Perpetual calendar of wood and engraving plastic

Follow instructions to get an individual perpetual calendar of wood and engraving plastic.

laser cut wooden calendar
laser cut wooden calendar

Have a go at creating a perpetual calendar made of wood and plastic. You can browse all of our wood and plastic materials here.

Preparation

You Will Need
  • Veneer Bamboo 3mm (119799) x1
  • TroLase 0.8mm (L204-203) x4 quarter sheets
  • Screws (5mm x 20mm) with butterfly nut x2
Machine Used
Tip

We suggest using a Honeycomb Cutting Grid Table for this project.

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Step by step

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Step 1

Step 1: Import / Create a Design Template

Here, you can import our designs into your chosen graphics program and adapt them according to yours’ and your customers’ requirements. 

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Step 2

Step 2: Laser Process

Place the material into your laser machine and cover the rest of the engraving area with a spare piece of paper. This will improve the exhaust performance. First, send the wooden laser job to the laser machine, with the TroLase jobs following it.

LASER PARAMETERS - WOOD:

500dpi Resolution
Cutting: 100% - Power: 0.7% - Speed: 1000ppi - Air Assist: ON

LASER PARAMETERS - TROLASE: 

500dpi Resolution
Engraving (Black): 35% - Power: 30% - Speed: 600ppi - Air Assist: ON - Z-Offset: +1mm - HQ Mode (advanced material settings)
Cutting (Red): 2.5% - Power: 0.5% - Speed: 1000Hz - Air Assist: ON - Z-Offset: +2mm
Cutting (Blue): 25% - Power: 2% - Speed: 1000ppi - Air Assist: ON - Z-Offset: +2mm
Cutting (Cyan): 50% - Power: 2% - Speed: 1000ppi - Air Assist: ON

TIPS:

We suggest using these following options in JobControl®. This way, you will achieve the perfect cutting results every time:

  • Optimised Geometries
  • Inner Geometries First
  • Engrave from bottom to top. This will reduce the cleaning of the engraved and cut materials
plastic calendar made with laser
Step 3

Step 3: Post-Processing

After you've finished the laser engraving and cutting processes, you should clean the TroLase material lightly with water. Finally, use the two binding screws to fix the calendar sheets to the wooden frame and mount the calendar to your desired wall. You now have a beautiful new perpetual calendar!

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