Why an egg? Because it can

[AhnoldZ]

Very cool pattern. Very nice detail. Very nicely done.

For information on other people’s experience with eggs:

Egg-ztra Exciting Eggs

Yes, it’s possible to laser those blown egg shells. I’m still working out the optimum settings for it, and there are a couple of tricks to get a clean egg, but I’ll get there eventually. I’m gonna have to set it aside for a bit starting tomorrow, but I thought y’all might want to see the progress before I have to go play accountant and do other assorted family related things. (Man, I hate tax time…) But anyway: [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] DO NOT look a…

Perfectly boiled eggs!

Laser etched eggshells

Among the several hobbies I enjoy is Easter egg decoration (Pysanky style). I decided on a whim to Google “laser etched egg” and found to my delight there were tons of really cool examples. I’m thinking a small chicken egg would just fit in the 1 1/2" depth of the Glowforge. I’d love to see the team try this one, especially as there is so much curvature. Why not try it for your next Laser Thursday? (Oh, and be sure to empty out and clean/dry the egg first!).