+Lyle Tiahrt Thanks Lyle! I've thought about getting the expansion kit too, but right now I simply don't have the workshop space. Good luck with your signs!

+Jeff Watkins Thanks, Jeff 😊 How is engraving engraving acrylic with laser? Do you get more or less the same end result with regards to how the engraving lights up in the acrylic?

What a sad situation!! it means She knows you ain't serious about anything if you have to ask your wife. Next time keep it to yourself we don't share such things.

+AAMGG Thanks 😊

Hi! A dremel should do just fine! I believe I used 0.2 mm depth, but the trick is really just to difuse the clear plastic. If you have a small spare piece, just try it out, and try exposing the edge to some bright light.

+Wayne Riesterer Thanks 😊

Thanks! 😊 Yes, I agree. I should definitely look into beautifying the cables a bit.

If you built a bigger base you could hide the transformer in it. Also drill out a hole in the side for the finer cord to plug into

+Rodrigo Cardenas Hi Rodrigo! Thanks :) I don't have any doc, but I used 20 mm/sec feed rate. I'm not 100% sure, but I think I used 12000 rpm for the spindle speed. The carving was done with a pass depth of 0.2 mm. Unfortunately, I didn't have the best quality bits and plexi. When I tried to mill/cut the plexi on the cnc, the acrylic melted and clogged up my bit. I ended up with just cutting the edges with my jig saw. (As briefly shown in the start of the video.)

+PollyMotion Thanks!!

+J. Mia Monroe Hi! The lights doesn't have to be in direct contact with the acrylic. But I would guess, the closer the better. In my case, there is 4-5 mm space between the LEDs and the acrylic. A light box of some sort should be fine if the light is fairly bright. But you should consider limiting the light so that it only lights up the acrylic from the edge. Perhaps putting in some kind of screen to block the light box from illuminating the flat surface are of the plexiglass. That said; I haven't really experienced much with other light sources. So this is more guesses than facts 😊 Good luck with your project, and thanks for your interest!

+MARSAPE ELETRÔNICA Thank you!

+LordDrachenblut For the engraving part i used 3.1 mm collet (dremel size), with a cheep engravibg v-bit I found on ebay. I've used those bits for milling PCBs as well, and they do the job just fine. But probably won't last as long as the more expensive once... For the wooden base, I used 6mm collet if I remember correctly. Used a profile bit to get curved edges, and straight cut bit for the cut out. I also used a straight cut "flattening" bit to carve out the largest groove.

+LED Builder.org Thanks, good idea 😊

In Vectric Aspire or Artcam you do it.

+Nick Charlton Thanks Nick 😊 I used Vectric in this project and a free font I found at dafont.com . The acrylic engraving is fairly simple, so I believe most cad/cam sw could be used to create the gcode for this project.

+PollyMotion ah okay, it's the infill engraving I was curious about but yeh vectric is an awesome software suite!

+tvannaman2000 Hi! I didn't use any special engraving technique. If I remember correctly, I used a simple pocket toolpath, just giving it an angle, and 0.2mm cut depth.

Did you use some kind of large step over to get the parallel lines within the text?

Thanks 😊

+Patrick Maldonado Hi! Somewhere around 20 minutes.

+james wrinn I'm using a fairly basic control SW called "G-code sender". I've been meaning to try out a few others, but haven't gotten around to it yet...

CNC Router.

+Joseph Eliason I have no idea, sorry... Try posting your question on Reddit or a CNC forum.

+EL NAYRUBY Hi! The machine is a Shapeoko 3. Please go to carbide3d.com for technical details and price info.

thanks man

+Spartan Saber I believe I used Vcarve (if I remember correct) But you should be able to do this with most CNC SW. The fill pattern doesn't matter that much. As long as you "scratch" the plexi surface enough for the led light to reflect.

+Bhama Sagarsun It's a Shapeoko 3. Bought from a company called Carbide3d.

+Ed_Ark38 It's called Shapeoko 3.

+Rick Troiani Hi Rick! It's just a cheep 0.2 mm engraving V-Bit I got from ebay. They cost about 1-2 $ a piece.

+Rick Troiani Hi Rick! It's just a cheep 0.2 mm engraving V-Bit I got from ebay. They cost about 1-2 $ a piece.

PollyMotion thanks!

+Aniket Patil Hi! Well, this was just my way of doing it. You can use any material or design your heart desires 😊. There is no single solution for these things. Whatever comes to your mind, give it a try. If it doesn't work, at least you'll be one experience richer.

+Lilly Dragon Some day in the near future... 😉

+Myfone blu Hi! Your question has been asked and answered a bit further down in the comments. Unfortunately, I don't have any other pictures of the bits, other than what you can see in the film.

You should contact your vendor. Other than that, I can recommend posting your questions on one of the many CNC forums available online. Best of luck with your machine! Don't give up yet, CNC is fun :)

Thanks

I believe I used 0.2mm depth.

@@PollyMotion what software did u use to make the design and the toolpath?

@@PollyMotion hello , may i ask what software you used to make the stripe inside the text and the toolpath maker?

+Aniket Patil if you're referring to the CNC machine; it's called Shapeoko 3. It's made by a company called Carbide3d.

You should do just fine with a handheld dremel or similar. The trick is just to difuse the plastic.

+fullspectrumrc Well, you don't really need a CNC to do this. The key is to scratch the surface of the plexiglass so the light will illuminate the text or graphics. You can do this nicely with a dremel as well. The lines doesn't have to be "cnc perfect" in order to get a good result. But I like playing around with my small hobby cnc as much as possible. 😊

im joking mostly i have one too its an amazing tool

DIY???? Fake !!! I have no cnc !

Those shapeoco cnc machine are very affordable, cost less than US$ 2,000. I use a US$ 30,000 at work, the big difference is the bed size, I work with a 3m x 2m work area...

i love especially those „diy tutorials“ where you need to have a 3d printer xD