Useful Links

Software for making

http://www.tinkercad.com
Highly simplified but very powerful browser-based 3D modelling program. Also offers block-programming for beginners and electronic circuit simulation, including Arduino! Phew!

http://www.inkscape.com
Free alternative to Illustrator. Ideal vector-based graphics program for drawing and designing in 2D. A must for making files to use in any plotter machine such as the laser, an eggbot or a Cricut/Silhouette cutter.

http://flatfab.com
Strange little program. Helps you create models that you can cut flat, in the laser, and then assemble to 3D structures. Perfect for furniture?

Tools and Generators

https://fffuel.co/
Generators for all sorts of shape and colour experiments. Palettes, grains, isometric patterns, all in vector (svg) format.

https://msurguy.github.io/cnc-text-tool/
Generate texts in single-line vector/stroke fonts for use in CNC applications such as the laser, pen-plotter, and more. #hershey

https://www.festi.info/boxes.py/
https://www.templatemaker.nl/en/Box generators for both very solid wooden boxes and simple folded paper boxes.

Design inspiration and information

https://www.core77.com/ 
Industrial and interaction design hub since 1995

https://www.youtube.com/@thang010146
Hundreds of gears, cams, mechanisms, etc, animated and with step files

http://507movements.com/ 
Web version of a publication of illustrations from 1868. 507-movements is a search term