Pumkin Laser Engraving

If you have a laser machine i am sure that you already have expermiented a lot of materials, why not pumpkin?
In this tutorial i am going to give you the basis to engrave pumpkin as well as some stencils a pumking stand that you are going to need to engrave your pumpkin

This tutorial is also available in video (sorry for my bad english) if you fancy one :)

https://youtu.be/5sE73TtswRE

If you don't want to , it's fine, i am going to explain everything in the next steps :)

Download the file (i add a .ai and a .pdf but if you need anything just let me know). This pumkin stand is going to make sure your pumkin is not going to move during the engraving process. Because a pumkin is round-shaped it might roll and damage you machine. You don't want that to happend.

It is basicly 3 horizontal board and 2 vertical one cut in 3 mm wood.

You are going to choose a pumkin that fits into your machine (mine was 6inches diameter) and that have a flat board.

This flat size will allows you laser to not defocus too much. If you only have perfeclty round shapes pumkin, it is not a big deal, you engraving or cut might be a little bit more bolder than expected.

Remove the inside of your pumkin to make sur there is nothng left in it. (i am not going to make a tutorial on it i am pretty sure you are better than me on this)

Because every laser machine is different i cannot tell you what are going to be your speed/power settings. The best thing to do is to engrave and cut a little design on your pumpkin.

During every test, note the settings and choose wich one gives you the best results.

Now that you know your settings, you can engrave or cut anything you like!

I am giving you a few designs so you can have fin but et me know what you've done!