This week we’ll be talking with Krang Spirits out of Cochrane, Alberta. They use their Speedy 100 and Speedy 300 laser engraving machine to engrave glass bottles for their gin and vodka spirits, as well as other custom promotional products for their visitors. They particularly like the rotary attachment which allows to laser engrave cylindrical...
This week we’re laser engraving eggs for Easter as well as doing some laser cutting on the shells. We are using our rotary attachement to engrave directly on the eggs, paint them and then engrave them, as well as laser cutting the egg shells directly. Special thanks to Dave Stephens from @Trotec Laser USA for...
This week, we’ll show you some tips and tricks on laser cutting very thick acrylic. In this video we’ll use our TroGlass Clear 20mm cast acrylic on the SP 500 200w laser cutter. For those who want a flame-polished edge on clear acrylic they would need to make sure the following steps: 1) Minimal air...
This week we’re making a mesmerizing sign made from our laser-friendly polyethylene foam and our TroGlass cast acrylics using our Trotec Speedy 360 laser cutting machine. The sign has multiple levels, we start with a clear acrylic base which we kiss-cut for the honeb pieces. The honeb pieces are cut from our white foam as...
This week we’re talking to BulletID and how they are revolutionizing the bullet industry by marking special bar codes using the Trotec SpeedMarker galvo laser. This is targeting the police and military organizations world wide with a system of accountability for the origin of the bullet and the purchasers along the supply chain. For more...
This week we’re speaking with A B Scale Model, an architectural model making firm based out of Vancouver, BC. See how they use their massive SP1500 laser cutting machine to make amazing building models and city infrastructure for their clients. Get in touch with A B Scale Model: +1 (604) 879-7383 —————————————————————————————— To get a...
This week, we’re laser cutting paper origami wall décor. We’re using our Speedy 400 laser cutter to engrave and cut various origami-inspired paper wall decorations. We use our Trotec LaserPaper products including our white synthetic paper and our coloured laserable paper to create the origami shapes. We use our Mutoh ValueJet 426UF UV printer to...
This week we’re talking with @George Brown College Fashion Exchange in Toronto, ON on how they create large format direct-to-print and laser cut fabrics in their fashion design program. They use the SP500 large format laser cutter with the JobControl Vision Camera System to read registration marks printed with their wide format printers directly on...
This week we’ll show you how to make an amazing synthetic mother-of-pearl inlay in a wooden guitar fret board using our Speedy 360 laser engraving machine. We first engrave two designs into the wood; a light background engraving, and a deep engraving to place the main image. We then cut our image from the mother-of-pearl...
This week we have a special treat, the mesmerizing 3D wooden engraving of the Canadian Coat of Arms using 1/4″ solid maple wood. We used the relief mode in our JobControl software to auto-adjust the power of the laser according to the amount of gray shade in our 3D image. With stunning results! Artwork File:...