Laser Engraving Fingernails
Martin and I engraved a calendar on our fingernails. As the months pass, we'll cut them off!
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Dec 23, 2007 03:32 PM
Arts |
Permalink
| Comments (16)
| Email This |
| Digg this!
Recent Entries
- Animatronic hand plays by fan
- More awesome inflatable subway bag animals
- TCHO chocolate, part two
- Make at The Last HOPE
- Excercise bike Arduino
- Make Projects - Volume 07
- Delft ceramic style cross-stitch mantle clock
- Video software keeps an eye on the sky
- Free sample pages from Dover Publications
- AVR demo platform rocks the color VGA +audio
Comments
Oldest comments listed first.
| Posted by: Jeff on December 23, 2007 at 5:19 PM |
Bre, how about a time lapse movie of your nail growing out so we can see the calendar move through the months?
| Posted by: Harry on December 23, 2007 at 5:32 PM |
Interesting idea, seems kind of a stupid thing to do though. Also I think you would try to fit 3 months or so on the fingernail, unless you have a vitamin deficiency I think your nails will grow faster than you calendar.
| Posted by: raphael on December 23, 2007 at 5:54 PM |
Wikipedia says they grow at ~3mm/month, so it should work ok!
Crazy goofballs! Danger Danger!
| Posted by: PK on December 23, 2007 at 7:17 PM |
I'd say this clearly falls into the "don't try this at home" category...
Bet it was painful when the thumb on the right got nailed on the cuticle!
| Posted by: craig on December 23, 2007 at 9:02 PM |
It's not so much a calendar as a list of the months, though, isn't it?
| Posted by: Bonnie on December 23, 2007 at 10:02 PM |
So what will you etch next on your toenails then?
| Posted by: Wolfy on December 24, 2007 at 1:36 AM |
the sickly yellow color just makes me remember the smell of burning flesh and the gross orange-yellow color on my finger when i burned it with a soldering iron
| Posted by: sweavo on December 24, 2007 at 10:32 AM |
I heard the rule was 9 months for a nail to grow completely, so it looks like your calendar may run a little fast.
| Posted by: CuriosityKiller on December 24, 2007 at 1:00 PM |
That's a brilliant concept, but would the etching really last a full year even before it was grown out?
| Posted by: jd on December 25, 2007 at 8:16 PM |
i think people get cancer for exposing themself to radation. and your thumbs will be next i think
| Posted by: asdf on December 26, 2007 at 5:33 AM |
jd is ignorant of the distinction between ionizing and non ionizing radiation.
| Posted by: GoTags.com on March 26, 2008 at 9:38 AM |
I've got some free time at work here and this gives me an idea!! We have Universal 45 watt lasers, what power setting where you using? muuahahahaa! >:)
| Posted by: Bill on July 6, 2008 at 8:30 PM |
Beside the obvious burn hazards for your skin, anyone trying to attempt this might consider wearing some eye protection rated for the laser you are using. These systems work by using a set of mirrors around the perimeter of the box so the laser isn't coming directly from the moving head like an inkjet printer.
Subscribe to MAKE Magazine!
Subscribe today, save 42% and get web access to MAKE free. MAKE Digital Edition is available only to subscribers.
$34.95 / 1 year
(4 Quarterly Issues)
Features and more @ MAKE!
Get MAKE 14 - Subscribe or on newsstands!
Add MAKE to iGoogle - GoogleGoogle.
Add MAKE to your RSS reader - Real simple.
Add MAKE on Twitter.
Add MAKE on FriendFeed & the MAKE room.

Why advertise on MAKE?
Read what folks are saying about us!
Click here to advertise on MAKE!
Phillip Torrone
Senior Editor
Tel: 707-827-7311
Gareth Branwyn
Robot Maker
Kip Kay
Video Maker
Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Artist / Researcher
Natalie Zee Drieu
Senior Editor
CRAFT
Becky Stern
Culture jammer
Collin Cunningham
Sound Maker
Marc de Vinck
CNC Maker



Leave a comment