[Abhishek Verma] saw an old inkjet printer and instead saw a smooth gantry and feed mechanism, the perfect platform to build his own DIY vinyl cutter. The printer was carefully disassembled.

While the 3D printer can take up a corner of my workbench, there’s still plenty of room for other desktop rapid-prototyping gadgets. Today, I’d like to shed some light on vinyl cutters.

While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser cutters -- he also loves to play board games and tabletop RPGs. Expertise 3D printers ...

The Cricut Joy Xtra Machine is a compact vinyl cutter that looks a lot like a printer. Get it now for $160 and save $40 before Cyber Monday ends. The Cricut connects with your laptop or phone in ...