When I got to the hack space's laser room and loaded my files, they all looked the same. Most of the fonts I used were not on this machine, so it loaded the default choice. Only a couple of standard choices were available. One option would require lots of raster engraving, and the other would be suitable for vector engraving. The raster font was Vineta BT.
The formatting had to change, and I scaled up my arrangement so they would fill a plastic sheet. I ran the engraver at half power and full speed, which took approximately twenty minutes. After cutting, I realized that I hadn't set the Z-axis, so I did not have the laser focused correctly.
My second choice from the available fonts was "Symbols" which looked appropriate for Halloween after engraving it and setting the light box LEDs to pure red. After this, I learned:
Devpost project page
GitHub repo
The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date. First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Completed projects from year 6
Completed projects from year 7
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The formatting had to change, and I scaled up my arrangement so they would fill a plastic sheet. I ran the engraver at half power and full speed, which took approximately twenty minutes. After cutting, I realized that I hadn't set the Z-axis, so I did not have the laser focused correctly.
Raster engraving
My second choice from the available fonts was "Symbols" which looked appropriate for Halloween after engraving it and setting the light box LEDs to pure red. After this, I learned:
- Cut the backside of the plastic with a mirror image. The front will be rough.
- Both raster images and vector cuts can look good.
- I'll want a border to block the LEDs directly unless this becomes an infinity mirror.
- Font files need to be mirror images on an 11.8" x 11.8" sheet.
My second choice
Devpost project page
GitHub repo
The rest of the posts for this project have been arranged by date. First time here?
Completed projects from year 1
Completed projects from year 2
Completed projects from year 3
Completed projects from year 4
Completed projects from year 5
Completed projects from year 6
Completed projects from year 7
Disclaimer for http://24hourengineer.blogspot.com and 24HourEngineer.com
This disclaimer must be intact and whole. This disclaimer must be included if a project is distributed.
All information on this blog, or linked by this blog, is not to be taken as advice or solicitation. Anyone attempting to replicate, in whole or in part, is responsible for the outcome and procedure. Any loss of functionality, money, property, or similar, is the responsibility of those involved in the replication.
All digital communication regarding the email address 24hourengineer@gmail.com becomes the intellectual property of Brian McEvoy. Any information contained within these messages may be distributed or retained at the discretion of Brian McEvoy. Any email sent to this address, or any email account owned by Brian McEvoy, cannot be used to claim property or assets.
Comments to the blog may be utilized or erased at the discretion of the owner. No one posting may claim property or assets based on their post.
This blog, including pictures and text, is copyright to Brian McEvoy.
2020-10-29
2020-10-29
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