Laser cut and engrave
Laser cut and engrave
Laser cut and engrave
Laser cut and engrave
Laser cut and engrave
Laser cut and engrave

Making Color Laser Etching Using The M1 and Xart

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Design Files (2)
  • yingyang eagles.png
  • yingyang_eagles4300-250-norton-white-tile-painted-black.png
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    Summary

    I saw a guy doing a modified NWT Technique using color instead of just white and black paint. I just wanted to see if it could be done on wood. Obviously, it's not the NWT technique; it just uses the basic idea of layers of paint etched off to expose the paints at different depths. So one image is a before epoxy, and one is after. Using Xart, I came up with this image, loaded it into XCS, edited it, saved as an SVG, exported ran it through Imag-r, and used Norton white tile painted black.

    Production Info

    Application scenario
    Laser
    Software
    xTool Creative Space
    Machine & processing module
    xTool M1
    10W
    Material used
    3mm Basswood Plywood
    3mm Basswood blank square coasters from Amazon, Various paints, and two-part crystal clear epoxy.
    Total time
    720 min
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