Joe Pelonio
03-14-2006, 4:33 PM
I could use some design help from people that like to design jigs. This customer looks like they are going to repeat on this and it takes too long the way I'm doing it. It's a custom car place, and they are having me cut out logos on pieces of automobile carpet, from two colors of carpet, which they will remove and swap to the other color, bind it on the bottom and make into floor mats. This time they brought 4 pieces, 2 forest green and two grey. They would then have two green mats with grey letters, two grey mats with green letters. The problem is the hunks of carpet are about 18"x30 and the laser is 12x24, the logo takes up 5"x12" near one corner. I set the laser to just cut through the jute.
What I've done previously and for these 4 is to put the area to be cut on a piece of 1/2" MDO with pushpins to hold it, then fold under on two sides, and place objects under it until it's level. That, plus arranging it to a good starting point are what take time.
Maybe something of wood with legs, like a table, and a thinner piece on top to hold it tight? Legs have to go out at angles from the corners to allow the fold under. Can't clamp with anything that the head would hit, and can't put screws through the carpet that would leave holes.
Any suggestions welcome.
What I've done previously and for these 4 is to put the area to be cut on a piece of 1/2" MDO with pushpins to hold it, then fold under on two sides, and place objects under it until it's level. That, plus arranging it to a good starting point are what take time.
Maybe something of wood with legs, like a table, and a thinner piece on top to hold it tight? Legs have to go out at angles from the corners to allow the fold under. Can't clamp with anything that the head would hit, and can't put screws through the carpet that would leave holes.
Any suggestions welcome.