Laser Cut Wooden Basket

This idea came from an observation: Laser cut material is not always used in a rational way. The worst case scenario is when a Fablab user wants a frame so he cuts the frame and throw away the center. In this project 100% of the material is used.

This project could have been named "2D to 3D" because I explored how flat material can be turned into an object with volume.

Download the file and cut it with a laser cutter. I used plywood 3mm.

Add wood glue on the corners and pile the parts starting from the bigger one. Tilt the added part just enough to line the corner up with the the previous edge. When all the parts are positioned, put something heavy on top of it.

If you cut two of them with an offset of half the step:

• 4,8,12,16
• 6,10,14,18

You can pile them up without tilt and make a pyramidal basket.

You can experiment with all sorts of shapes!