Bored with your laser? Looking for something different to do with it? How about A short stop-motion study with laser cut wood?

Bored with your laser? Looking for something different to do with it? How about A short stop-motion study with laser cut wood?

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/04/woodoo-a-stop-motion-animation-with-laser-cut-wood/
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/04/woodoo-a-stop-motion-animation-with-laser-cut-wood/

More fun with tile!

More fun with tile!

Gotta love G+, will not let me edit and add photos to previous post!

Fun with tiles!

Fun with tiles!

Found some cheap tiles to play with at the local Habitat for Humanity store.
Burn off the glaze and fill in with a sharpie.

Processing Plastics with CO2 Lasers Synrad Applications Lab

Processing Plastics with CO2 Lasers Synrad Applications Lab

Types of Laser Interactions with Plastics

There are 3 main types of material interactions when hit by the
CO2 laser beam:
• Vaporization
– The material vaporizes into gas residue which is blown out when cut.
This is the cleanest cutting / marking process.
• Melt Sharing
– The material melts into molten droplets which are blown out when cut.
There is typically some melt-back
• Chemical Degradation
– The plastic material chemically degrades typically releasing carbon smoke.
The material chars and has soot residue

http://microfluidics.cnsi.ucsb.edu/tools/Trotec_laser_cutter/Synrad%20LaserProcessingGuide_Plastics.pdf
https://discourse-cdn-sjc1.com/business5/uploads/glowforge/original/3X/c/5/c500bc3c2eb92414e85edc51ca4f9ebac4b42296.pdf

Want to play with leather?

Want to play with leather?
Here are some free templates!

http://makesupply-leather.com/
http://makesupply-leather.com/

Legally Inspiring!

Legally Inspiring!

Everyone enjoys what is trending in society and share it with laser inspired work. Unfortunately, most is copyright material that to use and sell legally requires licensing and permission which can be onerous. One place to look is in the public domain. Even though Wizard of OZ and Alice in Wonderland have been made into movies, the actual books and pictures contained therein can be used without the need for permission.

Alice came to a fork in the road. “Which road do I take?” she asked.
“Where do you want to go?” responded the Cheshire cat.
“I don’t know,” Alice answered.
“Then,” said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.”
– Alice in Wonderland

Engraved some mirrors for my granddaughter's dorm room. Put some colored construction paper behind the etchings to give it some color and make it stand out.

Engraved some mirrors for my granddaughter's dorm room. Put some colored construction paper behind the etchings to give it some color and make it stand out.

Looks interesting but expensive departmartment

Looks interesting but expensive departmartment

http://lasertile.com/
http://lasertile.com/