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Vintage inspired "Ice Cream" sign

This sign was inspired by the diners of the 50s. You can make this great sign with modern materials such as acrylic or anodized aluminum.

diy ice cream sign
diy ice cream sign

Preparation

Material Used

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Machine used
  • Speedy 360
  • 80 watts
  • 2" lens
  • white acrylic cutting grid for TroGlass and TroLase
  • Aluminum Cutting Grid Table or Honeycomb for wood

This sample can be produced with any machine of the Speedy laser engraver series.

Vintage Sign Ice Cream

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Step by step

laser processing acrlyic troglass
Step 1

Step 1: Import graphic file

Import our template and adapt it to your requirements. Send the individual graphics of each material to the laser using the driver settings below.

Print settings

Process mode Resolution Cut line
Standard 500dpi none
Halftone Others
Color Optimized Geometries,
inner geometries first
print settings troglass sign ice cream
Step 2

Step 2: Laser process acrylic

The laser parameters may vary depending on the type of laser machine and available laser power.

Tip: Change the color order in the material database that the blue creasing line is cut before the red cutline.

Laser Parameters:

Process Color Process Power (%) Speed (%) ppi/Hz
Engraving black engrave CO2 16 20 500
Cutting blue cut CO2 7 1 1000
Cutting red cut CO2 50 0.2 5000
Passes Air Assist Z-Offset Direction Advance
1 ON - bottom up -
1 ON - - -
1 ON - - -
laser processing trolase pink
Step 3

Step 3: TroLase

Import our template and adapt it to your requirements. Send the job to the laser using the driver settings below.

Print settings:

Process mode Resolution Cut line
Standard 500dpi none
Halftone Others
Color Optimized Geometries,
inner geometries first
laser cutting trolase pink
Step 4

Step 4: Laser process TroLase

The laser parameters may vary depending on the type of laser machine and available laser power.

Laser Parameters:

Process Color Process Power (%) Speed (%) ppi/Hz
Engraving black engrave CO2 60 80 500
Cutting red cut CO2 60 1 5000
Passes Air Assist Z-Offset Direction Advanced
1 ON +1mm bottom up -
1 ON - - -
diy laser processing wood
Step 5

Step 5: Wood

Import our template and adapt it to your requirements. Send the job to the laser using the driver settings below.

Print settings:

Process mode Resolution Cut line
Photo optimized 500dpi none
Halftone Others
Ordered Dithering Optimized geometries
laser engraving wood for sign
Step 6

Step 6: Laser process wood

The laser parameters may vary depending on the type of laser machine and available laser power.

Laser Parameters:

Process Color Process  Power (%) Speed (%) ppi/Hz
Engraving black engrave CO2 55 50 500
Cutting red cut CO2 100 1 1000
Passes Air Assist Z-Offset Direction Advanced
1 ON +2mm top down -
1 ON - - -
assemble diy vintage sign ice cream
Step 7

Step 7: Assembly

Remove the protective foil from the aluminum sheet and start gluing the pink and red acrylic pieces to the top and bottom edge of the aluminum sheet. Then add the wood. Next place the TroLase and on top the TroGlass pieces above the cone. At last glue the "Ice Cream" lettering to the marked place on the pink acrylic, and your vintage inspired "Ice Cream" sign is done.

Preparation

Used material
  • Aluminum anodized Nickel Silver matt 1,5mm, cut to 600x420mm with 4 rounded corners r=12mm
  • 1/4 sheet TroGlass Satins Light Pink with adhesive
  • 1/4 sheet TroGlass Satins Red with adhesive
  • 1/4 sheet TroGlass ColorGloss White with adhesive
  • 1/4 sheet TroLase Pink/White 1,6mm with adhesive
  • 1 sheet Wood Veneer Bamboo with adhesive

Browse our product range at www.engraving-supplies.com.au

Machine used
  • Speedy 360
  • 80 watts
  • 2" lens
  • white acrylic cutting grid for TroGlass and TroLase
  • Aluminum Cutting Grid Table or Honeycomb for wood

You can achieve the same great result for this project using laser from the Speedy laser engraver series.

Vintage Sign Ice Cream

PDF

Download now

Step by step

laser processing acrlyic troglass
Step 1

Step 1: Import graphic file

You can download the template and customise it to suit. Print the individual files for each material to the laser using the JobControl settings below.

Print settings

Process mode Resolution Cut line
Standard 500dpi none
Halftone Others
Color Optimized Geometries,
inner geometries first
print settings troglass sign ice cream
Step 2

Step 2: Laser process acrylic

Please adjust the laser parameters depending on the type of laser machine and available laser power.

Tipp: Change the color order in the material database so that the blue fold line is cut before the red cut line.

Laser Parameters:

Process Color Process Power (%) Speed (%) ppi/Hz
Engraving black engrave CO2 16 20 500
Cutting blue cut CO2 7 1 1000
Cutting red cut CO2 50 0.2 5000
Passes Air Assist Z-Offset Direction Advance
1 ON - bottom up -
1 ON - - -
1 ON - - -
laser processing trolase pink
Step 3

Step 3: TroLase

Simply download the template and customise it to your needs. Print the artwork to the laser using the suggested settings below.

Print settings:

Process mode Resolution Cut line
Standard 500dpi none
Halftone Others
Color Optimized Geometries,
inner geometries first
laser cutting trolase pink
Step 4

Step 4: Laser process TroLase

You may need to adjust the laser parameters to suit the type of laser and available laser power.

Laser Parameters:

Process Color Process Power (%) Speed (%) ppi/Hz
Engraving black engrave CO2 60 80 500
Cutting red cut CO2 60 1 5000
Passes Air Assist Z-Offset Direction Advanced
1 ON +1mm bottom up -
1 ON - - -
diy laser processing wood
Step 5

Step 5: Wood

Import our template and adapt it to your requirements. Send the job to the laser using the driver settings below.

Print settings:

Process mode Resolution Cut line
Photo optimized 500dpi none
Halftone Others
Ordered Dithering Optimized geometries
laser engraving wood for sign
Step 6

Step 6: Laser process wood

You may find that the laser parameters may vary depending on the type of laser machine and available laser power.

Laser Parameters:

Process Color Process  Power (%) Speed (%) ppi/Hz
Engraving black engrave CO2 55 50 500
Cutting red cut CO2 100 1 1000
Passes Air Assist Z-Offset Direction Advanced
1 ON +2mm top down -
1 ON - - -
assemble diy vintage sign ice cream
Step 7

Step 7: Assembly

Remove the protective film from the anondised aluminium, and start by gluing the pink and red acrylic pieces to the top and bottom edge of the aluminium sheet. Next, add the wood then place the TroLase, and on top place the TroGlass pieces above the cone. The final step is to glue the "Ice Cream" lettering to the marked places on the pink acrylic. Congratulations! You've made your own vintage 'Ice Cream' sign.

laser engraving machine applications
laser engraving machine applications

Why should I use Trotec materials?

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Inspiration

Try different colours and designs in the same style. Theres no limit to what you can create, your only limited by your imagination!

 

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