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Placing Cutout Letters on a Sign
If you have ever produced a sign with raised letters that you cut out from acrylic, you know how hard…
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How can you put a creative, personalized twist on team sports recognition products?
Players appreciate photo plaques with a team or player photo. Team photos autographed by all team members are particularly meaningful…
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Rules for Keeping the Laser and Operator Healthy: Materials and substrates
We can avoid bad incidents with a few special safety rules. In terms of materials and substrates, here are a…
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Education
Safety Precautions for Laser Operators: Smoke and carbon monoxide
Anything that burns, gives off smoke, carbon monoxide, flames, or fumes requires special safety precautions – lasers are no different. Although…
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Financial Steps for Replacing a Laser Part
There are some laser parts that wear out that do not prevent you from a day of lasering yet need…
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Font Choice ‘Don’ts’ for Awards
One of my most frequent challenges, and I bet it’s one of yours as well, is too much text –…
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Working with an Odd-Shaped Engraving Space
Engraving plates may be decorated by the manufacturer, making the engraving area non-rectangular. Often the shape looks like two backward…
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Does mixing technologies waste time or bolster profit?
You can obtain great-looking results on an award or personalized product by printing a full-color logo or graphic and engraving…
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Font Choice ‘Dos’ for Awards
Typically, serif fonts are used for large bodies of text as the serif guides our eyes and makes words easy…
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What design strategies can my shop employ to make one-of-a-kind awards for each client?
Great design and layout might make an award unique; however, the ultimate service is to make any product truly identifiable…
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How to Remove Adhesive Tape from Plaques and Trophy Plates
The adhesive tapes awards retailers use on plaques and trophy plates is aggressive and can be left behind, making it…
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How to Place Lasered Acrylic Inserts for Medals
Placing lasered acrylic inserts onto medals so they are straight can be tricky, especially in a production environment. It is…
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Cleaning Lasering Residue from Wood
I generally try not to laser raw or stained wood that does not have several good coats of finish on it because,…
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What are the best practices for lasering textured outdoor sheet metal?
Textured outdoor materials for signs are tougher and cost more than regular engraving material. It also takes more time to…
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How to Clean Laser Exhaust Parts
Make sure the laser is unplugged before removing any cover. A good Shop Vac is useful in this process. Besides…
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Assembling Perpetual Plaques
Custom perpetual plaque assembly includes applying the header plate, drilling holes, and attaching all the plates. The drill bit I…
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