My Customized Lincoln

thingiverse

Here are some amazing customizable signs that you can make with a laser cutter. We used Thingiverse to create the designs, and Customizer lets you adjust various options. To get started: 1) Click on the Font Size slider: Set it to 9 points for your design. 2) Change the message: Pick any words you like - try "Lincoln" for instance! 3) Create a circular opening at the top of each stick: Use Hole Radius, setting it to 3 mm to fit our chosen fonts and fonts with curved letters (you may need a different value). 4) Decide whether your bottom plate is Flat Bottomed or not: Pick yes, since we used flat-bottom font shapes in designing our fonts. 5) Choose the type of Font: Select Orbitron for its unique appearance - make sure to adjust it at the beginning to achieve correct spacing when written text isn't on left margin, and letters with descenders touch lower end but have no impact over overall letterforms or overall wordforms 6) Make your sign a bit stronger: Give it extra support with Stick Thickness - 3mm looks best 7) Add width so stick remains flat on surface (for better handling & reduced risk of accidents): choose value appropriate for type of surface; our chosen stick-widths were between