Unique products you have made with your laser?

[Harry Radaza]

just wondering what unique or odd products you have made for your laser for you or your customers ?

[Guy Hilliard]

I have one customer that has me cut holes in either end of tounge depressors to make part of an educational construction kit. And for another I have made StratoCaster shaped business cards from acrylic.

[Mike Null]

I made rosettes for dulcimer sound boards.

[Michael McDuffie]

I mark Power Links (connecting links for racing shells) for Mr Muser, altho a google doesn't find him right now.

I cut leather for Beads and Billiards Pocket Chalkers, much stinky.

I cut and mark parts for Cryptex.org and am doing so as I type.

I've put the Ten Commandments on limestone.

I cut little mirrors out for clip on mirrors that fir hard hats.

Michael

[Dave Fifield]

I do laser marquetry. Here's one I finished recently:



ave F.

[Harry Radaza]

dave, how did you get the colors in ?

as for me I've done necklaces and earrings for the fashion industry, architectural home scale models, bracelets, keychains... not so unique stuff tho.

[Mike Null]

Dave:

My compliments. I'd like to know your color secret as well.

[Joe Pelonio]

Here's one that was my worst nightmare job, did 250 of them. The box was provided, 1/4" walnut, I "just" cut the logos front and top.

[Steve McKee]

Just curious Joe, what made this your worst nightmare job?

[Joe Pelonio]

Just curious Joe, what made this your worst nightmare job?

First you had to place a sacraficial piece of wood inside to keep the stray beam from hitting the inside of the box (painted orange). Then apply transfer tape to the front and top, inside and out, to prevent scorch marks. Then this was real solid walnut, so the grain and density varied between all of them. Some would cut right through beautifully with one pass, but on the same settings another might not go through at all or only on parts of the logo. If you made a second pass at the same power/speed it would burn through some of the areas between letters which were very close together. In some cases a cut out letter would fall through then catch fire from the stray beam and scorch the inside of the box.

I told the customer that if they want more of these I will have to get the box sides to cut before they are glued together.

[Lee DeRaud]

First you had to place a sacraficial piece of wood inside to keep the stray beam from hitting the inside of the box (painted orange). Then apply transfer tape to the front and top, inside and out, to prevent scorch marks. Then this was real solid walnut, so the grain and density varied between all of them. Some would cut right through beautifully with one pass, but on the same settings another might not go through at all or only on parts of the logo. If you made a second pass at the same power/speed it would burn through some of the areas between letters which were very close together. In some cases a cut out letter would fall through then catch fire from the stray beam and scorch the inside of the box.

I told the customer that if they want more of these I will have to get the box sides to cut before they are glued together.

Coulda been worse: at least it had an open side on it.

[Lee DeRaud]

My "customers" consist mostly of people on my Christmas list, but here's some stuff from last year:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=25568
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=25789
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=27772
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=28221
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=30425

I also use the laser to cut the finger-jointed sides for the boxes I make.

[Dave Fifield]

Harry/Mike, I used colored veneers. I won a small stack of them in a prize draw at our local marquetry group meeting recently, plus I had some from B & B Rare Woods already. I think they are dyed with Rit Dye - something anyone could do at home I believe. I may have a go at it myself someday. I like the idea of coloring some of the more figured veneers - I have some ideas for some larger, more spectacular, pictures with those.

Cheers,
ave F.

[Mike Hood]

Looks pretty thick. What Wattage would you think it would require to cut that?

[Joe Pelonio]

OK, I have one for you that I may be doing. If anyone else has done it tell me how.

This guy owns a bed & breakfast, and wants me to make key chains out of acrylic. The problem is he wants 2 colors, one on each side (laminated). So if I use opaque colors just engrave and cement together. If he decides on translucent or clear. I'd have to paint the backs, engrave the fronts, and maybe use clear thin DS tape to put them together. Unfortunately
though he was talking about translucent colors, so something has to be in between to block seeing the other side. Maybe 3 layers of 1/8", or two of 1/8" and a 1/16" blocking layer in the center?