laser cut clock face and backing
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:46 am
I got really interested in flourishes and one day came across Pinterest. Some of the various items are pretty artistic and are free. So I click on a picture of an item that I thought would look cool and then using a raster to vector converter I created a dxf file . Last, in my CAD program, I had to modify the drawing because some aspects of the drawing were to thin even with my laser. By rescaling and manually adjusting the widths of stem parts I got it to where I could laser engrave and laser cut the backing and birch ply clockface.
I think it came out pretty good. So I down loaded several more free items and converted them also. Now I have a small library for future clocks.
Last christmas my wife was stressed out about what to give our friendly neighbors for christmas. So she as most smart women dumped that on me and suggested that I make them clocks. So for my Japanese neighbor I did a Kanji clock, I did a Notre Dame south facing window for another neighbor and a gearotic flourish for another. They all seemed very delighted with them and now have them hung on their walls.
Here is a picture of the first Pinterest that I did. I love lasers!
Dan Mauch
I think it came out pretty good. So I down loaded several more free items and converted them also. Now I have a small library for future clocks.
Last christmas my wife was stressed out about what to give our friendly neighbors for christmas. So she as most smart women dumped that on me and suggested that I make them clocks. So for my Japanese neighbor I did a Kanji clock, I did a Notre Dame south facing window for another neighbor and a gearotic flourish for another. They all seemed very delighted with them and now have them hung on their walls.
Here is a picture of the first Pinterest that I did. I love lasers!
Dan Mauch