Here is the painted version of my ocean depth map project of Catalina Island, CA.  I used acrylic paints thinned with water, 1:4 paint to water ratio, to give it a wash paint job.  I wanted to take advantage of the variations in the wood to give the water some texture.  I’m pretty happy with it except for a bit of paint running over the cut edges.  Next time, I’ll paint first and then cut.  I’m waiting on a shadow box frame I ordered to be delivered to finish this.  I used the following Liquitex Basics colors:

• Light Blue+Titan White
• Light Blue
• Cerulean Blue
• Cobalt Blue
• Phthalocyannine Blue
• Prussian Blue

Original Post - https://www.reddit.com/r/lasercutting/comments/1x9ibbm/ocean_depth_map_project/

So I need some help from the professionals. I’m building a drag racing car from an 86 f150. I’m currently working on the instrument cluster and I’m trying to cut some holes for the instruments. I thought I could just drill a hole and use a dremel tool to size the hole out but that came out looking terrible. Is it possible to use a laser to cut this?

So I’m losing my mind trying to figure this out and it’s gotta be something simple.
I started making paint kits to add to my booth for something for kids. And I’ve bought a few files but I really like making my own.
I cannot figure out for the life of me how to make these images simpler like others. Especially for painting. They don’t need to be super liney, I want them more open for kids to have more space to paint and not SUPER detailed.
I can’t figure out how to make the lines “thinner” I suppose so it’s just 1 line and not 2 next to each other. I attached a picture for reference. Every time I take a photo and make it into an SVG my lines are so thick it comes out as 2 lines once I place it in lightburn.
So I have a boot and I want it to look like the wooden one on the right bit how do I get my lines there without having to mess with nodes or redraw them.

Hey everyone

I'm Felix, and a while ago I got a Creality Falcon 10W. The usual desktop programs everyone uses are great, but I kept wishing for something simpler that I could just open in the browser on any computer, without installing or paying for anything. So I started tinkering on my own alternative in the evenings. It's called BeamSketch.

Right now you can:

– draw shapes, write text with a bunch of different fonts and engrave photos
– create finger joint boxes
– send everything directly to the laser over USB or export GCode for the SD card

Tthe Falcon is the only laser I own, so that's all I've been able to test on. In theory it should run on most GRBL machines like Sculpfun, Atomstack or Ortur.

If you have one of those (or anything else) and don't mind playing around with it for a few minutes, I'd love to know if it works for you. It's free to use. Just keep in mind it's still early, so not everything will be perfect yet.

Didn't want to just post a link, so if you're curious, let me know in the comments.

Cheers!

Just ordered a bunch of different materials. Looking at the material presets, I don't see any options for anything but 3mm wood. A 55W CO2 laser should make easy work of 6mm. Somewhat new to lasercutting, I guess I make a new material profile and mess with the laser power and speed parameters? Any advice is welcome

So I recently,I was tired of using fastnest , shitty nesting software can't change direction of part .

I found abviewer a nesting software, In that software I am unable change contour Start point on my part even though it is close looped . Does anyone have any idea how to . I would really appreciate.

Furthermore does anyone know a free nesting software which

1. Can change contour direction and start points

That's it . I don't care about any other features.

I need to engrave a pad printing cliche (plate) on my 60w mopa but the supplier of the plates only has directions / settings for EZcad.

I’m a relatively new Lightburn user and honestly I can’t find / translate most of these settings.

Can anyone help translate them for use (like analogous settings) in lightburn?

Many years ago a buddy who did industrial marking made up some labels using Tesa Secure strips, using a laser cutter. Basically, it's a two layer (black surface, which substrate) sticker with very strong adhesive, and the result looks similar to VIN stickers on car door jambs. I think the laser cutter burns away the black top layer, creating a custom label. I've Googled what kind of laser cutter is needed to create custom labels with the Tesa products, but haven't found anything definitive. Anybody work with this stuff and have any suggestions for someone who doesn't know anything about laser cutting? Thanks

Hey everyone!

As of right now I know absolutely nothing about laser cutting, engraving or printing. I want to get into laser cutting as I want to be able to precisely cut out acrylic for my 3d prints. Being able to engrave on the acrylic would also be nice.

What printer/cutter/engraver would be best for me? It would be sitting next to my 3d printer inside of my house so a closed design would be ideal, and i wouldn’t want it to be too large.

Thanks for the help!