Well I initially tried engraving my sign by breaking my logo up into four tiles. It turned out to be a major failure and took far too long to engrave. Keeping the tiles aligned was a chore as the UI kept resetting after each job.
Anyway, long story short I went ahead and just cut my logo out. Much better results for sure and it took less than half an hour!
This is .25” birch ply from Home Depot. I did two passes on the cut as the first test cut left half a millimeter or so of uncut portions.
Oh yeah, that’s the way to do it. Looks fantastic!
Yep! I agree…it really pops that way! 
Sorry your first method wasn’t successful but the final result is great!!
Focus on the results! It looks great!
The sign is fantastic!
Looks great! Thanks for sharing this. I have been considering a similar method to create a larger sign than can fit in my Glowforge. It’s good to see an example.
Did I see on Facebook that you cut out the letters but then used the scrap to help you align the letters when mounting them on the backer? That’s a great idea. Any photos of that step? I was wondering if I should feed the backer through to etch a faint outline of each letter for alignment purposes but I like your idea better.
That is gorgeous! Turned out so well, but still must have been sort of a pain to get lined up properly. Very nice!
I don’t have photos of that part. I cut out the logo in two steps. The first was BLAC and LEA with the left spike. Repeat for the other half.
Then I was left with a perfect template to align on the base board. Clamped the two together, wood glue on the letters, popped them back into their cutouts. I let the glue set for a few minutes then carefully lifted the skeleton off the letters. Perfect alignment!
“necessity is a mother.” Nice Job!
