Everything you might want to know about hobbyist CO2 laser etcher/engravers.
Top advice for your Small Woodworking, CNC or Laser Business For those that follow me, you will know that in the big scheme of things I am a very small fish in the world of woodworking, CNC milling and laser work. But what I do know that most conventional wood based businesses don’t know is […]
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How do you clean the residue off a laser etched tumbler? Let me start off by saying, the cleaning of a Stanley or Dupe tumbler seems pretty intuitive, but it does get a little complicated dependent on the type of coat and color. I think overall I picked up on the best techniques pretty fast,
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Can you make the thumbnail icon on Lightburn artwork? Some things in life just get annoying, little irritants that just don’t need to be. I noticed this with the thumbnails in Lightburn so I did my research and fixed it! This is how to change your Lighburn thumbnail into Artwork: Enter “File” into your Search
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Why I chose the PiBurn 4.0 This is the PiBurn 4.0 Rotary Axis for CO2 Laser engraving sold by Lens Digital LLC. Bottom line up front, the PiBurn 4 is the superior tool that will make you money. Taking a slightly different approach to my blog today, I wanted to just let you
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Why you should really consider Digital Calipers an essential tool for your CO2 Laser. Measuring your materials with a digital caliper will result in more accurate description for your software. Point blank, calipers take the guesswork out of measurements. For anyone that has any experience with a CO2 laser, CNC machining or woodwork, you know
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Making hat patches with Leatherette. Leatherette Hat Patches One of the things I really like to do for my business when I have extra time is to offer CO2 Laser engraved Leatherette hat patches. Unlike many other jobs i do with my laser or CNC, Leatherette hat patches take less work and are still a
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Can I fit a CO2 Laser in my garage? Yes! You absolutely can fit a laser in your garage, but the question is what size and what other considerations are their. This article breaks some of that down for you using both dimensional graphics and my experience. How big is a CO2 Laser? First one
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Small Business Tax Deductions & Write-Offs (2023) This article is a list if items that several groups of small business mastermind groups came up with from my poll question, what do you deduct or write-off in your woodworking, CNC milling or Laser etching small business? It feels wrong to be writing about taxes, but
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What is the difference between a Diode, CO2 & Fiber Optic Laser? In this article we are comparing and contrasting the major differences between hobbyist lasers (Diode, CO2 and Fiber Optic). Ultimately, to answer what is the difference, the answer is, it is in the way that the laser generates the laser beam, via energy
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What is a CO2 Engraving Laser? A CO2 Engraving Laser uses high voltage electricity to excite Carbon Dioxide (and a few other) molecules into emitting a powerful photon light. This beam of photon light is powerful enough to etch or cut several materials such as wood, acrylic, leather and some metals. It is a
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