Laser etching Microsoft Surface laptop

[roygoh]

Generated the graphics using inkscape and etched a Surface laptop. I like the outcome a lot

[evansd2]

Huh, that’s clean. Nice. Engraved or scored? How long did the job take?

[Xabbess]

Very elegant! I like it.

[deirdrebeth]

Mesmerizing!

[wenning08]

This is super clean looking. Looks great

[roygoh]

Thanks!

I used manual setting: speed = 1000 and power =50%.

[deirdrebeth]

FYI we’re only allowed to discuss non-PG settings in the Beyond the Manual category (per the Friendly Neighborhood Lawyers - FNL). You can make a post there and describe your technique/settings and link that back here

[roygoh]

Thanks for the reminder!

[rvogt]

This looks great!! Love the pattern!

[dklgood]

Very nice upgrade to the Surface.

[celesteprobichaux]

Very nicely done!

[awebs76]

This is absolutely gorgeous, I’m a big fan of this particular design and it looks great against the windows badge in the middle.

[timjedwards]

Very nice indeed!

[djfb]

That looks so cool! You’re a braver man than I am…

[ellencadwell]

Love, love, love it! I am too afraid to try engraving on a laptop or phone, so well done!!

[kelley1]

Very nice alignment. That’s an attractive pattern. Bet you get a lot of notice with that laptop.

[sensei]

I am planning on doing a black Surface Laptop 3. Since the Surface Laptop is slanted, did you use a wedge to level it?

[deirdrebeth]

Something like this:

Leveling system for pour painting

(Note: this is a personal project, not supported by Glowforge… I do get to do these from time to time, CEO privilege. ) I’ve been playing around with pour painting with my kids, and the results are just stunning! [image] That’s a scrap of Proofgrade acrylic that my daughter used to create this pour painting. You can learn more about pour painting from a million youtube videos - basically you mix cheap paint and glue, put it in a cup, then dump the cup. It’s just as easy as it …

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The Trayless Jig-O-Matic

So probably my most famous post here is the tutorial on how to cut without the tray. And I do it frequently, and I needed to do a mass production run of cutting boards which will require the tray to get removed. Since it’s like 34 boards I figured a jig would make it so much easier. So I designed this flexible jig. I designed it for 3D printing (but actually would be trivial to make with draft board (or any other material). The 2 added items are the tabs on the side to tape down the jigs into pl…

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Another set of crumb tray removal jigs

Started working on non-standard thickness materials. Took the plunge and engraved my 13” MacBook Air using the GF MacBook Pro presets. Jigs worked perfectly! The plan is to cut 4 more to support my materials with 8 points on 4 sides and add magnets. The highest step setting is 1.445” so higher than the crumb tray’s 1.367” Notice since the Air is thinner on the front than the back. I used the 2nd and 3rd level steps to achieve a level working height. [image] [image] [image] [image] Crumb …

Lots of ideas My usual go to is just cramming pieces in there until it looks right

[roygoh]

Yes, I removed the crumbs tray and then used wedges to level the surface to be etched.

[henryhbk]

@deirdrebeth

My usual go to is just cramming pieces

Uh yeah. Worked for me forever, but then I realized I could just print those steps. and as long as the top is in the orange zone I’m good. That was easier than the waste proof grade scraps (also I think my wife is getting annoyed at my box of little scraps “but honey I use them”)