How to Make Money with a Desktop Laser!
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- This video shows you step-by-step instructions on how to turn a 13 cent ceramic tile into $20 by engraving images or photographs with a sub-$200 desktop laser!
4x4 (10x10 cm) Gloss White Ceramic tiles can be purchased at any home improvement store such as Lowe's or Home Depot. Buy in bulk to save some money.
NEW! Ortur Laser Master 2! Burn tiles as large as 12x12!!
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Love to see how you engraved the tile with the Rock! This was very instructional and appreciate the effort you put into this.
I have the Ortur Laser Master 2 (20W) and lightburn, so this was an awesome video. Thanks! I would love to see what you use to engrave on the tile. I am always looking for new methods with the laser. Everything started out with handmade woodburning and wanted to expand the capabilities. Technology is awesome!
I see that this video has been out for a few years - I just bought my LaserPecker 2 and I LOVE THIS VIDEO!! I love the trick of painting it in layers to get the variance in color. Thank you so much. I am really excited to try this. I appreciate you providing this! Have a wonderful day.
I'm in just for the hobby alone, great video, looking forward to seeing you do a lot more. Just got my first mini engraving machine and I know it's not much but I couldn't believe you mentioned about personalized wallets but I just done one. Thank you for your videos.👍
I would love to see how you did the "ROCK" tile! The stuff your doing is REALLY KOOL!
Way Cool, I would like to see your other tile work!
Coming soon! Thanks!
Love the fact you're using GIMP. Been using GIMP myself for years, excellent software.
Edit: MOAR LASER BURNING PLEASE! This video was awesome and I look forward to more like it in the future. Very comprehensive.
Yes let see more.
Garrett, What a inspiration video, great idea! Yes, I want to see a follow up to that video and any video with new idea in the future. I love your work. I post your videos on the Photon to new people starting in the hobby on some of my facebook group like Titan Forge Miniature. Thx again for the great work and Congrat for reaching more then 10 000 member.
just subscribed, That's cool that you can do this, I had no idea you could even engrave on ceramic tile I'd really like to see you do another video teaching us how to engrave on tile or even a series of videos I'm pretty sure I'm not alone when saying that.
Thanks for a great video and keep up the great work I've just noticed that video is available now so I will still leave the comment in it's entirety
Very informative
Not engraving tile only paint on top of it
It's more like engraving paint not tile
Just engraving the paint, but a protective coat of lacquer over top of the final product and it will be fairly protected.
I just ordered the v2, would love to see the how you did the tile engrave! So cool, thanks for the video =)
Came across your video looking for engraving ideas. Must say, your energy and enthusiasm shown in the video has got me wanting to give it a go. I have a 20w Neje, and i will let you know how it turned out. And yep, need to see the laser tile. Once again, a big thanks.
I cant believe you dont have more subscribers... Glad i stumbled over your Chanel, keep it up! And the cut scenes at the end 😂
Great! How long to engrave those tiles? I'd love to see more! Thanks for your great videos and congratulations for your 10k subscribers
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Looking forward to part 2 :D
This looks amazing. I will be getting a laser engraver soon and hopefully be able to make these painted tiles too. The Rock tile looks really cool also and would like to see more on that.
Man, that was great!! Just go for got my FIRST laser printer and my Tech Support guy said I should watch your video. I really owe him one for this. Please do the part 2 showing how to engrave on to the tile surface. This is a no-brainer instant subscribe to channel moment.
I now have a million ideas running through my head. I've always wanted to get into laser engraving but never the know how. Just subbed and am looking forward to moving forward with this endeavor!
I'd love to see how to engrave this into the tile. Thanks!
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Whoa!! This is really great. Please provide additional information about engraving images/information on white ceramic tile. This is really neat. Thank you for sharing. I look forward to more of your videos.
Very cool, I have a desk top laser machine. I never thought about doing anything like this. Looking forward to seeing more from you.
very interesting. i wish you would go through the process of setting up the ortur laser and setting up the lightburn software and which lightburn to buy, the dsp license or the gcode one. it looks like a card that goes in the computer? and how to set up the gimp plugin. and.. are there any alternative free softwares that can do the same thing?? i find this fascinating and i am eager to get started.
Sorry if you've found this out already but I'll share just in case someone else has the same questions. The version of Lightburn you need depends on the type of laser you have, more specifically the controller. I'm pretty sure most if not all diode based laser machines use a GCode based controller. Many newer CO2 based lasers use a DSP based controller, some chinese K40 models and most of the 50W "China Blue" and up models. Check the machine specs to be sure though, if it has a Ruida controller you'll need a DSP license. Also there is no specific hardware needed for Lightburn, just a usb cable. The pictures in their shop are examples of the controllers I believe. You can connect a USB camera up to monitor jobs and help with aligning the work piece. They sell a few models on their site but you can use one off of Amazon as well. If you're thinking of getting into lasers or haven't tried/heard of Lightburn yet I highly recommend it. They add new features pretty regularly and the price is really cheap for the ease of use and features you get in my opinion. You can download a fully functional 30 day trial to test it out with your machine as well. Sorry for the long winded reply but hope it helps someone, all the best.
I am also nice addition to my start up fits with portfolio im looking for it to be an addition i have b so mant machines I was looking at the cheaper neje for 100.00 and its size for placing on a shelf wanted to know thoughts
yes let's see more
I really appreciate this video. So many other "gloss" over the details. I had so many questions about my own laser etch machine and you answered some of them!
Thank you sir! I appreciate it!
Great video, very interesting. Yes please do a second part to this. Thank you for sharing your time and talent
Hi. I was wondering if you've ordered anything from gearbest lately and if so, is the shipping going smoothly? I want to get an Oture but not sure if I should wait. Thanks.
I'd love to see the part 2
Check out Part 2 on my channel! Thanks!
Nice
Would like to see burnt in on ceramic tile !
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So how do you set it up in Photoshop?
I would like to see part 2. This was a great video. Ive been thinking of getting a laser but really didn’t know what to do with it. This was a great idea.
I really enjoyed the video and the finished product looked wonderful, the line "I do about two coats" did make me smile 😊
This looks like an awesome! I thought I was going to have to spend thousands on a glowforge (not to mention the 500 dollar bi yearly maintenance), which wasn't viable for a non business just hobbiest project user.
I do have a question for you - Do you know if this would work to make cuts on styrene or thin acrylic sheets? I want to get into making dioramas so something like this would be a huge time saver if it can cut enough to make styrene break in clean snaps.
Good question! The diode lasers are great for engraving and thin materials. If as in styrene, you mean foam boards, it cuts really well.. You just need to monitor for flareups. These type of lasers also cut EPA foam like butter
You have to be careful burning anything NON-wood....do not...I repeat DO NOT, NEVER EVER EVER NEVER burn any Vinyl that contains chlorine as well. Chlorine gas will kill you within minutes if you aren't wearing the correct respiratory gear.
I would really like to see more on the laser
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OK, you've convinced me to buy one. I have been considering one for engraving turned pens, but this has finalized my decision. Also, I love the outtakes at the end.
I am so glad that we nerds of the 60's can enjoy all of this tech. thanks for the videos! This is just amazing.
I would be very interested in the burn in tile.
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I’d like to see how you burned the Dwayne Johnson image into the tile, nice work!
I also would like to see this sir.
Much interested in carving tiles ... Thanks for the clear wording and paused and comprehensible voice of yours
Thanks for another great video, love to see some more videos on Laser work. Keep them coming
I would love to see how to burn the image straight into the tile!
Yeah, that's literally what I was hoping for from this video. :-(
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AIR ASSIST.. will reduce “Blacks” (but on some Co2 Lasers you will need air assist to keep lens clean)
For Co2...starting point 30-50mm/sec @ 20-50% power
Do a test tile of 30 x 30 mm scans
Some CO2 ,s need air to keep lens clean
DO NOT USE GREYSCALE
1...Prepare Photo with a photo Editor....(LightBurn now has photo prep under shape properties)
2....set size of photo to size you will laser on tile
3....set DPI to around 318 (this really depends on the size of your Laser Beam)
4....clean white tile with Lacquer thinner
5....paint tile / Glass Flat White..allow to dry (one light coating should do)
6....fine focus Laser beam
7....pick Image Mode to use ( I prefer Jarvis Dither and have had some success with Stucki Dither.....Available with LightBurn software....this preference takes some trial runs and documentation ....if preDithered use LightBurn “Passthrough”
8...for my 2.5 watt diode..speed 1200 mm/min...power 85% (my S-value in LightBurn =255) Line Interval = 0.085
9 takes approximately 50-70 minutes to complete
10....clean off all paint with Lacquer Thinner...
11...place felt pads on bottom to prevent scratching
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How to Focus Diode
Prepping Photos to Laser
Basic Steps
Dithering is done when converting to 1-bit black and white from either greyscale (8 bit black and white) or color. Dithering is one of the last steps. Here's a typical flow
1) usually resize for your DPI and finished engraving dimensions. DPI is based on your beam size and burn radius (upgraded optics usually as small as 0.08mm, stock optics more like 0.10mm) anything more you will be overlapping lines and quality will actually get worse
2) convert from color to greyscale
3) Unsharp mask (to give it pop)
4) Adjust tonal curve (because mid-tones do not process well in engravings
5) Brightness/Contrast
6) Convert to 1 bit (dither)
7) Process in Lightburn as passthrough
These are the basic steps, and each photo is different, you need to develop the laser "eye" and know what looks good when finished. It takes time and practice. Some photos just won't engrave well, due to limited quality.
I didnt think this would be suitable to laser onto as I didnt think shiny objects were suitable and would damage the laser?
Sign in laser lab: "Please do not look at laser again with remaining eye."
wow.... that was so creative, the idea alone, to say nothing of the implications of many potential and diverse ideas where creativity can be applied to pretty much anything, by anyone, no matter what they do "typically"...that can have endless possibilities in so many ways on the small and larger scales of manufacturing. Thank you for the insight.
Please show us more. I'm intrigued and am contemplating buying one of these. Thank you for introducing me to this product.
Dude. We've been doing the tiles with color for a while. Most tiles I have seen before you have been black and white. Where did you think to layer the paint. Give credit where it due..
NOTHING NEW, ONLY THING NEW IS TRYN TO ADVERTISE A USELESS GIMP PLUG IN YOU CAN DO YOURSELF LOL
If you're selling them you're going to to get caught for selling copyright material, and fined lol
I was wondering the same thing. Whats the work through for that?
Great question! I would not sell these personally because of copyright issues. You could, however, use photographs from individuals (special event, pets, family photos) and turn them into something cool. There are also quite a few non-licensed photos you could also use. The tiles I used in this video are for my personal use and are not for sale.
Ya sure hes not selling those! Lol
Yes, the assholes who "own" the copyrights to these things (govt granted Monopoly) will undoubtedly come after him. What's troubling is the number of people who never think copyright law through. Forget for a moment that these assholes, like Disney, used their muscle to extend copyrights, in essence, indefinitely. Copyrights are limits on what YOU can do with your ACTUAL property in favor of another party. Perhaps a lot of morons have no idea that copyright laws were never originally intended to last virtually forever. It used to be for a LIMITED time. It was that way because our founders understood that by making it last forever it would hurt progress. Forget for a moment that ACTUAL property rights only exist because of scarcity. If there was no scarcity, property rights would be meaningless. That being the case, there is no scarcity when it comes to intellectual property. If this gentleman creates a coaster with hulk's face on it, he has not deprived the copyright owner of any property. Indeed has had increased supply. The argument that somehow he is stealing money from Disney is as stupid an argument as the argument that automobile manufacturers were stealing money from the horse and buggy makers. It is not the govts job to protect your source of income. Don't just bend over. Question this horseshit. Your quick to condemn this guy, you should be condemning your shit government.
@@3DPrintFarm By the way, personal use is STILL a violation of copyright law. Yeah, it is. It really is frightening; people's ignorance of this idiotic law.
Love your videos, I'm just starting with resin 3dprinters and I learned a lot thanks to you. Cheers!
Nice work and great project! I'm highly interested in part 2!
"How to make money with desktop laser"
*Shows nothing but copyrighted material*
Was about to say the same thing. He steels images and no credit given to the original artist.
Bold text doesn't prove the fact people have imaginations and can use any image. Like you know, an old photo that he showed.
@@josephjohn3857 and as I'm sure *you* know; markets for bespoke pieces are *vastly* different from pop culture items, and therefore need an entirely different strategy.
Nothing like showing people how to make money on copyright infringement. Should have done an image of someone’s dog or anything else that isn’t copyrighted.
Might want to watch selling things that you make with copyrights, trademarks, etc. There’s a very low chance of having any issues, but if you’re actually going to do it for a business, you might want to avoid intellectual property lawsuits.
Subscribed a few days ago. Excellent channel man.. keep up the great tutorials.
Awesome, thanks for sharing, it's amazing what you can do with some imagination, Look forward to more videos, just loved this one. Thanks.
You literally just sold me on this machine. I saw it on Amazon, and now, I am ordering it. thanks. I also liked this vid, and subscribed.
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Love your videos! I don't have a laser yet, but I really think the Ortur with the rotator option is going to be my choice !! Again thankyou. Very very informative on hardware, software and options!!!!
Awesone work. I am getting the ortur laser master 2 for Christmas. I do woodworking as a hobby and side business and I believe this will greatly enhance my capabilities because I do custom creations. I look forward to learning more thanks.
Love the idea and inspiration. Thank you. I truly believe that this video will change lives.
Love to see more info on this and other work - great work keep it coming Richard UK
I've been looking for a laser engraver and a video exactly like this, Thank you and Great job!!!
Just subscribed. Love your video! Would love to learn more. Getting ready to retire from full time work, and wanting to find something to keep me busy, and make a little cash. Restoring an old fire station into my new home, and finally going to have a HUGE workshop!
Thanks for this video.
Bought my laser last year for a shapoko cnc router and haven't used it much yet.
I think this might inspire me to get it going.
Liked and subscribed cant wait to see more from you.
T hanks again.
I would love to see some more of these videos, I just ordered an Ortur laser from your Gearbest link. I cant wait to get started!
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Great video demo. Love the details you provide for the inexperienced person like me.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing and keep up your great work!
Very nice video and your end result look very good I have joined your channel as it looks so interesting thanks, Bob, in the UK, looking forward to the burnt in version!!
Thank you. Subbed!
Built a 1300x900 60 watt co2 earlier this year for cutting rc airplane kits. With that project dialed-in, looking to get more creative. I’m interested to see “how low” I can go on my system. I love Lightburn. They keep making it better, and their forum is an awesome community😎
Yes Garret please show us how to burn into the tile itself. First saw you on The Edge of Tech and ended up ordering a Ortur Laser Master 2 15w. Can't wait to get it and try a few tiles. Thanks!
Ok!! You definitely have to do a vid on the tile burn!! Awesome!!
Thanks looking forward on seeing the engraved tile video
Very cool and informative. Yes, I would like to see a video of the process you talked about.
Love to see the direct tile burn.
Just subbed.
Loved the out takes 😆😆😆
Can't wait for the second part of this video. Thanks for the tips.
Love this video. I’m thinking to buy one of these laser printer (20w) to start up a small business. This video motivated me more. Would love to see more videos and ideas
Whaou, It is really amazing, Can't wait to watch part 2!
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Love the in depth video, keep up the good work
I'm sold, first video I come across looking into desktop lasers nice.
I want to see the part 2 burn into a tile! Good work. Thank you.
Great video, I will definitely be looking for more laser videos from you, thanks
Hey it's me again just wanted to let you know you've earned my sub! That was truly innovative.
Thanks much! I really appreciate it!
Thanks ! Looking foward to part 2
My first video of yours. Really good stuff! Im going to get one right now. Love it brother. New subscriber and are you kidding of course we want to know how to engrave it in, get on it.
Yes please. I would love to see your video on burning into the tile.
Excellent video & a great money making idea. Another great product idea to add to my Etsy Craft Shop. Would also like to see how you burn the images directly onto the tile, so they are indelible / permanent. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for this video, I'd love to see how you made the indelible image on the tile.
Super cool ! Would love to see more things with the laser
More engraving videos please! These are great!
Waiting for a part 2. Looking into this!
Yes I am interested in seeing the 2nd engraving video!
Loved the first video of the Hulk.....yes, please do another of burning directly onto the tile. Thank you much!!
I came across your channel by the recommendations and I am so glad I clicked your thumbnail, great channel! +1 Subs
I am looking forward to the n paint tile engraving episode
Really enjoyed this, love to see more.
I also have this type of laser engraving machine. Thanks for a wonderful idea. Waiting for part 2 of this video. ✨
Fantastic video!! Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to see more.
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I've ordered an ortur based on your video. Thanks for motivating me
I presume these come from China. How long did it take to arrive?
I would be very interested in any low cost. Money making ideas. This was fantastic. Thank you so much. This is on my to do list. Your the bomb man !!
Thanks for the great video. Please keep up the good work. I'd love to see the engraving.
Yes please love to see how you did Johnson..Thanks for a SUPER great video🙏
Yep! Love to see part 2 👍👏👏
Hi, loved the first tile video, and would like to see the second video.
Looks really interesting, please show more. Cheers, Joe
Great video, love to see more. You got any on a enclosure for your laser engraver?
please do a part 2 this is great info!
Great video, Great idea keep up the good work, all the best from a UK subscriber.
Awesome, I’ll enjoy the part #2
Great idea! Love to see more. Thanks