleek cutting machine makes crafts and projects so easy it feels like magic

Although 3D printers have opened the door to many creative and DIY projects, not everything can or needs to be printed as a solid mass. Some of the most expressive and the most enchanting creative works come from flat, two-dimensional pieces arranged in a pleasing or eye-catching composition. Craft projects often involve a lot of cutting, often using different types of papers and involving a lot of irregular shapes. For veterans, cutting such pieces is a breeze after years of experience. For novices, however, this can shatter confidence and dash hopes, leading to unfinished projects and crushed dreams. Thankfully, we now have technologies to make that a thing of the past, and as a company that is dedicated to providing intelligent machines to handicraft enthusiasts, LOKLIK is presenting Crafter as a prime example that cuts through the hassles of making a perfect cut every time.

Designer: LOKLIK Design

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At first glance, you might mistake this cutting machine for a large but classy printer, especially with its smooth, glossy finish and its slim footprint. That comparison is probably appropriate and fair because the LOKLIK Crafter cutting machine is designed to be easy to use, which also involves making sure that it can be placed in convenient places on your desk or work table. It isn’t just a pretty face, though, as the cutter packs quite a variety of powerful features designed to free crafters to focus more on the creative work rather than worrying about cutting materials perfectly.

Ultra-quiet – Operates at only 60 dB.

Unlike most cutting machines, LOKLIK Crafter is designed to work quickly but quietly, allowing creatives to work when the inspiration strikes and avoid waiting for the perfect moment when you can be noisy and messy. Thanks to its accurate tracking performance, cutting complex shapes and patterns is no problem at all. And when you’re running out of ideas, the free designs from LOKLIK’s app can help spark inspiration or even provide ready-to-use images you can incorporate into your project.

The Crafter is a versatile cutting machine in more ways than one. It can work with a wide variety of materials, including cardstock, light leather, and even vinyl. It can also work with materials of different sizes up to 12 inches wide and an unlimited length. You no longer have to worry about cutting down the material beforehand to fit the machine, and you can even work with continuous sheets to save time. And despite its name, the LOKLIK Crafter doesn’t just cut things. Thanks to its dual ports, it can also be used to draw letters and patterns by plugging in a colored pen or paintbrush into one of its output ports.

LOKLIK really made this machine to make crafting easy and fun for beginners and experts alike. An included weeding scrap collector helps you keep your work area clean and tidy to prevent material from ruining your projects. The cutting machine can be connected to phones and computers via Bluetooth or USB, offering the ultimate convenience of creating designs digitally and then cutting them flawlessly. You don’t even have to worry if your network connection suddenly breaks because its offline mode lets you finish your work regardless.

Fast, quiet, easy to use, and easy on the eyes, the LOKLIK Crafter is the ultimate DIY assistant that cuts to the chase and lets you turn ideas into captivating crafts with minimum hassle and fuss. LOKLIK is running a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo where, for only $99 on launch day ($109 for a Super Early Bird price which includes a OKLIK Workshop Lifetime Premium Membership), you can get your hands on this stylish and powerful cutting machine to let your creativity fly and bring your dream designs to life.

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These Electric Guitar Scissors Are Ready for Shredding

Are you an electric guitar player? Do you like cutting things? Well, for those of you who answered an emphatic ‘yes’ to both, there are the Seki Sound electric guitar scissors. Made by Nikken Cutlery in Seki, Gifu prefecture, Japan (an area known for its history of forging samurai swords), they’re the perfect scissors to display in the office supply caddy on your desk to let everyone know you’d rather be jamming.

The scissors, already fully funded on Japanese crowdfunding site Makuake, feature a plastic headstock that doubles as a safety cap to prevent accidental stabbings and a display stand similar to an actual electric guitar. Available in black, red, blue, and white, I can’t wait to smash a pair on stage while the audience grows increasingly confused and begins to demand their money back.

Now all you need is a drum set tape dispenser, bass guitar stapler, and a synthesizer paperclip organizer, and you’ve got yourself a whole office supply band! I think I’m going to name mine the ‘The Part Timers’ or ‘Cubicle Cowboys’ and perform daily during my lunch break, much to the annoyance of all my coworkers.

[via JapanToday]

Straight Lines Made Simple

Tamás Fekete’s Vector Scissors are one of those designs that make you say “duh!” For the 99.9% of us who can’t cut a straight line, they make getting it right each time a cinch. The simplistic solution utilizes a straight edge (like the side of a table or desk) to ensure the cut is perfectly straight.

Designer: Tamás Fekete

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RoboChop Cuts Foam Blocks at the Whim of Website Visitors

Something cool is coming to CeBit in Germany this March, and it is called RoboChop. It’s not a half human, half robot cutting machine, it’s a robotic cutting arm. It’s designed to cut 20″ polystyrene blocks into shapes that people from the internet command it to cut.

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Internet users can tell one of four RoboChop robotic arms what to cut out using a web app. Once the arm cuts out whatever they tell it to, their foam creation is boxed up and shipped out. I can only assume without some safeguards, the CeBit 2015 floor will be flooded with yellow foam penises.

The four arms will have 2,000 foam blocks to cut through during the course of the show, which runs from March 16-20, 2015. I’d wager the blocks will go quickly so if you want to make your own yellow foam wang, you’d better get in early.

[via The Verge]

Del Ben Primitive Knife: Cut Like Your Stone Age Ancestors Did

Cutting implements have been around since the Stone Age, but this is the first knife that I’ve seen that seeks to replicate the experience of using a flint tool. The simple design allows for multiple uses in the kitchen.

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Created by Italian designer Michele Daneluzzo, the Del Ben Primitive Knife has got no obvious handle. Its entire leading edge is a blade. You can use it to delicately slice off the skin of fish or to hack and slash meat as well as veggies.

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The top edge thickens into a rounded edge, making the knife easy to grasp, though one does have to wonder if the knife is more likely to slip out of your hand than one with a traditional handle.

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The Primitive was designed by Michele while he was a student at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, but it’s being turned into a real product by Del Ben.

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[via dezeen]

Cutting-edge Saw

This pole saw attachment combines advanced ergonomics with clean electric power to remove brush and branches. The long reach of the extension boom and a balanced, weight-distributing harness allows the user to easily trim branches without putting strain on the arms or back. The tool also collects and transfers information about its activity wirelessly to better gauge usage and efficiency.

Designer: Viktor Rosendahl

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3D printer cuts vinyl, mills, draws, fits comfortably inside a briefcase, is generally fab

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Is there anything this tool from MIT's Ilan Moyer and collaborator Nadya Peek can't do? Probably, but that list seems likely to be shorter than the list of those it can. So far, Popfab has been shown doing a little printing during a brief video, but Moyer has promised a lot more to come, telling Core 77, "we also have toolheads working for vinyl cutting, milling and drawing," all of which promise to show up in subsequent episodes. The tool (which has other fans) has apparently already made its way around the world in the form of carry-on luggage, helping fulfill its creators desire to support "the nomadic designer" -- just a briefcase, a power source and a dream.

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