Laser engraved photo

[Philly]

Here is one of my kids I engraved today, photo prep took longer than the engraving but it was worth it. It's around 6x5" and engraved on birch plywood. I also made the hearts but that was done on the CNC.

 

[turnaround360]

A maze ing.... love it well done.

 

[Penpal]

Love that treatment plus the hearts.

Peter.

 

[Jimjam66]

Gorgeous mate. What laser engraver do you have?

 

[Terry]

Lovely work and end product !!!!

 

[Jim]

Gorgeous mate. What laser engraver do you have?

They are bang on Phil, it is hard to see that the photo has been lasered it looks really nice ...

Same question as David, Phil .. Do you have both a CNC and a Laser?

 

[Woody]

That is bloody amazing

 

[Buckeye]

Love the engraving, it looks superb

Peter

 

[scouseroy]

wow looks great!

 

[Grump]

Looking at the depth of those hearts, it's either a mighty powerful laser or two separate mocheenes / heads.
Either way I am dead jealous init?
Lovely work.

 

[chas_41_uk]

Very nice work

 

[brody2123]

Bloody nora Phil that's a brilliant bit of work. I'm not a massive fan of technology, it's all voodoo and black magic. But i can certainly appreciate the work of those who do like and use it. Nice one! :bravo:

 

[paulm]

I want.... I mean NEED a laser. Which one have you got, thats excellent work

 

[Philly]

Cheers guys, glad you like them. I have 2 different machines, 1 CNC and 1 laser. This photo was done on my new machine which was a self build, I have part of the project log here: https://hackaday.io/project/316-simple-diy-laser-cutter I will update it soon to show the current state(finished :wink: ) I will release all plans for the machine when it's finished.

The picture took about 50 mins to engrave but I'm still slowly pushing the machine, it will do the same engraving in 1/4 the time as soon as I'm happy with the machine.

 

[paulm]

I've not heard of anyone making their own laser before just cnc for which I know David has and I think Brian has as well. Excellent job and it certainly works ok.

 

[stevenw1963]

looks great, followed the link, but didn't understand a word

 

[Philly]

I've not heard of anyone making their own laser before just cnc for which I know David has and I think Brian has as well. Excellent job and it certainly works ok.

It's not much different from building a CNC, you just need to keep the X axis light ready for 25,000mm/m engraving speeds Also, make sure it is all completely level or the mirrors will never align

 

[Penpal]

I know of a member here who will understand Ilya is a Scientist in this field and I will consult with him and follow your progress Philly.

Peter.

 

[Gizmo3k]

Cheers guys, glad you like them. I have 2 different machines, 1 CNC and 1 laser. This photo was done on my new machine which was a self build, I have part of the project log here: https://hackaday.io/project/316-simple-diy-laser-cutter I will update it soon to show the current state(finished :wink: ) I will release all plans for the machine when it's finished.

The picture took about 50 mins to engrave but I'm still slowly pushing the machine, it will do the same engraving in 1/4 the time as soon as I'm happy with the machine.

I keep thinking about building one of these. Read a nice article on making them with the laser from a dvd writer, using the motors from two dvd drives. It would only do about 35mm square, but could be a fun project. I have a spare raspberry pi to run it with too.

 

[Lons]

Wow that's superb.
Maybe another retirement to do project