Ironman

maxdesigns · February 10, 2018, 2:25am

So I thought this would be fun to try
Laser engrave and then add a bit of color

UV Printed on top of the engrave

markevans36301 · February 10, 2018, 2:33am

Everything is a mutatable meme! ie this gives me ideas.

Jules · February 10, 2018, 2:42am

Cool media melding!

robtichy · February 10, 2018, 2:55am

“UV printed on top of the engrave”

What does that mean?

maxdesigns · February 10, 2018, 3:23am

UV printing is a process of a glorified ink jet printer that the ink is dried by UV LIGHT it is a machine that can basically print on almost any media that is under 4” tall. - does that help?

slackk1994 · February 10, 2018, 5:05am

Sounds cool! What UV printer do you have? and do you enjoy it too?

robtichy · February 10, 2018, 4:33pm

Thanks, I wasn’t familiar with that. What do you think was achieved using the engrave and the UV printing together, that is better than the UV printing alone?

n_dawson · February 10, 2018, 5:19pm

My question as well. Does the engraving really add enough?

maxdesigns · February 10, 2018, 5:59pm

I have a Roland 300

maxdesigns · February 10, 2018, 6:02pm

It gave the print great depth. Instead of a flat picture you get a picture with texture - Just that little extra

pauline.lally · February 10, 2018, 8:38pm

You are really using your big boy toys to the max.

robtichy · February 11, 2018, 2:21am

Well, I certainly agree it looks great! Is the Roland a flatbed device? And did you do something special to deal with the registration/alignment of the UV color printing after the engrave and cut?

mrfreezebse · February 11, 2018, 12:33pm

Hey how did you cut it out that is the issue I am having the most

ben.scholtens · February 11, 2018, 8:58pm

@dan If you don’t already have it on your list of Glowforge attachments, you should look into the possibility of making a UV printer head. It would be a great combo.

maxdesigns · February 11, 2018, 9:47pm

The Roland is a flat bed device. I built the complete project in Illustrator and shut off the Print layers and then I just printed the “cut” line from the glowforge on the UV so I had placement and place the engraved cut piece inside the line and printed the image

maxdesigns · February 11, 2018, 9:52pm

Here is another one I did. Trying to show the depth - Looks ok in the photo - but the guy I did it for LOVED it.

bkressley · February 12, 2018, 1:25am

Looks Great! but the Roland os about 4 times the cost of the

suntzu07 · February 13, 2018, 8:43pm

Dang I want one of those now too. That is on the front of my car…

However, I will have to save up for a Roland apparently. Wow.

maxdesigns · February 14, 2018, 4:18am

Yes but since I own a print shop and already had the Roland I thought what the heck let’s try this

bkressley · February 14, 2018, 2:46pm

Lucky you! and it is a great combination.