This week we’re talking to Cam Andres, owner of Multiwerks from Nevis, AB. Hispany specializes in signage and signmaking. * Ask Priority Questions for next week’s LIVE session: https://bit.ly/AskTrotec * It will be a panel discussion with laser experts! Topics we may cover: – Applications – – Tech Topics – – The Business – –...
This week, we’re talking with our friends at FCAD’s Creative Technology Lab part of Ryerson University. They’ll show us their amazing state-of-the-art fabrication facility that has 2 of our large format laser cutters: the Trotec SP2000 and the Trotec SP500. They’ll go through several student projects and show you how the SP2000 large format laser...
This month we’re launching Trotec LaserPaper, 14 new paper styles and colours to choose from for the laser cutting machine! Our first video will be on laser cut wedding invitations. We first engrave our store-bought cardstock ivory cards, we then laser cut our Trotec LaserPaper black 110 lbs cover paper into an envelope and fold...
This week we’re launching our new laserable foam board called Smart-X. Usually, foam boards are cut only on routers, vinyl and die cutter since they are made from PVC and are not suitable for a laser. Smart-X is made from 100% polystyrene (no adhesive between core and cover layers) and thus can be cut on...
This week on Laser Hacks, we’ll show a quick and easy way to set up a material settings colour wheels for the laser engraver. Stop using trial and error to find out the best laser parameter, make these colour wheels for each materials and get the perfect laser settings every time! Special thanks to Dave...
This week Justin, a co-op student from John Fraser Secondary School in Mississauga, ON created an amazing anatomy school project using the Trotec Speedy 360 laser engraver, the SP2000 laser cutter, a MakerBot 3D printer and the Mimaki UV printer. He first photographed his hand, which he UV printed onto a piece of acrylic with...
This week we’re launching our new Trotec Foam which is a laser friendly PE Foam (Polyethylene Foam). In honor of this, we’re making a custom foam insert with our Trotec Speedy 360 laser cutting machine. We first 3D print our main object using a MakerBot we got from Proto3000. We then snap a picture of...
This week we’re using our Trotec LaserPaper to create some packaging options and applications that you can make on your laser machine. Whether you’re a signmaker, acrylic processor, promotionalpany, woodworker, metal marker, textile fabricator or any type of business out there using laser technology – packaging your products is essential for sales. We use our...
This week, James will be talking about how to price laser cutting jobs on a Trotec laser machine. He’ll give you some tips on how to get market price in your local area, how to set pricing based on material cost, initial setup cost, laser cost, and more! —————————————————————————————————– BOOK JAMES TO COME TO YOUR...
This week James is back, and he will be going through the basics of laser cutting acrylic. He’ll give you some tips and tricks on the differences between cast and extruded acrylic, the amount of hertz you might need, going in and out of focus when engraving and much more! —————————————————————————————————– BOOK JAMES TO COME...