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title: "TekTree part 2 - Lasercutting"
date: "2015-12-19:23:00"
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category: "IOT"
tags:
  - "tektree"
  - "christmas"
description: "Dangerous things involving lasers and christmassy figures. Fun!"
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Last friday I actually got to cut the parts for my TekTree! So excited! This is by far the biggest "piece" I have ever laser cut but luckily everything went well. This in part is thanks to my brilliant friend [Ron](http://www.ronnabuurs.nl) who helped me create the sketches for the laser cutter. Thanks again [Ron](http://www.ronnabuurs.nl)!

**Top tip!** You don't have to laser cut the designs. Just print the designs with a regular printer and stick it on some wood. Then just use something like a bandsaw to cut the pieces!

## Laser cutting video

I've gotten so much positive feedback on my last laser cutting video that I decided to make another one. This one is a little different though. It's a compilation of a few different cuts.

<iframe width="560" height="235" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/92aTol52q8o?wmode=transparant" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

## TekTree assembly

Below you'll find a series of pictures I took while assembling the TekTree.

![plate](./media/plate.jpg "the baseplate")

![bottom](./media/bottom.jpg "bottom of the assembly")

![bottom2](./media/bottom2.jpg "bottom with box closed")

![tree](./media/tree.jpg "the tree inserted into the base")

![back2](./media/back2.jpg "the arduino and breadboard will just be hanging in the back")