These are just wonderful and right up my alley for the types of things I will want to do, myself. Great job and thanks for sharing.
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@Maryellen, I love these. It is nice to see some engraving from the GF, and the LEDs do really make the engraving stand out. Thank you for sharing this! - Rich
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Depending on how deep you engrave, if you do it from the back, it gives the illusion of the image “floating” or punching forward within the acrylic if that makes sense.
I like shallow etch on the back so there arent any shadows and the frosted part lights up brightly.
Engraving the front looks flat (not glossy) in my opinion.
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Well done! I think those all turned out very cool! 
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Makes perfect sense. Plus, canted back at a slight angle would help keep dust out of the engraving.
Valuable input Laser Lady! Thank you!
Very nice @maryellen!
May I ask what battery powered LED units you/he chose to use?
The settings used will be very helpful! Thank you so much for sharing your efforts - and technique!
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As a reminder, @maryellen and the beta team aren’t able to answer questions about quality, performance, etc - which is I believe what you’re getting at. (I have no idea if that’s an engraving artifact or shadow either).
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Beautiful!
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I find that’s true as well. The other benefit is that the front doesn’t get marred and looks very cleanly polished. The back etches don’t seem to collect dust as much either vs a front etch although that could just be me seeing what I want to see for justification 
I did 50 like this for a submariner’s reunion this summer but also did 100 challenge coins with the etch on the front. That provided a textural rub to it like a worry stone.
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This is great! I never even thought of making awards.
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I think if you look closely, you can see that the “stripe” appears to run down the entire sign (including the unengraved parts). That would lead me to believe this is some sort of shadow on the image rather than anything in the design. Just my opinion
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What is the power source for the leds? ( I think I’m allowed to ask that…?).
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I’m afraid I can’t answer that question because I didn’t put it together after printing. My friend just picked up small battery powered LED lights from the hardware that looked like they would fit, and doesn’t remember any specifics.
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Thank you.
Looking forward to more inspiration from you!
So, this is just one example of a project that will save me time and money every year when it comes to community recognition. A gift card just isn’t enough.
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If you look closely at all 3 there appears to be inconsistent laser power as several areas appear to have highs and lows. This could be incomplete cleaning of the acrylic post engraving, but it does look like inconsistencies. I wonder due to how this appears if it is related to the download of the design. Is it all at once and then engraved, or is it streamed to the printer during engraving? I know these questions can’t be answered by the GF team or beta testers, but wonder what others think.
For example examine the SH in Ashley and the R in Registration on Ashley’s plate, in addition to the other areas already mentioned.
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We were both thrilled with the results. My office mate said the awards looked better than the professionally made ones they gave to the racers. Next year maybe they should make them all with a Glowforge.
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The pictures show some very nice awards and I doubt you can tell anything about the GF power or consistency from these pictures. It is really nice that the pictures were shared with us. Thank you @Maryellen. - Rich
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The machine has a cache that holds the entire job, unless it is really a large file, in which case the work will pause to finish the download and then resume.
http://community.glowforge.com/t/wifi-interference/1124/3?u=printolaser
I agree with @chrgeup, lighting and reflections in the picture would make it difficult to assess fine detail.
From what we have seen of @maryellen’s work, I would think they are perfect.
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They really look awesome! Thanks for sharing!
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As a designer, this give me some great ideas for projects for my clients as value-added or stand alone products. Excited would be an understatement. Thank so much for sharing these!
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One of the first things I’m going to do with some key clients is to give them their logo in wood or acrylic or other material. This would be a unique item they can put on their desk or in their office that they can’t get anywhere else and would be a great “thank you” from me for allowing me to serve them. Again, you’ve definitely inspired me to think of all the ways I can do this. Thanks again!
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