How to engrave a picture

On the way from the Lodge I told Finn "We don't want to go saying stupid things, like 'an Octopus in a Tuxedo."

"What's wrong with an Octopus in a Tuxedo?" he asked, quite reasonably.

I waited for a safe place to pull over, and …

Finn wanted a boat. Just five pieces, and he helpfully drew a picture of it.

I found a Laser cut Noah's Ark DXF and downloaded it.

Corel Draw loaded the plans as 'outlines,' at least, once I clicked 'convert outline to object' I got something I could work with.

My …

Files: - projects/heart_words/live_laugh_fist.ecp - projects/heart_words/live_laugh_fist.dxf

Rose 1/4" Acrylic engrave speed 300 power 40 cut speed 8 power 90

I should do engraving tests. I think I had 500-40 at one point.

There were 'echoes' or ghost lines. About 8 mm to the right or lower …

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black 3 mm Cell Cast Acrylic sheet, Chemcast engrave speed 300 power 40 cut speed 20 power 60 three passes

40 mm coin. Moose on one side. The number 4 or 6 on the other

It is fun how quickly you normalize improvements in your personal hedonic index.

Economists …

I have a directoy named 'laser_box' with two files in it.

It is a parametric model for a live hinge. Specify a few parameters in the OpenSCAD file and you get a live hinge that you can export to a dxf, and then read into your laser software.

• hinge_work.dxf …

I finally got my GigaMacro rig up to the 'new' house (we have been here for 17 months, so 'new' seems a bit of an over statement).

It is in a sub-nominal condition, there is rust, and wear from neglect. But it is, to me, a beautiful object, and I …

I wanted to make drawer dividers for my tool boxes, especially the out of control screwdriver drawer. I did a little search, and decided that it was worth it to just pay $3 for an SVG of drawer dividers from Pacific Grove Designs on Etsy.

The pattern is designed for …

I like customizing clothes pins. And other people also like doing it

Years ago I made a jig to hold the clothespins. And today I made a better jig.

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How to engrave a picture

'Engrave only support 2-bit bitmap'

Filled the transparent area with white.

Converted to Greyscale than back to RGB

Saved as JPG

Try: Optix by Plaskolite, INC Extruded Acrylic maybe 1/8"? Engrave 300x22 Cut 30x80

Engrave not very distinctive. Cut did not work-did two more …