Free tools
Calculators for the laser bench
No account, nothing to install. Each one uses the same numbers the Studio uses to make your cut files.
Living hinge calculator
Enter your plywood thickness, hinge pattern and bend radius and get the widest safe cut spacing, the link width it leaves, and the tightest bend the pattern can make. The same model Hingesmith uses to space every cut.
OpenLaser kerf calculator
Cut a 20 mm square, measure it with calipers, and get your laser’s kerf to a hundredth of a millimetre, with typical values for diode and CO₂ lasers and what the number means for press-fit tabs.
OpenBox cost and price calculator
What one living-hinge box costs to make, from the design’s real cut length and sheet use, your laser’s speed and hourly cost, wood, labour and extras, and what to charge wholesale, retail and personalised.
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