Mom-in-law is a big dragonfly fan so my SO found this SVG on Etsy and I messed around until I had the colours/layouts good to go on the (If you buy the .SVG from the originator, I’m happy to send you my edited one)
The acrylic was cut using PG medium clear acrylic setting and press-fit into the wood. It is .007" larger than the cut outs removed on the main pieces (thank you Inkscape Outset command).
The first I accidently set to cut instead of score
The second was off the edge of the material
With the caveat that I managed to crack these in a few small spots which was addressed with small touches of superglue, three and four are wins
Koa wood is beautiful to work with. On a trip about 4 years ago back from Kauai I packed a 2"x3"x2 ft piece in our luggage so I could work on it. It finishes wonerfully.
@deirdrebeth I hadn’t either until I got the Glowforge. Now I love it! For this kind of thing, I use a light brush of ModPodge on the back of the wood and stick it to a piece of acetate and let it dry before I pour the resin. This keeps the resin from spilling out.
Here’s the brand of resin I got. Very easy to use and doesn’t heat up.
Resin is on my to do list as well. I’ve seen other people on the forums use in to make some really cool stuff! @deirdrebeth, if you end up using resin on these I’d love to see pictures!
Not on these, at least this time. They’ve been boxed up for delivery with the clear wings I also totally forgot to take a pic of the cool black-eyed Susan I made to suspend them from. Doh!
Older thread, sorry, but this popped up below another discussion and I wondered if your MIL would find it interesting.
My sailplane was the first production fiberglass airplane (serial number 28) and it was called a Libelle - which is German for Dragonfly. Mine was built the year before I was born. N4749S, or 3K on the tail for sport flying. The mount I made for this model to mount alongside my record certificate is the logo for the company - Glasflügel
They kept the Dragonfly logo even though they went on with other aircraft.
(If you buy the .SVG from the originator, I’m happy to send you my edited one)
if you try it, make sure you use the alcohol inks before you cut! And if you only have clear v mirrored, dilute a lot 
