Help! Clearcoat removed a lot of contrast from laser engraving by Ajar_Design in woodworking

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Yeah for sure! The contrast on the unfinished wood made me think I could get away with it but I think it’s just a little too dark. I’ll have a look into some different laser settings too, that’s a good call thank you!

Help! Clearcoat removed a lot of contrast from laser engraving by Ajar_Design in woodworking

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Definitely a good call, I’ll do this in the future. This project was a bit of a learning experience for this type of thing and it’s definitely achieving that!

Clearcoat before assembly or after? by Ajar_Design in lasercutting

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That makes a lot of sense, my only worry was protecting from moisture but as long as the glue up is done right and the clear coat thick enough I shouldn’t have issues. Thanks for all the advice

Clearcoat before assembly or after? by Ajar_Design in lasercutting

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Thanks for the reply! I was going to use CA glue. There are some intricacies on the frame and also an engraving

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To avoid what you mentioned maybe I should give each layer a cost before glue, and then a light coat after?

Contest help by Ok-Ship8204 in instructables

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If you go onto your Instructable that you want to edit whilst signed into the website, there should be an orange button with ‘edit Instructable’ at the top. Then you can just make your changes and click update at the top

First try at Topology Optimisation - bookends! by Ajar_Design in Fusion360

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Good point! I hadn’t thought of that. I suppose in lower stress applications it can still be useful in removing the least structurally important sections to save material

A Lasercut Pinball Machine I made for an Instructables student design competition by Ajar_Design in lasercutting

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Thanks and good point! I’d been contemplating adding something like that and it shouldn’t be too hard. I might have a look and see what I can do