 We just laser engraved these acrylic backlit signs for some easy money and we'll show you how we did it right now What is up a welcome back do you like to do a builder to make it? So do we and we have a new video each week this week. We've made all the mistakes Doing laser engraving on acrylic So that you don't have to We've learned all kinds of tips and tricks on how to laser engrave photos and logos And we're going to show you what we learned Right now right now Step one, we're going to gather all of our supplies We're doing two projects and both projects need the same things We're going to need a LED lighted base and some clear acrylic And the great thing about these is they're such a low-cost High-profit type of items, so they're great to sell at craft shows or farmers markets You can get these little pucks for about four dollars. You can get them as low as three dollars if you buy them in bulk And the acrylic for a 12 by 24 sheet was about ten bucks, but we can get like four Four little acrylic cutouts out of this so and on Amazon You can buy these packs that come with the acrylic stands that go in it So I think those end up being about five dollars So it is a great, you know low-cost item So all in anywhere between five and ten bucks. Yeah, but I've seen them go anywhere between 25 and 35 dollars, so That's a good chunk of change It's a good chunk of change Step two, we're going to make all of our cuts, but first we're going to take a selfie So that we have something to engrave on the on the acrylic Project number one is going to be a photo and we're going to show you all the tips and tricks with laser engraving photos Alright get in here. Let's look cute We are actually going to start at a website Imager I am a G Dash r.com We're actually going to start by removing the background. We're going to click BG removal We're going to go find the selfie that we just took It's going to automatically remove the background A lot of ads you just kind of keep scrolling down. Let's download that We'll go back to the main screen Imager And you'll see it's got some brief Instructions on how to use it. We're going to start by uploading the picture that we just removed the background from Now you got to scroll back down each time it reloads. You got to scroll back down Let's crop this We'll remove some of that Space around us shrink it in get our faces in the middle. All right looks good Get a scroll down again, and we'll crop it. You got to scroll back down because it refreshed And we're going to go to resize Yeah, the first thing we're going to do is pump up the DPI to 300 And we'll change this to inches so I know a little bit better about where it's going to land on the acrylic We'll start with four inches wide Actually, let's start with like three inches tall Yeah, a round number and you can see you can do it by percentages you can do it by Height and width and it'll keep that perspective. Let's scroll down again Now we're going to select our material this time And we're going to start by selecting the co2 button at the top and then co2 acrylic We'll scroll down again, and you'll notice that now our image has been mirrored and Flipped so it flipped horizontal and it's mirrored. So let's download this We're going to download it as a PNG to keep that that transparent background Go over to light burn We'll import our image that we just made See how it looks like a negative All right, let's give this double zero or the black layer. We're going to put it on the black layer Let's draw a circle and start to give this thing a little Little bit of base to sit on Let's make this little base four inches round four by four We'll move it in place Now this is going to be the base. This is what it's going to engrave on So we're going to set it this on the red layer and then draw a little tab at the bottom a half inch deep By three inches wide That's how big the slot is in the little LED base Whoops right now Gonna center all of this stuff make sure it's aligned vertically and move this up just a little bit Just needs to slide into the LED base Let's make sure they're aligned vertical again Now we're gonna select both of these and we're gonna go over here and select weld all selected shapes That way it's all one shape Now we're gonna right-click on the image and Select image adjustment from there. We're gonna select dither You want to try to get your DPI as high as you can. We're gonna go with just under 500 DPI Now they do have some presets, but there's only two presets. I don't really do much You can invert your display to see a little better what it's gonna actually look like and Now you can start tweaking the contrast the brightness and the gamma just to try to You know get it to what actually looks the best here on the screen Reaching, I mean, it's just fine tuning some fine tuning All right, looks good. Let's go test this out. See how it goes We're gonna go over to cut-in layers and Let's find the best settings for Engraving and do that I'm gonna jump over to the on tech website or they have a little sheet that will tell you by wattage Your best settings. So it looks like for us. It's gonna be 275 millimeters per second and 22% power. So that's what I'm gonna go with now. We're gonna make sure that pass-through is checked Because we've already dithered our image using imager and we don't want it double dithered. So we're gonna Make sure that the pass-through is on And you'll notice that the air assist is off for the engraving But we left it on for the cut And let's start We're gonna start by removing the protective film on one side of the acrylic And then we're gonna wipe it down with either some alcohol or one of these lens wipes I have a bunch of lens wipes When it's all done being engraved you just brush off some of that excess acrylic dust And then we're gonna wipe it down with some alcohol Or a lens wipe again And then finally we're just gonna remove that film on the back That we still have and hopefully the removal goes a little easier for you Step three assembly. This is where we bring it all together We're gonna put the acrylic piece that we just cut out Into the lighted base done done. I mean that was easy. That was the easiest assembly We've done on this channel. Yeah, that is the easiest assembly And these things are great. These are great for things like wedding gifts announcements Memorial plaques trophies. There's so many different cool things great dad gifts. These are great for a man cave You got a kid doing sports throw him on there parents love pictures of their kids doing sports Did you know you could get all of our files behind the scene content? And even a kim and garret after dark podcast as well as monthly zoom calls access to a secret facebook group And we'll even send you one of these fancy t-shirts all for $20 a month. It's the best way to support this channel So join us over at patreon.com Project two back to step two We're gonna do a logo for this one and a logo engraving is a little bit different than a photo engraving And we'll jump right into it and show you what we mean For this engraving we're going to do it just a little bit different. We don't need to go out to the website We're just going to go get our logo. This is my favorite sports team logo. You can always use your favorite sports team logo What we're going to do is we're going to right click and go to trace image From here, you can go ahead and zoom in and out to see How much of the detail you're actually picking up in the image trace? Ours looks good at 128 threshold. We're just going to go with it You'll see that it creates two. I don't need the back image anymore. Now. I just need this front image This svg version of the image Now I'm going to need to make a base for this thing. So let's go ahead and give it an offset You can come in and play with the offset You can make it as thick or as thin as you want. You can put it right on the other lines But we're trying to give it a little bit of base So I think quarter-inch looks good Outward rounded and we only want the outer shapes Okay But now this gives me Some lines in the middle. So let's set this to the red layer so I can see it And we'll ungroup it So we'll go to arrange ungroup Now it's ungroup the Outlet the outer stroke. So we're just going to delete all the middle pieces I'm going to hold shift and select all these little middle pieces And then I'm just going to tap delete gone. So now I have a good base And I have the engraving part. So I'm going to make the little tab that slides into the led base It's three and an eighth inch by a half inch But I think I'm going to drag this little base up and kind of meld it into The outline of the petals and cranks I'm going to select these and group them And then select everything and make sure it's aligned vertically Now I'm going to ungroup the engraving cut again I'm going to select the backer and the little tab I made for the led base And we're going to weld those selected items together I mean, that's it. I'm ready to go. This is ready to engrave Let's go over to the power and settings I want this logo to be a little deeper than the photo. So I'm going to make it 150 millimeters per second speed I think I'll leave the power and we'll see what it does I am going to fill this though and when I fill it the the tabs below change And I'm going to want at least 360 dpi or lines per inch lpi And I want to turn the air assist off for engrave But remember I want to keep the air assist on for the cut for the cut 10 millimeters per second and 45 percent power Seems to cut through just fine I'm going to group everything and we're going to move it kind of out of the way And do not forget to mirror your image. So we're going to go up to arrange And flip horizontal That way when we do engrave it The engrave piece will be on the back and we'll be looking at that through the front piece, which is still nice and smooth All right, let's cut this thing Assembly once again. This is one of the easiest assemblies ever. We take the acrylic piece. We just cut out Put it in the base Yeah, garrick had to show me yet. Look how much bigger his is than mine Same size, you know, it all depends on perspective But like I said, these make great dad gifts. These are awesome. I mean this one's totally going to my man cave Oh, yeah, I'm sure he's gonna use that any kind of logo looks great on these things and This one's definitely great for craft shows something like this put a sporting team logo on there You can sell these at craft shows all day long And it's so easy. It's easy and cheap to get into There's no gluing. There's no painting It's just engrave and plug it in We're talking to you our little friend at the last craft show. She came by said she wanted to make some crafts I don't want to paint. I don't want to glue. Well, here you go. This is the perfect project This is your answer to that All right, well we are So if you're not going to join us for the patron after show We will see you next week. We will do it building and make it again And catch us on Tuesdays where we go live and do a little something new a little Test cut Tuesday Or a little painting something new