Comments on: why I was asking for tux images- engraved laser tux http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/ Ramblings on software, law, and the spaces in between. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:23:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Michael Dolan Dot Com » Laser engraved Tux on a ThinkPad http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/comment-page-1/#comment-25184 Michael Dolan Dot Com » Laser engraved Tux on a ThinkPad Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:23:14 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/#comment-25184 [...] http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/#comment-25183 [...] [...] http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/#comment-25183 [...]

]]> By: Mike Dolan http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/comment-page-1/#comment-25183 Mike Dolan Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:15:00 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/#comment-25183 Very cool... very cool... Very cool… very cool…

]]> By: Numpty http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/comment-page-1/#comment-25049 Numpty Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:35:26 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/#comment-25049 Surely the black parts of tux should be engraved, and the background not-- was staring at it for ages before I figured out what it was! Surely the black parts of tux should be engraved, and the background not– was staring at it for ages before I figured out what it was!

]]> By: Ray Strode http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/comment-page-1/#comment-25045 Ray Strode Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:10:41 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/#comment-25045 Ajax got a shadowman on his laptop from a shop in California when he went to an X conference a while back. Looks pretty slick. I wonder if it would be possible to do multiple passes at different angles to create hologram like effects. Ajax got a shadowman on his laptop from a shop in California when he went to an X conference a while back. Looks pretty slick.

I wonder if it would be possible to do multiple passes at different angles to create hologram like effects.

]]> By: Luis http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/comment-page-1/#comment-25043 Luis Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:43:28 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/#comment-25043 One test run on low power/low DPI on paper placed on top of the laptop first, then two higher power/max DPI passes on the laptop itself. Unfortunately tux fades from darker to lighter, since it turns out the laptop's top was not exactly parallel to the plane of the laser's movement. But they'll check for that in the future, and it still looks pretty good, I think. One test run on low power/low DPI on paper placed on top of the laptop first, then two higher power/max DPI passes on the laptop itself.

Unfortunately tux fades from darker to lighter, since it turns out the laptop’s top was not exactly parallel to the plane of the laser’s movement. But they’ll check for that in the future, and it still looks pretty good, I think.

]]> By: Philip Withnall http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/comment-page-1/#comment-25042 Philip Withnall Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:37:21 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/#comment-25042 Did they do it straight onto your laptop, or did they do some test runs first? I've played around with laser engraving (with a CO2 laser), and it took thousands of pieces of scrap metal for me to get the damn thing right. Then again, they've been doing it a while, and it was my first time. Anyway, it looks good. :-) Did they do it straight onto your laptop, or did they do some test runs first? I’ve played around with laser engraving (with a CO2 laser), and it took thousands of pieces of scrap metal for me to get the damn thing right. Then again, they’ve been doing it a while, and it was my first time.

Anyway, it looks good. :-)

]]> By: Open Source Fedora http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/comment-page-1/#comment-25048 Open Source Fedora Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://tieguy.org/blog/2007/09/30/why-i-was-asking-for-tux-images-engraved-laser-tux/#comment-25048 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Luis Villa: why I was asking for tux images- engraved laser tux - Sep 30, 2007 Jon Roberts: Fedora 8 + Online Desktop  - Sep 30, 2007 Paul W. Frields: Don’t throw in the towel quite yet.  - Sep 30, 2007 Thorsten Leemhuis: fedoradev-pkgowners -- get package owners from pgkdb<!--%kramer-post%--> links from TechnoratiLuis Villa: why I was asking for tux images- engraved laser tux - Sep 30, 2007 Jon Roberts: Fedora 8 + Online Desktop  - Sep 30, 2007 Paul W. Frields: Don’t throw in the towel quite yet.  - Sep 30, 2007 Thorsten Leemhuis: fedoradev-pkgowners — get package owners from pgkdb

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