Our admissions team at our school want to create welcome signs for our new families. They want an acrylic option with “welcome” where we can slide in a piece of paper with the family’s names in between two layers of acrylic. I am fine with the engraving and the cutting, but what can I use to attach the two layers and still leave space enough to fit the paper in between the two layers?
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The laser removes material, so you could just engrave an area the size of the slip to create a recessed area for it.
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As much as I like making things this seems like a case where the organization can buy something effective really inexpensively.
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Not sure what the event is that you are welcoming families is about.
But what if you used magnets to attach the name plates to the welcome sign? Then the family’s name can be engraved on wood or acrylic and they can take the “souvenir” for their fridge as a reminder of their visit.
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You could also embed small magnets in both layers of acrylic, as in this picture frame that I saw at Michael’s:
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yes! I was wondering if I could do something with magnets… and maybe using metal? but it seems that the metal that the GLowforge can engrave is not metallic. thanks for your response.
Or, if you’re going to be engraving them anyway, get a list of the names and engrave them directly.
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we have so many visitors (they are prospective families for our school) , I couldn’t take that one, that’s why we are trying to go with a slip the paper with the name on it in the middle. 
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do you know what type of bolts or screws are on the left side? I don’t even know what they would be called to search
Those are called ‘stand offs’.
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