Lasercut a night light
Celebrate the new arrival with an extraordinary baby shower gift.
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Preparation
Required material
- sheet of acrylic in any color you like (3 mm)
- double-sided adhesive tape
- LED lights strand
Trotec laser used
- Speedy 400
- 80 watts
- 2.5 inch lens
Tips
honeycomb cutting table, acrylic cutting grid table
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Step by step
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Step 1: Design
Import the PDF file into CorelDraw and select the desired graphic (see the tabs below the working area in CorelDraw). Scale to fit your acrylic piece (you will need a front and a back to fit on the piece).
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Step 2: Used laser parameter
Engraving: Power: 35% - Speed: 10% - Frequency: Auto - Air Assist: ON
Cutting: Power: 30% - Speed: 0.1% - Frequency: 8,500 Hz - Air Assist: ON
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Step 3: Front and back parts
Place the honeycomb cutting table top into the laser and lasercut and engrave the front and back part out of the acrylic. If you use our ship design, you will find this on the second page of our PDF template. Use the template to also cut the stand.
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Step 4: Linking parts and lights
Linking pieces are required to attach the front and back of the ship together with a space in the middle. Apply double-sided adhesive tape between two sheets of acrylic. Do not remove the protective film just yet and cut the linking pieces.
Take the linking pieces out of the laser, remove the protective film and apply double-sided adhesive tape. Now you can stick the two ship halves with the linking pieces together. As a last step, put the lights around the linking pieces and affix the ship on the stand.
Your night light is ready to use!
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