CNC Laser Engraving & Cutting Custom Birthday Cake Toppers
We do a lot of neat things including custom birthday cake toppers at CNCROi.com, the variety in clients and projects always keeps things interesting here in the shop!
One thing I’ve done a few videos of using wood but not clear acrylic are custom CNC laser engraving and cutting custom birthday cake toppers so that’s what we’ll do today! If you are curious about the process of making similar birthday cake toppers out of wood, watch this video.
Alright, onto custom birthday cake toppers made out of acrylic!
For these custom cake toppers, we used clear 3 mm (1/8th) thick acrylic. This can be customized to any thickness, 2 mm through to 20 mm using our industrial wide-format Austrian Trotec Speedy 400 flexx laser.
The advantage with custom acrylic birthday cake toppers over wooden cake toppers are that they are easily cleaned and maintained. Unlike wood with absorbs the sugars from the cake (unless sealed), acrylic is quickly cleaned using warm water under the tap after the event.
This is why we generally make two wooden custom birthday cake toppers with each order and only one when it comes to these acrylic ones. They are just as customizable as their wooden, Corian or steel versions by the way and if you wish to mix and match, that isn’t an issue.
There is an endless variety of acrylics that we use here in the CNCROi.com shop, so if you wanted your custom birthday cake topper to be red, or green, or blue, or solid or transparent… no problem! Again, everything is customized to YOUR specs.
Is there fire produced during the cutting process when making these custom birthday cake toppers? You bet! But, it isn’t an issue. Acrylic is made from oil thus a flame shouldn’t be a surprise when hit with a high energy laser beam.
The point is we knew about this before we bought our industrial Austrian machine, as such, we customized it to minimize (eliminate?) the danger that this presents within an enclosed environment.
Basically, our custom laser is optimized for industrial processes, not consumer application. The difference? Our machine is wicked overkill for this type of work, which you completely benefit from! Do these custom birthday cake toppers need to be accurate within 5 nanometers? Nope! But they are!
We are so accurate that we can produce the same results across different materials. This is why we are material and technology agnostic! Your process isn’t stuck in a box which you must fit within.
Does the flame on the underside damage your birthday cake topper in any way? NO! It’s well protected and our vacuum table sucks the flame down anyhow so it’s a one-way fire that doesn’t come back up to melt the underside of this custom acrylic birthday cake topper.
Looking at this from another angle, you can see we have plenty of clearance, which is why we can make these out of a solid wooden LOG if you wanted us to. If you want something awesome for your birthday, we can help you come-up with designs that will leave a lasting impression!
Once all these custom birthday cake toppers are cut out, they are cleaned-up and are ready for use! The advantage that we offer at CNCROi.com is that we aren’t stuck to making one unit at time, we can literally run production runs in the THOUSANDS! Like our industrial customers, we offer this “industrial capacity” for you, so if you run a retail store or want to make a bunch of these for your birthday and future ones, including other family members and friends. NO PROBLEM!
These custom cake toppers pop right out, if you noticed in the video, the acrylic actually moves a bit during production from the heat of the cutting process. This doesn’t affect the final outcome… again, we’ve done A LOT of laser engraving and cutting through the years, so these things are taken into account during production.
The results look spectacular! The advantage with engraving INTO acrylic vs just printing onto the surface is that the wording will not come off, it’s part of the custom birthday cake topper. This is why you can wash it and keep it for years to come. If you want to save money, just don’t put a year on it and you can use it year after year like these ones!
This specific acrylic is both transparent and reflective, so it stands-out regardless of where it’s put and if you wanted to paint the back side for your own customization, the letters would be just as clear. Use CNCROi.com to fabricate a custom birthday cake topper and then paint it to your liking!
From another angle, you can see the clarity and uniformity of the engraving. Our overkill machine is why these results are possible, our industrial clients require no less and you benefit!
Need some custom cake toppers for an upcoming birthday, wedding, retirement or just for yourself for fun? Contact CNCROi.com today and we’ll make it for you! Don’t worry if you don’t know how to design, we can help you on that front as well.
