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Really cool. I think you really got something there with the lion. So you just engraved the black acrylic, and color filled the engraved portions? Sounds too easy for something that nice. :)

I have the same issue with the roundness, but my laser seems to be pretty forgiving allowing me to do a 23inx8in area. I still cannot do the tails though. There was a show put on by Refill magazine...

i forgot to mention I am already maxed at 1000 dpi and I am using about a 10in/s feedrate with a 1.5" lens. Any slower and I start burning the film. I think I have maxed the dpi, that's why I was...

I run my laser as a side gig since it doesn't pay the bills like my 9-5 right now. I average running it about a hour a week doing small jobs for people, I am on the far end of not using it...

I have a customer that needs conductive film removal from glass on very small areas, say .050" x .050" squares or .005"x.25" cut lines. My problem with the squares is when I set it up and laser it,...

Very cool, love the graphic. How did you get the black so black?

I do this sometimes as fun work between my job shop work. They aren't run in mass production or anything, but a local...

Thanks for the plans Dan
I read through the thread and I didn't see any pictures of your activated carbon sandwich, I was wondering if you have one or if i just missed it.

I also had the idea...

Can anyone link Dan's original article. i couldn't seem to find it in my search. I have been doing a good amount of wood and I would like to build a better system. I think I am going to follow...

I was looking at the ingredients to cermark the other day. I wasn't sure where the actual pigment came from, and I was expecting to see some kind of oxide or dioxide. What I found was that most of...

I have a customer that wants me to quote the laser cutting of a flat pattern from .030" G10 FR4 material. Since I have never worked with it, I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with it....

that thing is totally awesome. I always wished I had my own robot arm. Can you elaborate more on the software used to control the Servo's?

I think what Larry did is great! I would take that flat pattern and run with it.

I totally agree with Larry as well, creating the pattern is much easier done in a specific cad program because...

The interlocking lizard pattern is a postscript pattern fill in the stock version of corel draw. I used it in this skateboard I engraved. I figured it wasn't copyrighted since it came with corel...

I used to do inspections for machined parts and found a great font called Verisurf for all kind of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T). It has diameter and a bunch of other useful symbols.

They should be standard hall sensors. The sensors seem to have a sweet spot and you have to move them around to the right spot. It's not always easy because the sensor magnet often wants to attract...

I can't speak for any fan/blower other than my own, but I find the noise level on it to be very acceptable for a residential area as long as you aren't running it past 10pm or so. This blower is...

Here is a run of different card stocks I was trying. Anodized aluminum and wood.

I finally settled on anodized aluminum and got black and red from chewbarka. I found the quality of the...

I have found the business cards from chewbarka to be very good overall. A little pricey, but I only hand a couple out a week, so its quality over quantity in this case. I thought the Red anodized...

That this is so awesome. Do you use a program like photograv or something to get your pictures to come out so good? I can never seem to get pictures to have the perfect contrast and detail I am...

If your going the solidworks route, I would recommend the pro version. The toolbox and photo rendering plugins are worth the upgrade.

Overall it is about 6 grand + 1500 maintenance per year,...

I am starting my engraving business strictly as side work and to help develop my own products. I, like Dan, have a full time engineering position and I will not move until engraving is making more...

I don't think you really need them, but I went ahead and got the laser ones anyways since I need a good pair of regular safety glasses. They aren't that much more expensive and at least you got the...

I also like using solidworks to design all of my fixtures. I design out all the parts, then put them down on a blank drawing sheet as a flat pattern. Save it as a DXF and open it in corel and print...

Thanks for the help guys. I have been doing some research and I figure contacting the CA board of equialization to find out exactly where the grey lines are is the best move. I just want to make...

Hello Creekers,

I first want to thank the whole board for helping me out in so many ways over these past 6 months. I have bought a used laser, setup shop and have recently opened for business. I...