Laser Etched Lima Beans

Here at San Diego FabLab we needed to make some memorable takeaways with our website for a local crafts fair. Having 0 budget and only what was available in the Lab (which happened to include my weekend groceries) E came up with engraving the Lima beans I was going to have on saturday with our url... Came out pretty neat!

Step 1 The first Try

The first time we tried it we just put the bean on the cutting bed. It flew off thanks to the air assist. So we made a 'jig' using sunday's lentils. The lentils help to both stabilize the lima bean as well as to help with leveling it (them eventually). First we tried it with one bean to get the settings right (turns out 60-80% power at 100% speed on a 35 W Epilog Mini works fine)

Comments

[Jodex]

Lima means in Finnish slime.. :-D

[arne hendriks]

Check www.guixe.com and his food design for great inspiration in this field.

[explosivemaker]

very creative advertising potential.....