Hi Again!
I am back with another box! I was excited about this week’s project as I could laser engrave on the wood. To begin with, I started by laser cutting a Texas map and engraving Texas on it. I plan on using it as a fridge magnet.

 

 

 

 

 

Once I understood how the Epilogpro works, I started with determining the kerf, I used the instructions on Canvas. I found it to be 0.0034.

 

 

 

 

I went to MakerCase to design my box, I used 4*4*4 dimensions.using that design I used Adobe Illustrator to figure out the engravings I wanted. Once I had my designs final,  I 

started the EpilogPro to cut my box, once it was complete I found the box was looking really nice and fit well but the edges

were not tight enough.So I decided to redo the box, I tried again but the laser just engraved and did not vector cut my box, I asked the lab assistant for help but we couldn’t figure it out so I decided to come back the next day and start again. The next day I came and repeated the process, this time I kept the kerf as 0.0041, using power 30% and speed 80% for engraving I started the laser and I had my box ready in 13 mins, and this time it fit just right.I knew I had my box ready. After assembling the box,I sanded the edges to give it a finish and that’s how I completed my Laser box project.

Cost Type	Cost	Price	Source		Total
Materials	¼” wood*2	$19.95	Amazon		$39.9
Labor	Laser cutter operator(3hours)	$19.17/hr	ZipRecruiter		$59.91
Overhead	EpilogPro		EpilogPro		$10
	Monitor		DELL		$2
	Scrap	$10			$10.00
Total	$121.81