Help for an engraving project?

[Annabel Peltzer]

Hi there,

The Mesa Community College Math Club visited HeatSync Labs in the spring of 2020. It was very interesting and I often think back to it, and I still have my pi keychain engraving our former president made for us at HeatSync. I am now the president of Math Club and am putting together member swag, and I thought students would appreciate 10-15 small, circular, wooden keychains with the Unit Circle engraved on them. I am not yet a member, but I wondered whether someone at HeatSync would be willing to work with me in using the software for modeling the keychain and then printing them. Here is a picture of what I’m trying to create. It’s a breadboard, but I’d be using a similar idea and just scaling the Unit Circle down.

Thank you,

Annabel Peltzer

[David S Flores]

Hi Annabel,

If you can drop by on Friday evening around 7pm or Saturday around noon I should be able to help.

-David

[Annabel Peltzer]

I appreciate your willingness to help. My apologies for the delayed response...I've been recovering from eye abrasions and wasn't able to open my eyes for days so I'm catching up on messages now. I think I'll need to reschedule for next week or so. Are you usually at HeatSync on Fridays and Saturdays?

[SM Newstead]

I used to be president of MCC math club! So did another of our members. 

[milton.ja...@gmail.com]

Not that anyone here would need any help, but you *should* be able to load this directly into lightburn on the little laser: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Unit_circle_angles.svg

[Annabel Peltzer]

Hi everyone. I had to put this project on halt for a while but would like to finish it up before school starts again. If someone would be willing to help me engrave a unit circle on small pieces of wood, I'd appreciate it. I'm interested in coming to public hours this Wednesday (1/12) to work on it if anyone is available to help. Do I need to bring my own wood? Do I need any kind of software downloaded onto my computer to use the machine?

Thank you,

Annabel

[Thorsten Barth]

Why not Laser it? Does it NEED to be engraved?

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[Annabel Peltzer]

I was thinking of laser engraving the unit circle into the wood. I had done that for another project. Does that make more sense? I'm still learning the lingo, so let me know if I need to clarify anything! :)

I'd like it to look like a smaller version of the picture attached. 

[Jot Powers]

To directly answer your questions:

• It would be super easy if you already have an SVG of the design.  If you have to make the design, that takes time, but you want the output to be svg.  Inkscape is commonly used for that, but is not intuitive.  But it is free.  :) 
  
• Yes, you should buy your own wood, but we might have scrap there you could use if you want to risk it.  I haven't been, but reportedly Timber Hardwoods on Southern and Stapley has reasonably priced sheets of thin plywood that work well.  

-Jot

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[Annabel Peltzer]

Thank you, that's helpful. I see HeatSync is holding a virtual event covering Inkscape (great timing!) so I might attend that to figure out how it works before I start lasering. 

[David S Flores]

If you still want to drop by on Wednesday,  I can help.

-David

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[Jot Powers]

Yep.  I just forgot to plug Eric's inkscape class.  :)

-Jot

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[Annabel Peltzer]

I'd be interested, thank you for your offer. I'd need help on Inkscape and I don't think I could buy wood by tomorrow. Would it be better to drop by next Wednesday? Will you be there next week? 

[David S Flores]

I'll be there next Wednesday too. 

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[Annabel Peltzer]

Sounds great! I'll put it on my calendar for next week.