Settings for laser etching Lima beans

Lima Bean Etched
Lima Beans On Lentil Jig
The Final Jig
Settings for laser etching Lima beans

Using a 35W Epilog mini, 60% power 100% speed. The beans should be placed in some sort of soft holding bed both to even them out as well as to stop the air assist from moving them. We used lentils and eventually made a jig with cardstock to mass produce the beans.

Filed under: laser — by adafruit, posted December 10, 2009 at 10:00 am


1 Comment

  1. Am I the only person wondering why this needed to be done/investigated?

    Comment by Travis — December 10, 2009 @ 10:07 pm

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