Does anyone have a source to laser engrave a logo that's over 36" in diameter on a 48" piece of wood.
Alternately, this could be printed directly on the wood.
I will show it to our sandblaster to see if he can achieve the effect, which looks like the logo was "branded" or burned onto the wood.
Posted by Mark Matyjakowski (Member # 294) on :
router logo and faux paint?
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
Ok....just thinking out loud.....
1) Fabricate the 36" diameter into small easy-to-assemble pieces that will fit into the laser cabinet. After lasering, assemble the pieces together.
2)Rout or sandblast the panel. Hit it with a combination of propane torch for scorching and some stain applied with an airbrush.
Posted by Bruce Brickman (Member # 8180) on :
I like Glen's #2, with maybe a bit of stain?
Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :
There are photo resists available for sandblasting that allow very fine detail to be achieved.
Google "photoresist" and you might find a product that will work for you.
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
We've done lots of hand-routed signs over the years where we routed the layout into the timber, and then mostly took an oxy-acetylene set and charred the base of the letters/design, to make it look like it was fire-branded in. We found the oxy-set with a fine tip like you'd use for silver-soldering worked better than a broader tip on a propane/butane burner.
We then coat in in several coats of UV-resistant exterior varnish.
On occasions we've used a really dark stain and painted the letter bottoms, rather than charring them.
IN any case, it is simple enough- we rout it usually 8-10mm deep for effect. You won't readily get that kind of depth with a laser, in my opinion.
With a cnc router, it would also be straightforward to rout and burn, unless you're talking about halftone-type pictures to be included.
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
quote:Originally posted by Glenn Taylor: Here's the solution...
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