This past week I saw a post on another Laser website about someone who created their own LED name badges for Lanyards.  I liked the basic design / idea and thought I'd try to develop something on my own.
I had some left over LED's from a previous project and decided to use them for the project.  In the pictures below I used a lanyard from a conference I attended.  It really didn't matter to me what the lanyard had on it, this project was more about creating the name badge using acrylic and a small LED light.

As you can see in the pictures, the LED we used had the capability of fading into about 3 different colors creating a fun and unique look.  I bought the LED from this website if you are interested.   http://www.extremeglow.com/store/p/32-Button-Body-Lights.aspx  These LED's last up to 8 hrs before they need to be changed.

There are to many details involved to explain the entire project but in a nutshell I designed the acrylic piece to accept the LED light using AutoCAD.  With a few measurements and engineering we engineered 7 pieces of acrylic to fit nicely together around the LED light.  5 of the pieces were clear acrylic and 2 of the pieces were black.  

All in all it was a fun project and it turned out well.
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Today we did a fun little project with guitar picks.  Small, fast, easy, and the best part is they laser engraved very nicely.  Sometimes the projects that look the best and create the most bang for the buck are the little ones.   These wood guitar picks are only limited to your imagination.  Got us to thinking that drum sticks might be next!  :-)

Sometimes we laser engrave things at MBJD Laser, just because we can.  Its fun to try out simple projects with ordinary things that we have laying around.  These are standard #2 pencils that we put a few quotes on.  They are fun, inexpensive, and handy.  They make great conversation pieces.  Use your imagination and have fun customizing some #2 pencils.

Ever since our opening we get requests to laser engrave on pocket knives and multitools.  These make excellent gifts and generally laser engrave very nicely.   The obvious question we get when someone calls is can you laser engrave on ___________?  Our response is always we will need to see the item to know what we can and cant do but I would say the majority of the time we can get the job done.

You can see from the following pictures that  they all turn out different.  From a jet black color to a frosty white, it all depends what the substrate is made of.  We not only engrave on the handles but have the capability of lasering on the stainless steel blades as well.

Probably the most popular items for Groomsman gifts at our shop have been pocket knives.    They really make classy gifts in a price range that most people can afford.