Customizing cutlery

In this tutorial, we show you how you can upgrade stainless steel cutlery using a laser. The annealing process keeps the surface intact and the pieces can be cleaned easily.

Preparation

Required material:

Stainless steel cutlery
Lego to position the items in the machine

Machine used:

Speedy 360 flexx
30 W fiber laser
2.85" lens
vacuum table

You can use any other machine of the Speedy Flexx laser engraver series.

Important:

If you position the material into the machine, make sure that the surface is as flat as possible (parallel to the table)

Step by Step

Step 1: Design

Import our template or create your own design. Send the job to the laser using the following printer driver settings.

Printer driver settings:

Process mode	Resolution	Cut line
Standard	1000 dpi	none

Halftone	Others
color	-

Step 2: Laser process

Determine and set the parameters. The parameters can differ depending on the laser machine used and laser power available.

Tip:

we used Lego bricks. They are incredibly practical if you have to compensate different heights or define exact positions. Especially when the production of a template does not make sense