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.

Preparation

Required material

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

You can purchase a wide range of different laser acrylics from our engraving supplies webshop.

Machine used

Speedy 400
120 watt
2.0" lens
Acrylic cutting grid table

To create these charms you can also use other Speedy Laser engraving machines or SP laser cutting machines.

Important

In this sample we used cast acrylic.
To create a more elegant look, we chose a darker coloured acrylic.
When creating a glass edge it is important to have a nice down draft. Which makes laser tape (painter tape) an important tool to have.

Valentines Day Necklace Charms

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Step by step

Step 1

Step 1: Import /create design template

When creating your necklace charm you can use our template or create your own stunning design. Please not that the parameters will differ depending on your laser machine, available power and the chosen material.

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

As mentioned we recommend using the acrylic cutting grid table for laser cutting acrylic. Place the material onto your laser and seal off the rest of the laser table with tape. This will increase the exhaust power creating a better down draft.

Find more tips for acrylic processing

Laser parameters:

Colour	Process	Power (%)	Speed (%)	ppi/Hz
Red	Cutting CO₂	90	0.4	5000

Passes	Air Assist	Z-Offset	Advanced
1	ON	-	-

Info:

For this application we used the standard laser parameters from JobControl^® optimised for speed. The material parameters for JobControl can be downloaded from www.troteclaser.co.uk

Step 3

Step 3: Post-processing

Insert the split rings into the eyelets provided and attach the chains to them.

Inspiration

Our range of TroGlass acrylic features a wide range of colours, transparencies and finishes, allowing you to be as creative as you like with your designs.