Laser engraved padlocks
Love Locks
Step by step guide
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Förberedelse
Required material
- A padlock made from anodized aluminum
- A piece of wood or acrylic to build a tray for stability, or some plasticine
Used Trotec Laser
- Speedy 100
- 60 watts
- 2.5 inch lens
Steg för steg
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Steg 1
Step 1: Build a tray
- To keep the padlocks stable during laser engraving process, you can:
- make a tray from wood or acrylics
- fix the lock with some plasticine (if you are only producing one of two custom pieces at time)
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Steg 2
Step 2: Design and laser process
Open our template or create your own individual design and send it to the laser.
Parameter used:
Engraving: power: 20% - speed: 10% - frequency: 1000 ppi - air assist: ON - high quality: ON
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