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
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
Thats cool walter. is it sublimated, engraved, ?? can you explain the materials and process.
chad
Chad Fitzgerald
Hickory Grove Cabinetry
Custom Woodworking/Laser Engraving
Laser Pro Spirit 40W
ShopSabre RC4 CNC
55x49 cut area
with 3 1/4 PC Router, 10" Z
Walt
Very good looking. Can you provide a description of what you did?
Mike Null
St. Louis Laser, Inc.
Trotec Speedy 300, 80 watt
Gravograph IS400
Woodworking shop CLTT and Laser Sublimation
Dye Sublimation
CorelDraw X5, X7
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..
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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
aquariumbigcolor.jpg
here is a biger picture
greetings
waltfl
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
Scott Woodson
EPILOG 45 Watt Mini
CorelSuite X5, Photograv 3.0, BoxIT Suite
WoodWrite mini lathe, Shopsmith Mark V (1980), Hegner 18" scrollsaw
Ricoh GXe 7700N sublimation printer
DC16 Digital Combo Heat Press
CAMEO Silhouette 12" vinyl cutter
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
Really nice job Walter. What's the price point on those?
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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
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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
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
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
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
Very cool! Thank you for sharing.
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Software: Corel Draw X6, Windows 7 64-bit, Adobe Photoshop CS5
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