Laser Cutting Tidbits: Laser cutting uses a laser to cut materials; it is typically used for industrial manufacturing applications. Today some schools, small businesses, and hobbyists are starting to use laser cutting. It is worked by directing a high-power laser most commonly through optics. Laser optics and CNC are used to direct the material or laser beam. A typical laser uses a motion control system or a CNC or G-Code of the pattern to be cut on the material. (Laser Excel uses AutoCAD to do this) The laser beam is directed at the material, which then melts, vaporizes away, or...
What is lasering?
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So, you want to start stenciling?! Here is a short list of what you will need to help get you started: Yup you guessed it, you're going to need a stencil. We can custom make your stencils right here at Laser Excel, LLC. Just give us a call to get started! Paint.. Depending on your project - acrylic craft paint, house paint, chalk paint, enamel, fabric paint, stencil creams, even pan pastels. Paint applicators. A paint brush (flat head stiff bristle stencil brush) or foam bushes, paint roller if this is the application tool of your choice, sponge stencil daubers A...
Do you have Spring fever? Why not have Laser Excel check the next project off of your Spring to-do list?! The Spring Fever panel in the photo to the left consists of a black acrylic backer, yellow acrylic letters, mirror flowers on top with assorted fun flowers assembled using white, green, red, and yellow acrylic with a white acrylic ball. All parts were laser cut and then solvent bonded together to create the colorful panel. Let your ideas spring forth!
A Breif History of Stenciling: Stenciling is the method of applying a design onto a surface by sponging, spraying, rolling, brushing, or dabbing paint through a cutout overlay placed on a surface. A key advantage of using a stencil is that it can be used repeatedly to rapidly reproduce a design or lettering. It's nothing new! Really, our ancestors used this method on cave walls back in 10,000 BC where they used pigment to spray around a hand held up against a stone wall. Later the first paper stencils were developed by the Chinese in 105 AD and soon the technique...
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