Laser Etching

I was very fortunate earlier this year to be able to get my hands on an Etcher Laser. I had followed the Indiegogo campaign for it, but missed out first time around.

I am a member of a few Facebook groups relating to this and someone was selling a brand new boxed unit, which after a bit of faffing around with postage and import tax finally arrived.

Please keep an eye on this page, as I will post up new items as I make them. I will also revisit old projects and post up pictures and words, so you understand a bit more about why I made them.

I will include my full Bill of Meterials (BoM) where applicable, so you can see the products I have bought to complete each project, plus the settings I have used in the SmartDIYsCreator software, so you can use them for your own projects.

I belong to several sites that sell design elements, like fonts, vector and raster graphics and photos etc.  These sites sometimes have sales, which give the buyer a good deal on some of the sites best selling items. I go in when these sites have sales and buy up a set of different items, with an idea on how I will use them to complete a new project.

You will see a lot of these design elements used in my projects. I will attempt to link to as many of them as possible, so you can join the sites and get access to the same great design files for your projects.

As always, nice comments are welome along with suggestions.

Apple Watch Straps

Apple Watch Straps

For those of you who know me and are reading this, you know I'm a bit of an Apple fanboy. Well I have been an Apple Watch wearer for a few years now. My Series 2 watch has not been off my wrist very much, since I got it a few days after release in 2016. I have a few...

The box of ceramic tiles for 20p!

The box of ceramic tiles for 20p!

Lex and I went to a local car boot sale earlier today and whilst looking around for some new materials I could try and etch, I found a box of ceramic tiles for 20p. My thought was that if I couldnt get them to work in the etcher, then it wasn't an expensive waste....

Dog Paw Mandala

Dog Paw Mandala

I purchased this design from Design Bundles.net (https://designbundles.net/mockupstation/664233-dog-paw-3d-mandala-svg-animal-paw-layered-cut-file#gtmList=30&gtmPos=13) as part of one of their bundle sales this year. I decided I would use cardboad to cut it out,...

Guest WiFi Coaster

Guest WiFi Coaster

I have had friends over to my house for a coffee and asked if they could get my WiFi password, to save their expensive mobile data bill. I have good internet here, so gladly gave them the password. Some of my friends however are not very technical and as such, needed...

Multi-layered Mandala

Multi-layered Mandala

This was another design I bought from Design Bundles.net - https://designbundles.net/mawoodshop/582123-m128-layered-mandala-template-shadow-box-mandala-s#gtmList=30&gtmPos=19 I wanted to try and cut and assemble the design, so it was near enough the same as the...

Face masks

Face masks

As the covid lockdown goes on, we are now going to need to wear face coverings when going outside. I would rather make my own that I can wash, than go and buy single use ones that create more waste. After going on to the Etcher Laser blog site, I found a template for...

The Tree Doormat

The Tree Doormat

One afternoon I went over to see my Mum for lunch and I saw she had bought a new doormat. It was a nice design of a tree, with branches etc and I appreciated the design. As I sat and had lunch, I thought about the design and wondered if I could recreate it in...

In memorium to my Dad

In memorium to my Dad

On 7th August 2016, my Dad passed away. My Mum still misses him a lot, being married to him for over 40 years. Being the loving son I am, I wanted to give her something special and personal from me, so she knew I was still thinking of him as well, as it is coming up...

More cardboard etcher testing

More cardboard etcher testing

After the success of my first cardboard letter test earlier today, I thought I would have another go.This time I thought I would use the tag that I use in my email signature, which I created years ago.The original design is shown below. So I used the same process I...

First original works in cardboard

First original works in cardboard

I have really lost my creative mojo during the lockdown. I'm starting to get some spark of creativity back but it's been really hard. I had an idea on trying to cut out some letters with my etcher potentially in cardboard, as I have a large stock of it right now after...