sample of sub 3D acrylic colored engraving

[walter hofmann]

Hi all
I thought I post a picture of my latest product, because it sells like crazy and shows what can be done with a 40w converted chinese laser.
greetings
waltflaquarium2color.jpg

[Chad Fitzgerald]

Thats cool walter. is it sublimated, engraved, ?? can you explain the materials and process.
chad

[Mike Null]

Walt

Very good looking. Can you provide a description of what you did?

[Rodne Gold]

Reverse engraved on thick acrylic and then colour filled....? Do you have another piece of acrylic at the back covering the engraving?
Post a much bigger and more detailed pic please..

[walter hofmann]

hi all
no is just regular engraved very deep about 3mm then colored from the engraved side.
the piece is only 65 x 75 mm by 25mm thick
I wil try to post abigger picture but the picture size limit would probably be the problem
greetings
walt

[walter hofmann]

aquariumbigcolor.jpg
here is a biger picture
greetings
waltfl

[Scott Woodson]

Walter,

That is outstanding, took a while to see how the illusion was accomplished. What type of medium do you use to fill in the engraving? (acrylic paint?).

Scott

[walter hofmann]

Hi scott
yes it is the " folk art" acrylic paint. I bought it at wallmart.
but its time consuming because of the miniature.
greetings
waltfl

[Scott Shepherd]

Really nice job Walter. What's the price point on those?

[Dee Gallo]

That's very nice looking, Walter - where are you getting your blanks and does the base come with it? I just might have to try this one!

cheers, dee

[walter hofmann]

Hi scott
depending on the size they run from $20 for a 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 to $ 80 for 3 x3
greetings
waltfl

[walter hofmann]

Hi dee
I get the blank sheets from here
http://www.estreetplastics.com/Clear...Thick_s/31.htm
thats the best price and the base is the black version of the acrylic. I make all of this myself cutting to size on the table saw, polishing the sides
first with the sander up to 600 grit, then prepolish with " braso" thats actually a brass cleaner but works best for acrylic, then on the polishing weel with carnauba wax.
ok now you know all my tricks, ha ha
greetings
waltfl

[Vicki Rivrud]

HI Walt,
Thanks for sharing your "tricks" it is an awesome piece!

I can't wait to try my hand at it.

All the best,
Vicki

[walter hofmann]

2766 a fish lr.jpggillfish1.jpgHi all
here a bit more. the left is the original picture from my friend artist axrylic sculpture, to the right is the conversion for laser engraving.
the settings on my 40W CO2 laser with AWC DSP is power 11.7%, speed 100mm/s .there are two runs with the same settings.
I believe this takes the whole acrylic engraving to a higher level. you need to adjust the contrast in corelpaint sofar that the background is pretty much blend out
if you got more questions just send a email.
greetings
waltfl

[Ronald Erickson]

Very cool! Thank you for sharing.