Author Archives: Trotec Canada

Laser Cut Nursery Sign | Custom Name Signs | Pastel Acrylic

This week, we’re laser cutting name signs or nursery baby signs to be exact out of our brand new TroGlass Pastels cast acrylics. We use our Trotec Speedy 400 laser cutter to create the signs. To make the signs you need your background material and your top layers. For our background materials we use our […]

The Best Laser Engraver for a Small Business | Rayjet vs. Speedy 100 | Trotec

This week, James will be discussing the best laser engraver for a small business and he’s putting the Rayjet against the Speedy 100 laser engraving machines. The specific points he will be covering are: 1. Bed Size and Material 2. Laser Power 3. Laser Tube 4. Laser Engraving Speed 5. Overall Laser Structure 6. Commander […]

Laser Hack: Picking up small Laser Cut pieces with Masking Tape

This week on Laser Hacks, we’ll show a great tip on how to pick up all those small laser cut pieces in one go. Many laser users waste time picking up small laser cut pieces from a laser machine when cutting an intricate job, losing time and money in the process. By using a transfer […]

Laser Engraving Agate | Engraving Jewelery Stones | Speedy 300

This week we’re continuing our Rock Edition with laser engraving Agate stones using our Speedy 300 laser engraver. Agate is mostly used for jewellery, coasters and promotional items. You can create amazing personalized agate stones with your Trotec laser machine. The video will also show you how easy it is to position your jobs in […]

The Best Laser Cutter For A New Business | Speedy 100 vs. Speedy 300 | Trotec

This week, James will be discussing the best laser cutting machine for a new business and he’s putting the Speedy 100 against the Speedy 300 laser cutter. The specific points he will be covering are: 1:44 – Bed Size 2:29 – Laser Power 3:02 – JobControl Features 4:02 – Lase Head/Lenses 6:31 – Stand 7:19 […]

Laser Engraved Jewellery | Laser Etching Jewelry | Galvo Fiber Laser

This week, we’ll be talking to Made You Look Jewellery, an amazing jewellery store and studio in downtown Toronto, ON. Thepany has over 20 jewellery designers each with their own unique approach. Made You Look has a Trotec SpeedMarker 300 fiber galvo laser machine which they use for personalized laser engraved jewellery labels, messages and […]

Laser Cut Twill | Twill Cutting | Custom Sports Jersey

This week Justin, a co-op student from John Fraser Secondary School in Mississauga, ON created some awesome twill sports jerseys using the Trotec Speedy 360 laser cutter. He started by designing and illustrator his own logo. He then photographed the logo and uploaded it to his design software (CorelDraw or Adobe Illustrator). He converted the […]

Laser Engraved Wall Mirror | CO2 vs Fiber Laser Sources | Mirror Acrylic

This week in the FLEXX zone we’re laser engraved a wall mirror made from our TroGlass Mirror extruded acrylic. We’ll show you how you can use both CO2 and Fiber laser sources when engraving the acrylic mirror. For CO2 laser source, we flip the mirrored acrylic over and reverse engrave our design (flip our design […]

UV Printed Acrylic | Laser Cutting with Reg Marks | JobControl Vision

This week we arebining two technologies together. The Mutoh ValueJet 426 UV printer and the Speedy 360 laser cutting machine. We print registration marks on our image with the UV printer, and our JobControl Vision camera system recognizes the image on the laser and knows exactly where to cut. Want to buy TroGlass Clear cast […]

Laser Cutting Wood | Laser Cut Wooden Hinge | Wood Bending

This week we went beyond bending minds and started bending wood on our laser cutting machine! We laser cut a hinge into 1/8″ Baltic Birch plywood to give you our “Tome of Testimonials”, an awesome 3-page binder filled with testimonials from our customers across Canada. We want to thank all those who said some kind […]