Decorative Mother's Day bouquet made of trotec materials: TroGlass and wood veneer

Learn how you can produce a decorative and extraordinary Mother's Day gift out of Trotec engraving materials.


What materials do you need?

Required material:

Machine used:  Speedy 360 flexx, 80 watts, 2 " lens, vacuum table with honeycomb cutting table resp. acrylic grid


Step 1: Import design of the base plate

Import our template and adapt it to your requirements. Send the job of the base plate (to hold the TroGlass Metallic ring) to the laser using the driver settings below.

Print Settings:

Process ModeResolutionCut lineHalftoneOthers
Standard 1000 dpi none Color Enhanced Geometries,
Inner geometries first

Step 2: Cutting base plate

We start with the TroGlass Clear: put it on the acrylic cutting grid of your laser and insert the 2.5" lens. Cut the base using the following settings.

Laser Parameters Cutting
Color: red; Process: Cut  CO2; Power (%): 95; Speed (%) : 0.2; ppi/Hz: 20.000; Passes: 1; Air Assist: on; Z-Offset: -3 mm; Advanced: -


Step 3: Design 'grass'

Send the design for the grass to the laser using the settings below.

Print Settings:

Process ModeResolutionCut lineHalftoneOthers
Standard 500 dpi none Color Enhanced Geometries

Step 4: Laser process 'grass'

For the grasses we use the dark green TroGlass Color Gloss.
Put this engraving material onto the acrylic cutting grid and use the 2" lens for this and all following jobs. Engrave and cut the design with the following parameters.

Laser Parameters engraving
Color: black; Process: Engrave CO2; Power (%): 14; Speed (%): 20; ppi/Hz: 500; Passes: 1; Air Assist: on; Z-Offset: -; Advanced: High Quality

Laser Parameters cutting
Color: red; Process: Cut CO2; Power (%): 100; Speed (%): 1; ppi/Hz: 1000; Passes: 1; Air Assist: on; Z-Offset: -; Advanced: -

Tip:

Start the engraving process from the bottom so that
the dust cannot settle on the engraved area.


Step 5: Design 'Stalks'

Please send the job for the stem, which is out of Trotec wood, to the laser using the driver settings below.

Print Settings:

Process ModeResolutionCut lineHalftoneOthers
Standard 1000 dpi none - Enhanced Geometries

Step 6: Cutting 'Stalks'

Put the laserable walnut solid wood on the honeycomb cutting table and position the walnut sheet. Cover the rest of the engraving area to maximize vacuum, so to have a clean and even cut. Cut the material using the parameters below:

Laser Parameters cutting
Color: red; Process: Cut CO2; Power (%): 100; Speed (%) : 1; ppi/Hz: 1000; Passes: 1; Air Assist: on; Z-Offset: -; Advanced: -


Step 7: Design 'Blossoms'

Finally, send the design of the abstract blossoms out of engravable maple veneer to your laser.

Print Settings:

Process ModeResolutionCut lineHalftoneOthers
Standard 1000 dpi none - Enhanced Geometries,
Inner Geometries first

Step 8: Laser process 'Blossoms'

Put the Trotec maple veneer sheet into the laser and cover the rest of the engraving table carefully. Cut the blossoms using the following parameters:

Laser Parameters cutting
Color: red; Process: Cut CO2; Power (%): 100; Speed (%) : 1.2; ppi/Hz: 1000; Passes: 1; Air Assist: on; Z-Offset: -; Advanced: -

Tip:

If you cut the entire sheet, focus on the middle
of the material wo compensate possible thickness
differences.


Assembly

Start with the stick of the stem into the base and decorate it with the blossoms. Combine large and small blossoms exactly the way you like it. Finally, position the grass into the base and this inventive Mother's Day bouquet is ready.

Handicraft tip: Twisted blades of grass are an additional eye catcher. To do so, position the "blades of grass" into a bench vise or another heat-resistant holder. Take a hot air gun and carefully heat the filigree grass. deform and twist the hot acrylic. But don't forget to wear gloves! Hold the acrylic in place until it is cooled down. With a little practice you can get impressive objects.


Inspiration

Use other products with another color or another finish of our TroGlass series, e.g. TroGlass Satins or TroGlass Frosted and transform the "flower bouquet" into an abstract sculpture. Discover, what is possible with Trotec materials.


Why Trotec materials?

TroGlass series offers best conditions to produce these unusual eye catchers. It is available in various colors and surfaces and it is optimized for laser bed size. In addition it is simple to find the parameters for glass clear edges without post-processing. This material has the optimum hardness to create unusual applications. With an engraving you can produce an highly individual gift.

Combined with our solid wood you create a natural look. As a long-time supplier of laser and engraving materials you can count on and profit from our know-how. Trotec wood has been optimized for the laser bed sized and shows homogeneous structures.