How To Make The Best Paper Airplane With Laser Cut Or Vinyl Fold Lines

[@OrigamiByBoice]

Definitely the "work smarter not harder" approach haha! Awesome video

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Do you have a pattern of origami you would want me to try with this method?

[@OrigamiByBoice]

@@DreadMakerRoberts Quick crane fold would always be a classic to try! Traditional boat seems on the same topic too!

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

@@OrigamiByBoice cool I'll do that in a bit

[@Mu-podcast]

I'm so happy to see you back on here making something! It doesn't matter what it is. Thinking about it now, paper airplanes seems like a great path for young people to get an understanding of engineering principals clear in their heads. Folding paper -> cutting and taping cardboard -> scoring and gluing plastic -> welding metal. A lot of principals stay the same, it just gets heavier as you go up the chain.

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Yes absolutely! Origami I learned as a kid has come in very handy on sheet metal design later in life.

[@benstrait333]

Welcome back, man! Onward and upwards 🤘🤘🤘

[@ravenspropshop]

Glad to see you back my man! You inspire me everyday! This vid makes me want a laser cutter even more😂 maybe I’ll get one next with my next chunk of change!

[@NotIT]

Glad to see you back! I hope everything is on an upward trajectory with everything you've been going through. Stay strong! 💪

[@mrkaic]

It def added a lil' happiness to my world :) The humor...lol. Plus, I can make a stack of these and create minor chaos in minutes! Or...IDK, help a science teacher or something. Maybe a 2-for-1 in that instance. At any rate, thanks and glad to see ya again so soon :) -K

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Yes teachers could do well to have something like this as a 'aid'

[@punishedprops]

What a clever idea and excellent video edit there, Ben!

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Thank you!

[@traciakierman1]

Gonna try this with London this weekend. Thanks Ben!

[@nealleffler4267]

I had that exact same paper airplane book! I bought it from the Scholastic Book Fair! And yes, I still suck at paper airplanes

[@Davor_3D_ZrAM]

I hope you're feeling better. Great video, as always. I hope you wear good eye protection with lasers.

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Always wear eye protection. :)

[@TrenchcoatSteve]

Nice work, Ben. In the mid-1980s, I used to make origami Transformers in Elementary school. Yeah, I was a geek.

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

You are my people. Might need to do some origami pre-folded stuff too!

[@Brownstone31]

I've been making the same airplane since I was a kid and it has never flown right. Maybe now's the time to change that. lol Hope your having an ok day Ben.

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Let me know if it works. This is a super stable design and is very forgiving with folding errors

[@rocketprops3739]

Tried it on my cricut and it works great!

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Yes! Thank you. Do you have an embossing tool! Maybe try that instead of the cuts. It might be a quicker cut then

[@stephencase5160]

Hugs right back at ya!

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Whoot! someone watched to the end :) Thank you. BIG HUGS

[@jedi0utcast]

Now that’s how you do it

[@bronxsmash8869]

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Thank you!

[@lpaltageek]

I am 83 and enjoying ever so much making things on laser at Rochester Makerspace. Today I made my first box using chipboard (box is a bit stiff). I also tried a toy airplane...disaster. All the slots are off. Searching Google for different file. I have engraved on rocks and photo on wood with some success. Can I use chipboard, paper (what kind)? Oh golly, I will be back; great tutorial.

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Chipboard will not fly. You need to use just printer paper

[@lpaltageek]

OK, thanks. That I have...love your tutorial!

[@ArktinenPeikko]

I'm a total noob with laser cutters/engravers and such, so this might be a dumb question... Is it possible to perforate a stack of sheets? Just to make a few of these in one go if you have like multiple kids and a very limited time on a laser cutter? Sweet plane design by the way. I don't think I've seen one used from where I'm from.

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Yes you can but keep in mind that it will need to be cut slower.

[@damienbrand9422]

Thank you Legend!! I hope you are doing okay!!

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Getting better there seems to be headway in figuring out what is going on and they have got some of my vibrations down.

[@damienbrand9422]

@@DreadMakerRoberts That is so great to hear Ben!!!

[@blackhawk1484]

Silhouette Portrait 3 works

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

YES! thank you for reporting back.

[@starioncostumes]

I dont know why, but i have the urge to do this, but with aluminum... >.>

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

Ohhhhh maybe. I am thinking brass sheet though :)

[@starioncostumes]

@@DreadMakerRoberts YES YES YES I wonder how it would fly. And if it could puncture fruits >.>

[@DreadMakerRoberts]

@@starioncostumes It would not fly. WAY too heavy. But it would puncture things for sure. It would act nicely as a projectile.

[@starioncostumes]

@@DreadMakerRoberts Interesting idea to combine this with a launching pad, maybe something compared to a slingshot or ballista. :D