My daughter asked if I could make her a cut out of her name to put in her room.
So, I took the idea and ran with it.
I created a vector outline of her name using Illustrator, and connected things manually with the pen tool where I needed to in order to make a 1-piece cut out.
Once I had a working finished outline I figured I could push this simple idea to the max and try all 3 laser operations in one large project. Engrave, Score, & Cut.
I generated a halftone pattern to engrave and added a scoreline around the edge of that, leaving a thin ‘stroke’ around the entire thing.
I did some tests at a smaller scale (reduced size in the glowforge print screen) to see how it would look, then ran it full size for a final piece.
Nice! I love how the halftone came out. I was just doing some for my daughters and their friend as well. I’ll try and get those posted soon. I was just using some old boxes to cut mine out of cardboard though, not as nice as this wood one turned out Great work!
Very nice with the halftone. Just one suggestion: sometimes you can get a little more size going on the diagonal (although it’s kinda more wasteful for material).
That’s lovely. I can see why everyone in the family would want one. Careful of friends and family you invite over for a visit, they will all want one too!
Great work!
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