Cut and engrave custom gardening signs with your Trotec laser and label herbs, fruits, vegetables with them. Check out these three variations: garden gnome, clear or retro design.
Preparation
Required material
10 mm acrylics or
4 mm colorful acrylics (as you like, f.e. perspex®)
Trotec laser used
Speedy 400
80 watts
2.5 inch lens
Tip:
cutting table
Step by Step
colorful gardening plates
Step 1:
Import the PDF file into Corel Draw and select the desired graphic (see the tabs below the working area in Corel Draw). The file contains the following graphics:
garden gnome (optimized for transparent acrylics)
retro design
clean design
transparent acrylic plates
colorful signs for herbs and plants
Step 2: customize the graphic
Use the text tool to edit the name of the plant, spice or herb and send the graphic to the laser.
garden signs
Step 3: laser settings
Below you find the laser settings we used with the Speedy 400 (80 watts with 2.5 inch lens). Depending on the laser power and the material used, the parameters may vary in value.
Used parameters for 10mm acrylics:
Engraving: Power: 70% - Speed: 100% - Frequency: Auto - Air Assist: ON Cutting: Power: 100% - Speed: 0.1% - Frequency: 20,000 Hz - Air Assist: ON - Z-Offset: -1.50mm
Used parameters for 4mm acrylics:
Engraving: Power: 35% - Speed: 10% - Frequency: Auto - Air Assist: ON Cutting: Power: 30% - Speed: 0.1% - Frequency: 8,500 Hz - Air Assist: ON
Hint - Cutting table:
Using an acrylic cutting table will prevent beam reflections on the backside of the material. Moreover, it is especially important when cutting acrylics to extract the gases produced, in order to avoid flames and to get crystal-clear edges.
