Laser cut and engraved acrylic glass holder

Laser cutting acrylic has many advantages, while the range of applications possible with acrylic is vast. This tutorial will show you how to create a unique glass holder made from acrylic.
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Preparation

Materials required:

1 sheet of 3 mm TroGlass Frosted
A suitable material to cover the engraving table (such as paper)
Paper tape

Laser machine used:

Speedy 360 flexx
80 Watt with 2" lens

Any Speedy series laser machine can be used to create this sample.

Important information:

Use the acrylic laser cutting grid table or the acrylic slat cutting table for this tutorial
Remove the protective foil from the side of the acrylic that you are engraving. Leave the foil on the bottom of the material as this protects it from scratches during handling.

Step by Step

Completed acrylic laser cut glass holder

Step 1: Importing the design template

Import our design template into your chosen graphics program and adapt it to meet your requirements.

Print settings

Process mode	Resolution	Cut line
Standard	500 dpi	none

Halftone	Others
Black & White	enhanced geometries, inner geometries first

Step 2: Laser process

We recommend using either the acrylic cutting grid table or the acrylic slat cutting table, as they avoids back reflections on the material. Position your acrylic sheet onto the laser machine bed, remove the protective foil and cover the rest of the table with paper (or other suitable material) to maximise exhaust power.

Laser Parameters:

Colour	Process	Power (%)	Speed (%)	ppi/Hz
black	engrave CO₂	18	20	500
red	cut CO₂	100	0.9	1000

Passes	Air Assist	Z-Offset	Advanced
1	on	-	-
1	on	-	-

Info:

For our sample we used the standard laser parameters from Jobcontrol^® which are optimised for speed.
You can download the material parameters for JobControl^® on our website

Step 3: Post-processing

Clean the glass holder with some water and dish-soap.

Inspiration:

You can achieve even better results by selecting the "Quality" laser parameters
A fiber laser can achieve great laser engraving results when used on dark coloured acrylic
Using a 1.5" lens results in the engraving becoming very bright. 3 mm material can be cut using this lens
Additionally, you can also UV-print the material. Our JobContro^l® Vision software supports you in laser cutting the printed sheets with the highest precision
Discover advantages of laser processing acrylic in our application pages

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