What you can make with the laser machine? This is difficult question for every beginner. Every laser machine can do different job, some work with glass, plywood and acrylic, some work with metals.
We have brought you some easy and unique ideas that you can make yourself with laser engraving and cutting machines. These ideas are suitable for beginners, and they can implement them and make eye-catching gifts using.So are you ready to start?
Photoengraving on glass
You can do photo engraving on painted glass with all types of lasers including diode, Co2, DPSS, and fiber ones.
Laser engraved clock
It is very cool to make something that you can see almost every day. It made into a clock by Two Trees Laser engraving machine, Special for those cat lovers.
Leather wallet engraving
Engrave your wallet with names or initials on the front can be perfectly engraved on genuine and synthetic leather. Please note you need to be very careful so that the power of the laser does not burn out your leather item.
Laser engraved Cutboard
Personalized cutting boards are eco friendly gift for birthdays, wedding shower, house-warming, company! It is great gift for family and friends and also it is a great gift for yourself. One cutting board side can be used as a decoration in the kitchen, while the other side can be used as a traditional cutting board.
Engraving wood hangs.
The Laser engraving wood hanger is a nice and fun personalized birthday gift for the round birthday.
mirror engraving
It is quite exciting thing that we can make mirror cutting and engraving with a laser machine.
It is important to remember that you need to paint and engrave an image on the backside of the mirror to avoid a double reflection of the image that you will have if you paint it on the reflective surface.
Tile engraving
Tile engraving became quite popular nowadays. You can “personalize” things too!
laser engraved knife
I should say that knife laser engraving is very popular among hobbyists and knife makers. Marking knives with names or special inscriptions. Great Corporate Gift Idea or for the Cook in your life. Also a great way to personalize your knives to help prevent theft.
One most frustrating issue for the laser engraving business is where to find ideas and design files. If you have knowledge and skills in designing, it would be your unique advantage over others and you could make your own designs for engraving and cutting. However, most of us just lack that and have to turn to outsource for help. If you have no ideas, you might start with the following websites to get free or paid files for your business. More details regarding these websites could be found in our previous post “Top 13 Laser Cutting Design Files Download Websites“.
Website | Costs | File Format | File Quantity | Registration |
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https://3axis.co | Free | BMP, CDR, DXF, DWG, PDF, STL | 20,000+ | Not required |
https://laser-templates.com | Free & Paid | AI, CDR, DXF, EPS, PDF, SVG | 5,000+ | Not required |
https://www.thingiverse.com | Free | AI, BMP, CDR, DXF, PDF, STL, SVG | 4,000+ | Not required |
https://www.librarylaser.com | Free & Paid | AI, CDR, DXF, PDF, SVG | 1,200+ | Required |
https://3dsvg.com | Free & Paid | SVG | 740+ | Required |
https://www.freepatternsarea.com/free-projects | Free | DXF, DWG, EPS, PDF, PNG, STL, SVG | 200+ | Not required |
https://www.ponoko.com/free-laser-cutting-files-templates | Free | EPS, PDF, SVG | 200+ | Not required |
https://www.festi.info/boxes.py/?language=en | Free | AI, DXF, G-code, PDF, PLT, PS, SVG, SVG_Ponoko | 200+ | Not required |
https://www.vecteezy.com | Free | AI, EPS, JPG, PDF | 10,000+ | Not required |
https://www.makerunion.com | Free | DXF | 230+ | Required |
https://www.etsy.com | Paid | AI, CDR, DXF, EPS, PDF, SVG | 63,000+ | Not required |
https://sofontsy.com | Paid | SVG, PSD, PNG, EPS | 100,000+ | Required |
https://thehungryjpeg.com | Free & Paid | DXF, EPS, JPEG, PNG, SVG | 100,000+ | Required |
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