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It’s been a year of tukutuku at TAP lab! Mike kicked it off in mid 2025 by designing a mini tukutuku panel to laser cut then weave. A month or so after that Keri from Whare Hau Ako came into TAP lab wanting to cut Tukutuku panels to use in community workshops. It was important […]

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Earlier this year Donna brought her desktop CNC machine into TAP lab to get some help getting it working. Donna's husband Bill was a very talented wood carver and had bought it to help lessen his workload as he was getting older. Unfortunately he had died before getting it running.

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This year the library has a pōhutukawa tree for guests to sit with and reflect on the past years events. We laser engraved the flowers so people could come and write names and messages for loved ones that have passed.

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We had an enquiry on our Facebook page about 3D printed nose clips to stop glasses from fogging up when you wear a face mask. After a quick google we found an article about someone with a 3D printer in in Palmerston North who had been making them for his community AND we found a […]

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Wearing a face mask all day is uncomfortable at the best of times, so we found an ear-saving device that can be easily 3D printed, provided free by user Georgeo_3D on the Thingiverse website.

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