If you’re getting PCBs professionally made, silkscreen usually comes free as part of the package. However, if you’re making your own, the job is on you. [Tony Goacher] makes his own PCBs on a CNC router, so he’s not getting any silkscreening as part of that bargain. But he wondered—could he do something analogous with a laser cutter?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/03/18/faux-silkscreen-on-a-pcb-made-with-a-laser-cutter/