[Swansea Hackspace] Anyone got any two colour laserable acrylic spare?

[Nathan Hackett]

Thanks I should be able to figure it out hopefully. I'll post a picture of
what I manage to come up with.

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Tim Clark <eclipse at sucs.org> wrote:

> The flow sensor is broken and should be bypassed already, but if its not
> working then the bypass may have fallen off.
>
> Tim
>
> On 19/08/2016 15:48, Nathan Hackett wrote:
>
> More good ideas, that could definitely work. I have some sugru already
> spare, but actual paint would probably give a nicer finish if I can get it
> to pool in the letters slightly concave. So is the flow sensor not working
> and needs to be bypassed? I've been ok using the laser cutter on my own
> before, but not without anyone else in the building. I'll try not to burn
> the place down. :)
>
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:31 PM, Tim Clark <eclipse at sucs.org> wrote:
>
>> The other thought is you could stick masking tape over before you cut it,
>> then you could flood the paint in after to fill the letters, let it dry a
>> bit and peel the tape off, then you can give it to them before the paint is
>> fully dry, but dry enough.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On 19/08/2016 15:26, Nathan Hackett wrote:
>>
>> Not a bad idea Tim, thanks. This has to be ready for 10pm Saturday night
>> so I haven't left myself much time for luxuries like letting paint dry! Off
>> to B&Q to get the wood now. I guess I could make an A-frame style sign just
>> out of acrylic, but heating and putting the bend in has the potential for
>> disaster.
>> Is the laser cutter working ok at the moment?
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Tim Clark <eclipse at sucs.org> wrote:
>>
>>> You could paint something then laser the paint off?
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> On 19/08/2016 15:13, Nathan Hackett wrote:
>>>
>>> I need to make a desk sign for someone at my work who's leaving to
>>> become a teacher, it's his last shift tomorrow night so this is very last
>>> minute. If anyone has any suitable scraps, size is roughly 200mm x 60mm.
>>> This is the sort of thing-
>>>
>>> http://www.snamanufacturing.co.uk/images/pic-04_5_large.jpg
>>>
>>> Or maybe it would work better to laser etch some single-color acrylic
>>> and put sugru into the letters? Any advice would be greatly appreciated...
>>> Bat signal activated. :)
>>>
>>>
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