Laser Experiments

Tools and experiments for laser cutting and engraving: image processing, vectorization, and path generation utilities.

Material Settings

Richard's xTool F2 library of power, speed, passes, and lines/cm. Tested, community, and unverified rows stay visually distinct. Review, edit in the browser, and export JSON or Markdown.

Library · xTool F2 · Admin

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Vectorizing Tests

Bitmap to SVG converters — threshold, trace, and simplify raster images into clean vector paths for laser cutting and engraving.

Bitmap · SVG · Contour Tracing · Vectorize

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LLM Prompt Tests

Image generation prompts tested for laser-cutting suitability — flat fills, clean outlines, high contrast, minimal gradients.

LLM · Prompts · Image Gen

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SS304 Color Predictor

Predict the oxide colour produced on stainless steel by varying laser power, speed, and line count — from gold through blue to ablated.

SS304 · Oxide Colour · Laser Params

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SS304 Speed / Focus Palette

Model sustained heat, oxide accumulation, and estimated refraction colours for difficult high-output F2 IR machines.

SS304 · Focus · Speed · Oxide

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SS304 Colour Map Charts

Interactive 2D maps exploring the relationships between power, speed, and density for structural interference colours on steel.

2D Map · Heat Map · SS304 · Calibration

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Pattern Tool — XCS Viewer

Load an XCS project file to inspect shapes, hover for speed, LPCM, and power per element, and browse the raw JSON.

XCS · Shapes · Power · Speed · JSON

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Laser Fill Generator

Draw a convex polygon and fill or border-trace it with pipes, gears, circuit traces, houses, ducks, gems, coins, buttons, and more for engraving artwork.

Generative Art · Canvas · Fill & Border

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Heat Wall Test

Simulate thermal accumulation strategies for laser etching. Compare deterministic and stochastic scan paths to minimize peak stress.

Thermal · Strategy · Simulation · Scan Path

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Parameter Converter

Convert between scanning (LPCM) and dithering (DPI) modes. Calculate and match Energy Dose (J/mm²) for consistent material results.

Engrave · Bitmap · DPI · LPCM · Physics

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Single Dot Physics

Compute thermal diffusion, peak temperature, oxide thickness, and thin-film color refraction for a single laser pulse on SS304.

Physics · Dither · Thin-Film · SS304

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Halftone CMYK

Multi-step guide to full-color CMYK laser engraving on stainless steel. From grayscale dithering to calibrated oxide color mapping.

CMYK · Halftone · SS304 · Simulation

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Color Test QR

Precision metrology scanner for laser-engraved 21x21 color grids. Algebraic sub-pixel detection and hybrid AI homography estimation.

Metrology · Sub-Pixel · OpenCV · TF.js

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Laser Templates

Generate precisely sized vector art templates for laser cutting. Includes parametric designs for sconces and custom assembly guides.

SVG · Templates · Sconce · Parametric · SVG

Papers & Research

Simulations and interactive models derived from academic research and experimental data.

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Color Stability Simulator

Numerical model from Geng et al. (2022) investigating how scanning speed periodically affects the stability (ΔE) of laser color marking.

Stability · ΔE · Geng et al. · Research

Technical Modules

Shared modules and internal libraries for laser hardware compatibility and rendering.