Laser engraving is an ancient technique that can be used to print images onto almost any material. The process involves burning the image onto a material, which is then etched with high-frequency light beams. This process is perfect for use in the fashion industry because it allows you to produce fine details on any materials like leather, fabric, wood, stone and metal.
The Five Steps of Laser Engraving
The process of laser engraving generally involves 5 steps, which are:
1. Drawing the design
The first step is to work on perfecting your design plan with a sketch or image before you start with an actual project unless it’s something very simple like applying letter stickers onto paper models. To avoid making mistakes in drawing stick figures, try using CAD software that allows you to create vector-based files for illustrations and designs instead of hand drawing.
2. Cutting or Transferring Materials
After your design is perfectly drawn, you can start transferring it onto the material with laser engraving tools that are usually equipped with movable platform bases called guide beds which help in moving around inside of an open work area without affecting the materials at all even when attached to support beams.
3. Engraving or Cutting Materials
After the transfer of materials is complete, you can then start transferring and engraving your design onto it through a process call cutting where precision hand movements burn the laser hole onto the surface while never touching beyond minimal stop edges around boundaries of designs meant for ornamentation like ornamental borders for furniture carving projects and cushions making job applications with no need to apply paint before painting task gets complete and perfect results.
4. Finishing Up Rubbing, Etching or Stuffing with Colors/Oils
For coloring certain areas on your work after engraving is complete especially if there are textures like wood g rain lines present for furniture-making jobs, you can apply these oils through the help of heavy hand movement rubbing with a brush along fine edges to achieve brilliant color tones and contrast details onto them as well as applying other essentials such as inks, varnishes or stains to boost the looks of furniture materials with a marvelous color tone and shine.
5. Putting together all pieces for final completion
Once your work is fully completed, you can then put everything back into its original positions completeness with high craft skill so that no loose ends are left behind at all when it’s time for cleaning-up finishing taking total attention from every single piece accurate placement even care for constant smoothness moreover transporting back to original-positioning all furniture pieces onto its original location after reassembling the entire thing for final completion.
Advantages of laser engraving
1. There is no need needed for paint or any other common-used material to be used on furniture engravings.
2. Every single engraving exactly as it has been designed by the designer.
3. Strongly recommended for interior maintenance in a home where the floor material is wood, they can be used among wooden furniture to save costs on cabinets and wardrobes or even door pulls.
4. Very durable and long-lasting as they can last for years on hands of time without major damage or fading thus require no longer any maintenance fees to be concerned with at all.
Conclusion
Laser engraving is the process of removing material with heat and energy. The surface is heated, melted and removed. We hope you enjoyed this blog post on how laser engraving works. Do you have any questions? Let us know in the comments below.