Joe Pelonio
07-16-2006, 5:55 PM
I'm doing these items for display. They are 4" square cubes, open on 2 ends, made of 1/4" walnut. The insides are painted orange, the outside
natural wood finish. The corporate logo goes on the top and the front, vector cut out except for the trademark R symbol which is engraved.
First, I have to use a sacrificial square of water soaked wood inside to keep the beam from messing up the orange paint, and transfer tape inside and out to keep the edges of the letters from getting charred. Since it's solid wood there's a variation in density and grain. So I have it adjusted so that most will cut just through and I have to pop out the letters. I found the hard way that if I use enough power to let the letters fall through, the beam will hit them after they drop and they'll catch fire. If it doesn't cut
far enough I have to recut the letter/s because there is very little wood between some of them and if you try too hard to punch out a letter it will break. So I started at 7am this morning and it's nearly 3pm, have done
52, of 250, due tomorrow. Takes about 5 minutes each actual run time but I also have to apply little plastic bump dots on the bottom, and bag them. And since they run so fast I can't do anything else in between
runs.
I told my customer "estimate" $5 each, looks like it's going up!
I can't show a pic yet as this is for a national ad campaign and I'm doing it for a wholesale customer so don't know if the shoe company involved would like it to leak out ahead of time.
natural wood finish. The corporate logo goes on the top and the front, vector cut out except for the trademark R symbol which is engraved.
First, I have to use a sacrificial square of water soaked wood inside to keep the beam from messing up the orange paint, and transfer tape inside and out to keep the edges of the letters from getting charred. Since it's solid wood there's a variation in density and grain. So I have it adjusted so that most will cut just through and I have to pop out the letters. I found the hard way that if I use enough power to let the letters fall through, the beam will hit them after they drop and they'll catch fire. If it doesn't cut
far enough I have to recut the letter/s because there is very little wood between some of them and if you try too hard to punch out a letter it will break. So I started at 7am this morning and it's nearly 3pm, have done
52, of 250, due tomorrow. Takes about 5 minutes each actual run time but I also have to apply little plastic bump dots on the bottom, and bag them. And since they run so fast I can't do anything else in between
runs.
I told my customer "estimate" $5 each, looks like it's going up!
I can't show a pic yet as this is for a national ad campaign and I'm doing it for a wholesale customer so don't know if the shoe company involved would like it to leak out ahead of time.