Our First Christmas as Mr.& Mrs.

Get your paint and the bulb you would like to engrave. I used a shiny blue bulb for this project and some white acrylic paint.

If you have not done so already, download the file and open it up in XCS. Focus the laser on the bulb so that the red dot is about 1 mm to the right of the blue. Typically I offset it by 2 to 3mm, but the engraving was out of focus even after cleaning the lens, but a 1mm offset it looked great.

Make sure that the settings are right for your laser. The settings I used are in the screenshot above, but you will want to verify that they fall within the range of your test card.

You will need to place the bulb on something to prevent it from moving around. You may use a piece of tape to secure it, or some other fixture. Anything that will prevent the bulb from rolling around.

This won't take long to engrave at all, about 25 seconds or so using the F1 Ultra and the settings I used. When you center the image it will look a bit low, but set the framing to outline and enable it to confirm that the bulb will be engraved in the correct spot.

When you are satisfied with the placement, click process, start, and then the green bar on the pad, or whatever button you need to press based on the laser you are using.

Hang it on the tree, step back, and admire your work. You did it!