#8 The first cut is the deepest

I had my first tryout at the lazer yesterday and made some test-cuts. First I experimented with a 4mm MDF and a 1mm plywood.

First cuts.

What became apparent was that I had to change my design, so that the player could distinguish between cosmetic texture and important play-fields and lines.
The texture did not convey the desert-errosion-feeling I was hoping for and the depth of the cuts was not enough to cerate the 3D terrain I wanted.
I experimented with another pattern which I liked better, but making the whole playboard with an all-covering design would take a lot of time and money.

Some pattern experiments.

A possible way to proceed would be different layers like in this picture I took at the Zoo.

3D Map I saw at the local Zoo. Quite nice.

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