How to win a BrightStar Laser Cutter

You’ve seen all the sweet laser cutter Instructables, and dreamed about the projects you’d build if you had one.



First you’ll tattoo your laptop, then build your own army of Autonomous, Self-Assembling Robots; next you might grab a little press for your new laser-cutter-based army by etching Martha Stewart’s face in an eggplant, then finally relax and recharge with some Laser cut cake.

Quit dreaming and get working, because Instructables is giving away a BrightStar LG3040 laser cutter package worth over $6000!



To enter the contest, here’s what you need to do:



1.  Publish an awesome Instructable on any subject anytime between April 15th and Sunday June 17th 11:59 PM PDT and add it to the Laser Cutter contest group.  We’ll judge the projects with help from Squid Labs and past winners, while taking into account each Instructable’s rating and number of pageviews as another “judge.”

Entries do not have to involve lasers; any Instructable is eligible.  The focus is on sharing what you’re passionate about. 



2.  Five finalists will be selected and announced around Friday June 22nd.  Each of the five finalists will need to submit a proposal telling us what they would do with the laser cutter.  Remember Leah’s laser-etched advertising-supported laptop?  Heard of LadyAda’s open-business laser-etching service?  This is the kind of stuff we’d like to see more of and support.



We’ll judge the proposals, and publish the winner and their proposal on or around Friday June 29th. 

Grand prize

BrightStar LG3040 laser cutter, Instructables t-shirt, stickers and patches.



First prize (to the the four finalists)

Laser-etched Instructables Leatherman Juice S2 and an Instructables t-shirt



20 Second prizes

Instructables t-shirts. 

Wondering how to write a great Instructable that is likely to make it to the finals?  Read the How to make a great Instructable Instructable, and check out the winning Instructables from our previous contests: 

Use it Again! Contest Winners

Show Your Heart Valentine’s Day Contest Winners

Homemade Gift Contest Winners



Contest boilerplate is here and here; substitute contest names/specifics as necessary.

Have fun!