Laser cut examples
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- neverblink0
- this is fucking beautiful!!!!!cactushands
- Yeah, that's pretty coolJosev
- DaveO0
Wow – amazing! Thanks!
- neverblink0
you can view the entire project here: http://cakelab.nl/portfolio/broc…
- thoughtandtheory0
Looks great. Wonder how much it adds to the cost of a print job.
- sted0
how to skip the smoke on white paper?
- inv0
- detritus0
That cakelab example is die cut, as evidenced by the clean, uncharred lines, and the fact that it says 'die cut' in the explanation.
A cut that complex from a large run output 'that cheap' (ie. a small paper book) is the sort of job a laser is great at for the prototyping / proof of concept stage... but not for production, where the set time for each cut becomes uneconomic.
If you were to do any more than about 10 books, you'd be better off getting a die made up. Mind you, I shudder to think how much a die that ornate would cost to get right...
- of course, if you wanted to make each piece slightly unique, a laser would be the more economical path.detritus
- neverblink0
re: diecut
That's strange, cause when I asked the designer if the dust-jaxket was laser cut he said it was: http://www.typophile.com/node/66…
- detritus0
Hmm, perhaps I was misinterpreting orange shading - I suppose there could be hint of charring in the jacket.
Whatever - if that is laser cut, it'll take a few minutes to do each cut, and therefore cost 'a few pounds' per piece. All depends on how long it takes, and what rate is being charged - but a small shop would probably charge up to a fiver for that.
I'm totally ..nngh.. 'guesstimating' here.
Well worth it if you're only doing a small number of items - very costly if you're doing many. But then if you have the scope, build it in to the cost!
- Dancer0
I have been informed by my printer that a rough gauge is:
£350 set up fee and around £1.20 - £1.50 per unit.This varies massively depending on detail
- Josev0
^ I think that must have been mislabeled by the designer. It must have been done with a laser. I've done a lot of work with diecutting/embossing and have never been able to get the level of detail that's in that small book cover.
- Josev0
I wonder if there's a market for just offering laser-cutting services to designers. I did a project with MIT 7 years ago and was given use of their facilities in one of the schools (The Media lab). I got to work with the laser cutter (also the 3-d modeler and water jet cutter) to fabricate part of what I was working on. They're easy to use and amazing devices. I keep thinking I should save up and buy one.
- neverblink0
Josev, I've been seeing laser (and/or waterjet) engravings and cuts more and more in design. So definitely think there is a (growing) market in the design community for such a service.
- autoflavour0
not sure they are laser cut tho, the paper ones.. there are no scorch marks.. lasers burn, paper usually has lots of burning.
- no not "lots"Dancer
- not clean tho, i have done quiet a bit of laser cutting in different materialsautoflavour
- Dancer0
If you get lots of burning then he (the laser cutting) is not doing a very good job.