{"id":4842,"date":"2025-10-16T10:55:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?p=4842"},"modified":"2025-10-16T11:02:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T11:02:15","slug":"sake-cups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?p=4842","title":{"rendered":"Sake cups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-at-11.53.53-scaled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4844\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-at-11.53.53-1024x755.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-at-11.53.53-1024x755.png 1024w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-at-11.53.53-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-at-11.53.53-768x566.png 768w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-at-11.53.53-1536x1133.png 1536w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-16-at-11.53.53-2048x1510.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Made some gifts for clients that James is taking to a Sumo competition.<\/p>\n<p>The cups were ordered from Japan, and I laser-engraved our logo and the customer&#8217;s logos.<\/p>\n<p>I had to make a 3D printed holder to ensure that the face I was engraving was horizontal during the process.<\/p>\n<p>It is always a lot more complicated than it seems at first sight.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The customer logos were in different formats and colours, and had to be converted to vector files<\/li>\n<li>The file needed reference points to ensure all logos would fit on the available space and be easily calibrated once at the laser.<\/li>\n<li>The cups were not square or flat&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>A couple of cups were substantially undersized<\/li>\n<li>Calibrating the laser to have a repeatable engraving<\/li>\n<li>Cleaning up the laser dust on the nicely finished wood<\/li>\n<li>Putting back the cups inside their boxes without damaging the thin paper wraps of various sizes&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Labelling the finished products for each client<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I only had one &#8220;spare&#8221; to play with for the laser settings, etc, as usual, it was all very tight in deadlines&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I hope the clients enjoy the evening and the gifts!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4842 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?attachment_id=4834'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1350-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?attachment_id=4839'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1351-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?attachment_id=4833'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1352-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?attachment_id=4836'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1354-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?attachment_id=4837'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1355-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?attachment_id=4838'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_1356-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Made some gifts for clients that James is taking to a Sumo competition. The cups were ordered from Japan, and I laser-engraved our logo and the customer&#8217;s logos. 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