How to Make Money with a Desktop Laser!

In this video, I walk you through the process of turning a patent drawing or illustration into a vector file using LightBurn and potentially make some extra cash turning patent drawings into works of art on canvas, tiles, drink containers or other items!
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[@3DJapan]

Here's a tip: in the Layer settings, Advanced tab, turn on Flood Fill. It will nearly cut your burn time in half with the same results. Edit: in some cases it will have no effect or even longer times but most of the time it will be faster. Try it both ways and check the times before you burn.

[@gregorybowden4460]

I'm so happy to have found your content! Finally, affordable & portable lazers!

[@TeslaSpain]

Man, your channel is the best for laser cut ideas. Thanks!

[@TheEdgeofTech]

Great video!! Thanks for the shout out! Love this idea! Happy New Year!!

[@3DPrintFarm]

You too Brother!!

[@timgarrett203]

Awesome idea well presented! I’ll be doing this shortly! Thank you!

[@williamfritsche5029]

Great Video and well done on the LightBurn tutorial. Looking forward to you next project.

[@hosseinashkboos5188]

Thank you and Happy New Year to you too.

[@3DPrintFarm]

Happy New Year to you too my friend!

[@quadking2679]

Happy new year 🥳 So nice Informations thank you 💪🏽

[@3DPrintFarm]

Thanks a million!

[@TheLouisianaHobbyGuy]

*Thanks Garret, I didn't know about Google Patents!* Looks like we have all the same friends! I've done over 50 of these commissioned by a New Orleans attorney on 12x20 black slate. He has them all displayed in his office. Great video!

[@mickwreay3034]

Amazing video, great source of information and ideas.

[@3DPrintFarm]

Thanks Mick!!

[@RGCbaseace]

Happy new year thats awsome well done

[@3DPrintFarm]

Thanks Jerry! Happy New Year to you too!

[@patrickobrien4266]

Love your videos very entertaining and oh yeah informative! Thank you

[@3DPrintFarm]

Thanks man! I appreciate it!

[@solorbob]

Great information and idea. I enjoyed your video and will watch more.

[@3DPrintFarm]

Thanks Shawn! I appreciate it!

[@geef0813]

Wow. Ok. Yeah I’m gonna have a lot of new art in my house.thank you for this!!

[@3DPrintFarm]

SWEET! Burn on!!!

[@DOUBLEDEFENSE]

Episode “2” holds up 3 fingers 😂😂😂

[@3DPrintFarm]

Hahah! You guys are noticing! Good catch! ;)

[@tomas1031]

Cause there is 2 spaces between 3 fingers. Man's a genius 🤯

[@andrewvanderweg5075]

Awesome video Just found your channel and now a subscriber. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@stevelaminack1516]

Great project and great tutorial on Light Burn. Would it be a good idea to spary the finished product with some kind of clearcoat just to protect the white parts from yellowing or collecting dust?

[@3DPrintFarm]

Yes! For sure. The MP5 canvas was coated with clear coat. I forgot to mention that in the video! Thanks man!

[@marclatini3592]

Pretty awesome. What are your power settings? I use my ortur for engraving hardwood cuttingboards at 100% power.

[@gonk58]

Great video! Thank you…

[@RANDALLOLOGY]

That was cool👍👍

[@coulterjb22]

Nice vid! Keep it coming.

[@3DPrintFarm]

You got it!

[@stuartmcmillan284]

Thanks for the info and where and how to search for the drawings

[@3DPrintFarm]

Thanks for watching man!

[@noelhanigan9628]

Is it best to use a Fibre or CO2 laser create the 'blue' prints? Thanks for a great vid, and loved the three fingers too.

[@jbouza09]

Happy New Year, great idea !!! Oh by the way love the donkeys hahahaha !!!

[@3DPrintFarm]

They are always the 'class clowns'!

[@Davet998]

Great video! What sort of paint did you use? I'm not familiar with the brand mentioned here in the UK.

[@mrk-ph8pu]

nice project! i used to sell t shirts with old anatomy drawings. those drawings do look cool.

[@3DPrintFarm]

Oh wow! Great idea! These images would do well on T shirts as well like through a third party like TeeSpring

[@LarryDMitchell]

New subscriber and specifically interested in laser burning. A quick question. If you painted a piece of glass, MIRRORED the image and then burned it, the glass could be framed but the image is actually now on the back of the glass and protected from dust, etc. Am I thinking correctly about this option?

[@archerj2010]

Your videos are really comprehensive, entertaining, and really inspiring - thanks for putting this awesome idea out there for us!

[@raphyndavid7070]

Great video!! thanks for the information. Just out of curiosity, how much would you sell something like that for?

[@3DPrintFarm]

That's a great question! A lot of that depends on the cost of materials, the time it took converting, engraving etc. For this particular project I had a little over a dollar in materials. (The canvas and what little spray paint I used). Many laser shops will charge by the square inch factoring in cost, time and materials. This is the easiest way to do this IMHO... So.. to answer your question, for this canvas which is 11x14, would be 154 square inches. Charging .25 for sq/in would be $38.50 or roughly $40. Finding that sweet spot per square inch, you can pretty much quote any job. I would, however, set a minimum so for instance someone wanted a small canvas, priced out per sq inch would be too little, therefore pull up your minimum to $10-$15.. Just a ballpark estimate.

[@3DJapan]

11:15 I notice all of your thick lines come out as filled. When I trace it just does the outside of all the lines. So instead of one thick line I get 2 thin lines on the outside edge. Edit: I see now. You have to have Filled Rendering selected in the settings but also have Fill selected on the layer.

[@tomasmateo9469]

Lindo trabajo, me suscribo y dejo like, saludos desde México 🇲🇽👍

[@archangel7673]

My laser is not a desk top and I don't have lightburn, so will that program work on Corel draw. My laser hasn't done much for a year, I could use the help.

[@schlotdoglaser]

awesome video....you just opened my mind to other things. Here is a TIP......instead of using a "blue" layer and turning it off, just use the T1 or T2 (tool layer).

[@archerj2010]

I just learned about that last month sometime - it's a nice feature!

[@revtoyota]

Ok question. Just to see how it would look I tried the same exact patent picture and tried to trace the image in Lightburn. Mine looks nothing like yours does. Instead of a good image/trace you get a "image" filled with bubbles in the shape of a gun. I am basically getting a REALLY bad line drawing that is not filled in like yours is on your screen at minute11:03. I have it set to fill and everything else. Its like there is a setting for tracing an image and having it filled on screen that some of us do not have enabled, if that makes sense. If you like I can provide you a image of it. let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks in advance with any help.

[@jendass1]

Edit-settings-Filled rendering

[@shrtwhiteboy]

I may have missed it in the video but what power is your laser?

[@cliffart7398]

you are correct. patent drawings are public domain. you need a copyright or trademark protection to prevent their use for commercial purposes by anyone other than the trademark or copyright holder.

[@muhdismadi1101]

last part the best.

[@3DPrintFarm]

Hahah! Thanks!

[@zachofalltrades6116]

Did you put cross hatch on?

[@BadBeastBarbecue]

Great tutorial, question are there any concerns of copyright infringement using images from the patent office?

[@BadBeastBarbecue]

That's OK, I saw the part of the video that talked about public domain....thanks

[@3DJapan]

What do you mean by "an associated copyright attached"? Do you have an example of one that could not be used?

[@3DPrintFarm]

Usually within the patent itself there paperwork that identifies an attached copyright. 99.9% of them won't. There are LOTS of good drawings out there.

[@johnshamp6110]

I'm not sure what I am doing g wrong I followed all your steps and settings and my svg looks like crap after the trace. And help would be appreciated. Yours showes nice black lines mine is white in all of those spots like something is reversed.

[@zachofalltrades6116]

Did you fill with crosshatch

[@josh88113]

Will it mention somewhere on the patent if the drawing is copyrighted

[@cliffart7398]

i like the idea of laser bruining images on canvas like this but what settings would be appropriate to make sure you only burn the paint off the canvas and not burn the canvas. I have a 60watt co2 laser.

[@davey2k12]

Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣 why didn't you just use a plasma cutter 😁😁 try 1% power lol

[@3DPrintFarm]

Great question! I would run the test file from the "Edge of Tech". 60watt is going to be pretty fast and low power. I would get a test canvas. One coat of paint.. make some squares in LightBurn.. Make the layers different speeds and power.. Compare results.

[@3DPrintFarm]

Good Grief!! A Plasma cutter! Now that would be a sight to see! I would imagine it would just vaporize the canvas to ash at ANY power!

[@pblais404]

So you said you were setting up for landscape in LigthBurn but your final burn was portrait.... 🤔

[@CrawlerTrax]

Does this only work with a diode laser. I tried it with my Co2 and the results were.... well lets just say not as clean as yours....

[@jackmiller1520]

I can’t seem to get the color filled in when it is traced? It just shows it as everything is outlined

[@archerj2010]

You likely have it answered, but vector files (SVGs) don't display as filled shapes - they're lines that the laser will cut/etch out. If it's told to fill, it will fill everything within those lines.

[@3dPrintCreator]

I don't know what I do wrong here, but if I follow your steps, even with the exact same image, I get a whole lot of traced outlines, but not an image that looks like your image. For example a letter F, in the name Foster, is the outline of the letter F and not the letter. I looked at every setting in your video, every number, comma, etc is the same as what I do. Drives me crazy.

[@nathanpotter8569]

@3dprintcreator do you have a single line font for lasers yet? I had a different project and learned I needed to have a single line font to not have the outlines as if your cutting out the letters.

[@3DPrintFarm]

On the upper right in LightBurn, there’s a section for your layers. Double click on the layer your image is In and make sure the drop down in the layer is set to Fill and not Line.

[@revtoyota]

Same here. The trace does not come out as clear as 3DPrintFarms does. His is pre filled on the screen where ours is line drawing on the screen. At least for me that is what is going on.

[@3dPrintCreator]

@Nathan Potter, Yes I have single line fonts installed, but here we are talking about traces, not about fonts. @3DPrintFarm I don't think we are talking about the same. I have fill turned on, yet my drawing consists of more than 1000 small blocks, that when I ungroup them, are all separate. Your tracing looks more like a few pieces, not hundreds. @Ak Sasquatch, no I am not talking about the fill, that's a thing you can select in the layers tab. Also in the settings you can turn on filled rendering. Yet, that's not the problem I encounter.

[@AG-lj5oh]

I had the same problem when tracing it only did outline. There is a comment above that worked for me. Go to Edit select Settings and turn on Filled Rendering. In the layers also make sure it is on Fill and not Line.

[@antattackBAM]

This is awesome! I had to do it myself. I just bought an Aufero Laser 1 and I am currently engraving the patent for the anti-gravity shoes Michael Jackson used in the Smooth Criminal video. About 46 minutes in so far but it's looking great. Thanks so much for the idea!

[@3DJapan]

I did this worth a Millennium Falcon drawing and made a jigsaw puzzle out of it on 3mm plywood.

[@3DPrintFarm]

Niiice!!!

[@Pantseatflyer1116]

Cool hat

[@3DPrintFarm]

Ha! Thanks Dude!

[@bryanharness1122]

I've tried grabbing files from that website. It saves them as a jpg no matter where I go

[@3DPrintFarm]

Interesting... May I ask what browser you are using?

[@bryanharness1122]

@@3DPrintFarm I figured it out. All my mistakes. Appreciate reply though. Im very new to running desktop 😆

[@1976ClassicCelica]

How long did it take to burn this image?

[@3DPrintFarm]

The M16 took around 40 mins.. I was running pretty fast and it didn't miss a beat! The MP5 on the other hand was running at 1200mm/min which was SLOWWWW at like 6 hours! Live and learn! :)

[@1976ClassicCelica]

@@3DPrintFarm Thanks for the reply. I have also seen others use a borax mixture (1 borax to ten water or so) when they burn on wood to get a deeper burn at lower wattage. It seems to work great for detail. Not sure if it would work for canvas. You might want to try the borax mix on some wood yourself to try. I can't wait to get a laser myself. Hopefully in a month or two.

[@SmaartguySA]

"Today is episode TWO" but show THREE fingers, you got my attention now - lol

[@3DPrintFarm]

LOL! Good catch man!

[@DayvidSlice]

Lol. Let dive into episode 2 \|/ lol

[@GozonTheGonsarian]

M-16 is the military designation it's an AR-15

[@etchitup]

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. 90 percent of what I am searching for is not showing up. I am looking at a few things from 1901 and such.

[@turbotiger5998]

It would be better if you printed something out which represents life.

[@iwannaapple7190]

You never did explain "How to make money with a Desktop Laser". Maybe when you sell that picture you can make a video called "How to make money with a desktop laser". Your not the only one but you can be the first one!

[@ritchiedee6210]

Says you only need one program, proceeds to show you how to do it with 2 programs. A browser is a program. Blackburn is a program.

[@archerj2010]

Blackburn is not a program.

[@ritchiedee6210]

@@archerj2010 uh your BROWSER is a program, and then you need a VECTOR EDITING PROGRAM, so dude, thats 2 already and then many engravers have a program interface like lightburn.. so stfu dude.

[@mrelmoe92]

Can you engrave an actual firearm

[@3DPrintFarm]

Firearm engraving is done quite a bit with a fiber laser and I plan on covering that in a future video. You can do some limited engraving with a diode laser like the Ortur, but not without doing some extra steps. If interested in engraving firearms, the fiber laser is the way to go. Much less headaches. Plus it's another tool in your laser arsenal. I use CO2 lasers for cutting wood, engraving and cutting things like acrylic, fiber I use for marking, annealing and engraving metal and the diode laser is a great place to get your feet wet plus do some cool things with engraving tiles, thinner wood items.. limited metal engraving (anodized aluminum) etc.

[@duncanwalton5829]

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[@Yoshi-Toranaga]

very nice

[@zachofalltrades6116]

Did you put cross hatch on?