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Yep. All the bits including the feet and pole clamps, where I laminated multiple bits together to make thicker parts.
Got the idea from the Tscopes website. You can also use a CNC router (I don't know if it's more expensive) but you are a bit more limited in the cutting of small parts by the thickness of the router bit. CAD designs must be correct though.
The edges are blackened and about 0.2 mm out of square (the entry side of the laser cut is a tiny bit wider than the exit side in wood).
The edges were sanded to remove the black and to make the important bits square with 2 cork sanding blocks glued together at a right angle, but a disk sander would be quicker and easier. I also used drum sander drill attachment to sand the inside of curves. Took a while, but there is no black left on the finished scope.
With the 16" and 22" I was going to paint them rather than varnish, so not as much time was spent sanding.
This way of going means more time is spent on getting the CAD design right and sanding, but less time cutting parts.
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