https://robinhanhart.ch/journal/laser-engraving-linoleum-for-printing/

#laserengraving #lasercutting
#linocut #PrintMaking

Fi-balloon-acci64! 🎈✨
Full credit to @ItsMrJP for the idea. The front is white acrylic with a thin black layer that can be laser etched away. Behind that is a black acrylic grid, then a Fibonacci64 driven by an #ESP8266 using #FastLED. All mounted onto a laser cut acrylic back using M2 screws and standoffs.

#LED #LEDs #RGB #RGB_LEDs #Laser #LaserCut #LaserCutting

#LASER TIIIIIME

I just need to figure out a way to char the pieces slightly less 🤣

#lightBurn #laserCutting

I have made some lamps, ready for market this weekend. Two electric powered (bright; white) and two battery powered (colorful but not as powerful). Laser cut Celtic-ish designs throw light over nearby walls. #decor #lamps #lasercutting

Now doing some laser cutting. Follow along to see what I’m making today. #LaserCutting

Little quick afternoon laser crafting project. Made our dog Ellie a name tag for her harness.

Vector etched and cut from 1/8” birch ply. Colored with an alcohol maker and sealed with a clear gloss spray. Added Velcro backing to attach to the harness.
#LaserCrafting #LaserCutting #dogsofmastodon

Stainless steel clothes pegs make awesome cheap clamps for gluing laser cut projects.

#lasercut #lasercutting #diy #maker

Forgot to share this yesterday. Just a little laser crafted Cupid and hearts to go with the flowers I gave my wife.

Made from 1/8” ply and hand colored.
#LaserCutting #LaserCutting #valentines

Evil Genius Labs stainless steel maker coins! Etched with a 5W diode laser without any special coatings. 30mm diameter, 1mm thick, 5g weight.
#EvilGeniusLabs #Laser #LaserCutting #LaserCut #DiodeLaser #Coin #MakerCoin

Frage an Menschen mit Erfahrung mit Lasercuttern - wir haben in der Schule einen Beamo bekommen (https://www.fluxlasers.com/beamo.html)

Welche Schutzausrüstung/Schutzmaßnahmen sind nötig? (Brille u.ä.)

Gibt bes jemensch, der schon eine Betriebsanweisung mit Sicherheits/Verhaltensregeln hat?

Freue mich über Input aller Art!

#lasercutter #beamo #lasercutting

CC @bleeptrack

I designed and made this dodecahedron projection lamp. It has a 3D printed chassis with laser cut wood and acrylic sides. I used one of those salt lamp fittings with an LED bulb. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. #3dprinting #lasercutting #lighting

I bought a 50W CO2 laser about a year ago. I've been using LightBurn software to run the laser and it's been a pleasure to use once I got it figured out.

One outstanding issue I still had to sort out was getting LightBurn to control the on/off of the air assist.

Should have been straight forward, according to the LightBurn documentation, but it wouldn't work and I was just controlling the air assist manually from the laser control panel. Also, I could not find anywhere else where someone had doc this issue.

The laser has a KT332N Rudia controller and I finally figured out that there were conflicting settings in the vendor parameters that LightBurn was not accessing. Had to set the Aux Air to "Blow when laser" and set the Open and Close times to 0. I now have full control through the software. 🎉​ #Lasercutting #Lightburn

So in the laser cutting community there has been a long running discussion around a phenomena, seeing by many people, where random spots are generated during raster scan engraving.

The observations go back many years but the discussion finally got serious starting in the last year over on the Lightburn forum and on the [Makerforums](https://forum.makerforums.info/t/laser-glitching-around-text/85625) forum.
Ed Nisley over on the [Lightburn](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/where-those-random-dots-in-engravings-come-from/78922) forum has finally gotten some solid evidence of what is happening.

Turns out it is likely due to a design flaw of a lot of common LPS units where, "the oscillating chaos inside the power supply occasionally punches through the output switch"
No fix real has been suggested yet.
I've seen it on my 50W and get around it by masking my work pieces which enough to absorb the glitch energy so it doesn't reach the work piece. #Lasercutting

My final assembly table is full of parts for #LuxLavalier, #EvilGeniusLabs Krakens, Fibonacci64 Flowers, Fibonacci256, and Fibonacci512!
Have you ever seen so many #PixelBlaze in one photo?! 🤩
Or PixelBlaze Sensor Expanders still panelized?
Lux Lavalier is in stock in @wizard's store:
https://shop.electromage.com/products/lux-lavalier
Everything else is coming to my @tindie store in the next few weeks!
#LEDs #RGB #RGBLEDs #Laser #LaserCutting #LaserCut #PCBs #BadgeLife

Got a request to make some Australian Flag Star Trek Badges. Turned out really nice. The person I'm making these for was like "F$ck Yes!" when I showed them to him. 😂​

Laser Cut from 1/8" Birch ply and hand painted.
#Australian #StarTrek #Lasercutting #LaserCrafting

Got a request to make some Australian Flag Star Trek Badges. Turned really nice. The person I'm making these for was like "F$ck Yes!" when I showed them to him. 😂​

Laser Cut from 1/8" Birch ply and hand painted.
#Australian #StarTrek #Lasercutting

Finally finished up the blast gate position sensor I had been working on. #LaserCutting
Build log here:
https://forum.makerforums.info/t/blast-gate-position-sensor/86895?u=nedman

For things I make a lot, like these custom buttons, I use a laser cut cardboard template to show me where to avoid wasting time etching. To avoid the wood defects.

Buttons from 1/8” alder finished with gloss poly.
#LaserCutting #LaserCrafting

Laser Cutter Laser Pointer Wrench - I’m a big fan of having custom wrenches that attach to fasteners that need to be loosened to reposition something periodically. That way I don’t have to find the tool and then attach the tool to make the adjustment.
Made a wrench for the laser pointer position indicator on my laser cutter from a cut down allen wrench and a 3d printed handle. #Lasercutting #3dprinting

https://forum.makerforums.info/t/wrench-for-laser-cutter-laser-pointer/86838?u=nedman

Trying to laser cut some 1/4” MDF on the 50W. Doesn’t cut very easily. More sensitive to speed then power. Can’t cut faster than 5mm/s even at max power.
Tried adding more air assist, which is the piece of Al tubing zip tied to the laser head. That didn’t help much if at all. #Lasercutting.