Personalized Cutting Board Gifts

The laser cutter is awesome for making personalized gifts. A simple gift is a personalized bamboo cutting board, engraved using the K40 Laser Cutter. By using a jig to ensure repeatable placement, and separating the toolpath for the Filagree from the Names, it makes it easy to make many gifts with only needing to update the name.

It utilizes a 9"x12" Bamboo Cutting Board, purchased as Walmart for $4.44 each.

Created by Christopher Hoffman in December 2018.

Premade Files - DXF and CamBam

Here is a pre-made CamBam file which includes a sample Filagree and Name, as well as the settings. It uses the standard K40 Laser - Engrave styles.

Steps

Here are the steps to set up the Laser Cutter for engraving the Cutting Boards

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Purchase the Bamboo Cutting Boards I found these 9"x11" Bamboo Cutting Boards at Walmart for $4.44 each. Any wood type should work great, though you made need to adjust the laser power.