Now it’s time to start testing. Depending on your laser cutter, the image, and type of material your engraving, you’re likely going to have to do a whole set of different tests, adjusting the ...

Then, a laser needs to be fitted to the CNC head, and the egg depth mapped with a probe to ensure the entire etching is in focus. Then it’s simply a matter of loading up an image, and turning ...

If you would like to learn how to create depth maps for laser engraving from AI generated images this quick guide will show you how to build maps for intricate designs that can be etched onto ...

If you're prepping an image for laser photo engraving, especially on materials like anodized aluminum or painted metal, it’s important to control every detail. GIMP gives you that precision ...

optimized for the company’s laser etching machines. “The magic comes from how we’ve trained and mapped the training data between text and images, so that you’re creating things that ...

Either way, it's really fun to watch as a finished image is revealed layer by layer. Here are nine of the best such videos, just for you. Here's a laser engraving a knife with a cool Punisher design.

Among the hip tech set, laser etching is a next step--somewhere after ... Trapani, who was also at Foo Camp, found an image of an Irish knot, Photoshopped it and had Torrone put it on her PowerBook.

but luckily the Vista is capable of some remarkably crisp and detailed engraving. Whether you are working on projects with ...

Phil Torrone at Make just did some laser etching experiments on an iPhone, discovering that the optimal settings for a 35W Epilog laser is “40% power, 100% speed with a 600dpi vector art image ...