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[Tom_A]

@Jules

I tried those and actually found that it made things worse - was letting in more air instead of less

+1

[PrintToLaser]

The flashback seems consistent enough to be an embellishment.
I bought one of the bases also, and liked it so much I bought a dozen. The slot is an issue, too big for 1/8th and too small for 1/4. I still have to dial in the settings for the right depth of material removal for 1/4", which I favor the looks of above the 1/8".
Nice job there! When you see the piece light up, it inspires more ideas.
Looking at the depth of the deepest engrave in 1/4" as you go up the stack, shadows could be minimized by alternating which side is engraved.

[Tom_A]

@PrintToLaser

The slot is an issue, too big for 1/8th and too small for 1/4.

Isn’t that weird?! Enough play to make it annoying, but it’s not a show-stopper for me. I considered making some sort of sleeve, but I didn’t want to risk interfering with the light transfer.

[dwardio]

@Tom_A

Isn’t that weird?! Enough play to make it annoying, but it’s not a show-stopper for me. I considered making some sort of sleeve, but I didn’t want to risk interfering with the light transfer.

I have some smoke-colored acrylic that could make a base topper with the proper slot. Otherwise, I plan on 3D printing an L-shaped shim for the back.

If I use 1/4" acrylic, I’ll have to do the engrave thing.

[Tom_A]

Too much work for my tastes.
Maybe I’ll cut some veneer to fill the gap. But I’ll probably just leave it alone.

[jamesdhatch]

@PrintToLaser

Looking at the depth of the deepest engrave in 1/4" as you go up the stack, shadows could be minimized by alternating which side is engraved.

Try the slot fitting engrave on the front and the design engrave mirrored on the back. Do a jig so the front lines up with the back & your ultimate cutout. It doesn’t need to have a lot of precision since you’ll cut your shape at the end so if the engrave section is too wide you’re still good.

[Xabbess]

@Tom_A

right at the start/end point, which I don’t think is flashback, but simply extra energy applied at that one tiny little spot)

Yes…I get those, too.

[Xabbess]

Great minds think alike on this one.

@Tom_A

Isn’t that weird?! Enough play to make it annoying, but

@Tom_A

didn’t want to risk interfering with the light transfer.

[jacobturner]

@Xabbess

@AhnoldZ

might want the possessive apostrophe in ‘moms’.

That bothered me a lot, too…to leave that out. I’m pretty OCD, too…but the only reason I left it out was because the top of Mom’s…is above the cut line and I would have had to make a ‘bridge’ for the apostrophe, since it can’t be suspended in mid air. Considering the font I used, I thought it would look either really ugly or make a letter unreadable…or both. Tough decision, actually.

It would be INSANELY fragile… but you could have a small non-engraved bridge from the top of the “m” to the engraved apostrophe. Almost certainly no light would get to it, but it would at least be there :). I don’t know if this is the same bridge you decided against, but it is better than a full bridge up from the primary border

[Xabbess]

That’s pretty much what I had considered…and in fact never considered making it from the primary border. I will certainly be keeping these ideas in mind, going forward. This is so very much part of the fun…learning all these new things. Thanks very much for your input!

[todd_krein]

What’s the solution to the shadowing?

[art4all2]

Hi, what have you found is the widest and highest you can go (of the engraved acrylic piece), while still maintaining stability while it sits in/on the led base?