Acrylic Valentines Day Necklace Charms

Creating beautiful glass edges when cutting acrylic - Using laser tape and a acrylic cutting grid table will help to create a nice down draft. Having a good down draft is important for creating beautiful glass edges when cutting acrylic.

Acrylic Valentines Day Necklace Charms

Preparation

Required material

1 sheet of 3mm thick acrylic
Laser tape
Necklace chain
6mm jump rings
Needle nose pliers

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Machine used

Speedy 400
120 watt
2.0" lens
Acrylic cutting grid table

You can use any laser machine from the Speedy laser engraver series or the SP laser cutter series for this application.

Important

We have used a darker coloured cast acrylic for this application.
When creating a glass edge it is important to have a nice down draft. This makes laser tape (painter tape) an important tool.

Valentines Day Necklace Charms

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Step by step

Step 1

Step 1: Import /create design template

You can use the template we have provided, or alternatively, you can create your own stunning necklace charm. The laser parameters may vary depending on the material used.

Print settings:

Process mode	Resolution	Cut line
Standard	500dpi	None

Halftone	Other
Colour	None

laser cut acrylic with arcylic cutting grid table

Step 2

Step 2: Laser process

We recommend using the acrylic cutting grid. Place the material onto the laser bed and ensure that the remaining area is sealed with tape. This will increase the exhaust power, which in turn will create a better down draft.

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