Time to make presents! Having become acquainted with some many sewers of the past couple years, pincushion rings were on my radar - question was, how to make them with lasers? Pincushion rings and bracelets are very useful for quilters and people the use a lot of pins because it holds pins close - no need … Continue reading 101: Pincushion Rings
A few months ago, Jennifer had me order some unusually thin 1/32" transparent acrylic to try out some kind of "phone hologram" trick she read about on the Internet. The material arrived in a shipment of a whole bunch of other inventory and was mostly forgotten, until just last week Eagle Engraving's resident laser ninja Monica … Continue reading 100: Pyramid Holograms
The Christmas themed posts have started early, I guess! Last year, we made a modern wreath (Week 49, and STILL hanging on my door) and personalized Christmas ornaments (Week 51). The haste this year was that I needed something fun for my table at Show of Hands. I have occasionally made Christmas ornaments for sale … Continue reading 99: Christmas Trees
One of the projects I've been working on this week involves some pieces of wood that are far bigger than my laser bed allows. While I'm not finished with the project yet, I thought I'd take a moment to talk about the front door on my VLS 4.60 laser and a fairly simple trick to … Continue reading 98: Breaking the Interlock
