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3D Balsa Models

One of the more involved projects with your K6 laser engraver is cutting out and building 3D models. This article describes my process for creating the model shown here, which is my employer's company logo made into a windmill. The material used is 1mm balsa wood, bought from Etsy. It's quite delicate, and you could possibly cut through 2mm balsa with an extra pass or 2. The design This article is not designed to teach you how to use your graphics software. At a high level, the design process involved: Importing the logo in EPS format. This is a scalable vector format which allowed me to set it to the correct size, and colour it all black to ensure the engraving software read it correctly. The stand pieces were designed as vector graphics again. Using bezier nodes, a nice curved contour could be produced and sets the final design apart from something that could have been cut by hand. The holes for the spindle were created as 1mm circles. The slots are exactly 1mm, the same thi