There's something classy about a plaque with a neatly rotary-engraved plate. Because rotary engraving traces the outline of each letter or shape and fills are created by repeating inset paths, you get an illusion of depth that can look stunning with the right design and lighting. Lasers typically engrave in a fashion similar to how inkjet … Continue reading 55: Pseudorotary Engraving
53? With 2014 coming to a close, Jennifer's toast post completed the last of the laser projects we originally set out to do. One laser, fifty-two weeks, after all! But where do we go from here? We go right into week fifty-three, of course! This week, I decided to solve a problem created by a Christmas gift. Last year … Continue reading 53: Remote Labels
Some time last week, while I was at Eagle Engraving, Laurie handed me a single letter-sized sheet of thick paper. I thought it was paper, anyway. It turned out to be a sheet of inkjet-printable flexible magnet that could be laser cut cleanly. It was a sample given to her by a supplier on his … Continue reading 50: Robot Master Magnets
Recently, an old friend got in touch and said he wanted to get a new wallet. Brenn wasn't interested in the same flap of leather or cloth that we've all been using for a few decades. Instead, he was interested in a simple flat wallet similar to something seen online. Simple and flat are things I … Continue reading 48: Simple Wallet
