Thursday, June 12, 2008

Prototype from Ponoko


Here you can see the prototype tombstones for the 'build your own graveyard cake kit'. Due to dimensional problems they wound up a little oversized. You can also see the untrustworthy ruler (where inches are 1.25 inches long).

What was it my dad said? Measure twice, cut once. Gotta listen to dad.

There is a lot of residue from the laser cutter as you can see in this picture (the white powdery stuff). That wipes off easily. There was some denser stuff around the letters but I was able to polish that out also. The black acrylic is highly reflective. The unetched side is covered with a protective layer that I was able to peel off easily.

I'm disappointed with the size problems here, but that's my fault. I should have printed out a proof page before I submitted the order. I am happy with the job Ponoko did and I will be sending in another order soon.

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