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Paul Luszcz
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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.

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Paul Luszcz
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Mark Matyjakowski
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router logo and faux paint?

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Glenn Taylor
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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.

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BlueDog Graphics
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Bruce Brickman
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I like Glen's #2, with maybe a bit of stain?

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Bruce Brickman
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Glenn Taylor
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Here's the solution...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgJ0EpxjZBU&feature=related

Just attach to your plotter and watch'er go.

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BlueDog Graphics
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David Harding
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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.

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David Harding
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Ian Stewart-Koster
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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.

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quote:
Originally posted by Glenn Taylor:
Here's the solution...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgJ0EpxjZBU&feature=related

Just attach to your plotter and watch'er go.

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that's the coolest youtube link you've ever posted Glenn... at least by this pyro's standards [Wink]

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Doug Allan
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Glenn Taylor
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Hehehe.....Doug, did you see the one where he takes a BlueRay drive apart and puts the diode into a Star Trek phaser?

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BlueDog Graphics
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