This week we decided to tackle a nagging question: what is the best way to hang laser cut signs? If you come to my house, you'll see a lot of most blank walls - hanging things is not my specialty. Hanging laser cut pieces adds another layer of difficulty - they are generally 1/4 inch … Continue reading 79: Hanging Your Laser Cut Designs
I love the term "exhaust blower." It's not a flowery name, nor a detailed technical description. It's blunt. My exhaust blower, a DC-3XL, blows exhaust, and that's all it does. It does it well, too, and that's excellent because you cannot run a laser system without the airflow taking your laser-obliterated material out of your … Continue reading 31: Exhaust Blower
Once in a while I come across a job where I've got a handful of pre-cut shapes and I've got to etch a design onto them. This can be tricky for any number of reasons, but the issue I run into most often getting the alignment between the etch and the shape it'll be on just … Continue reading 30: Tokens & Templates
Most suppliers I use for laserable materials ship those materials with transfer tape applied to either one or both sides. I didn't really learn to appreciate this until I made a bulk order of melamine-coated MDF from a large home improvement chain; they don't assume you're going to be firing a laser at their product … Continue reading 24: Transfer Tape
