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See Jellyfish in a different light.

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Coloradoscopes posted these colour changing Jellyfish Lamps  to the laser engraving group , they're made from cherry, walnut and are glass backed which makes them really shine. I fish I could finish a product quite as neatly, if you can think of better puns then let minnow.

This triangle easily made the cut

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Instructables user Brichtl  made this great version laser cut version of Dudeneys Dissection , they go through the whole process of drawing, cutting and assembling, it's a well written article makes a nice item. It's not too puzzling to build but if you get it wrong it'll be wreck-tangled.

Take your tops off

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The decorations on these bottle openers , from Fowl Play Enterprises are all laser cut, it's a great example of how a little bit of finishing can make all the difference. Looking at the colours and the styles it's not immediately obvious that they were lasered. The puns appeal to me too, although making more alcohol related jokes already gives me a sense of deja brew.

Paneless stained glass

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The nice cuts team ran a mini workshop where they made these faux stained glass windows, laser cut from MDF. The idea is pretty simple but very effective, I imagine they would be a lot of fun to run for a group of kids. Clearly, you'd be shattered after running a workshop for the whole day but they totally smashed it.

Amazing designs

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Full Spectrum Laser are offering up these interesting maze designs through the instructables website . The mazes are constructed of 3 layers with the walls sandwiched between the two outer layers, very small ball bearings are inserted into the layers to make the maze game. Being an instructable they provide pictures and files so you won't get lost while trying to recreate it.

Darned good bobbins

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SugarCookie has produced a whole range of these laser cut bobbins  for her etsy store. They would make great gifts for any crafty person in your life. Something like this could stop you spooling around and get all your presents buttoned up well in advance.

We're on a roll

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Damion Silver  laser cut this beautiful skate deck , when you take a closer look you can see that by changing the line style he's managed to created darker areas on the board which gives it a two tone effect. The white lines are just the places where the board hasn't been engraved at all. There's no half-pipe jobs here, he's ramped it all the way up to eleven to create this wonderful board.