The YouTube channel DIY Builder has published and created a DIY Arduino laser engraver which is powered by an Arduino Nano development board and is fitted with a 200-250mW 650nm Laser Module ...

By combining Arduino hardware with a bit of programming and some laser-cut pieces, you can build a vending machine that is both practical and customizable.

Laser cutters are great DIY tools, but they're pretty expensive. If you'd prefer to build your own, Instructables user SilverJimny shows you how using an Arduino.

There are approximately a zillion DIY laser engraver tutorials on the Web, but of all the homemade builds we've come across, this one from Instructables user MichielD99 is definitely one of the best.

It’s a great entry-level CNC build, which has proved usable with both a 500W spindle and a 2.5W laser for engraving.

You'll need an Arduino, of course, and you'll also need a pair of laser pointers, a few servos and motors to make the lasers move as time passes, and of course, the IKEA BLANDA salad bowl ...

Small DIY CNC machines driven over a serial line commonly use Arduinos and CD-ROM drive guts (like this Foam Cutter or this Laser Paper Cutter) but this build uses its own custom rack-and-pinion ...

La Fabrique DIY has provided a video of how to build the device, dubbed "cat laser tower." Text and photo instructions are available on Imgu r.