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Thanks for all the help and info ! I'm going to go with LaserMax 1/8". The customer supplied detail drawings for all nameplates required and specifies 1/8" thick, black with white letters.

The...

Thanks guys!

So this: http://www.johnsonplastics.biz/detail/M37/1/1/LM922402 is what you recommend ?

Any other suppliers recommended ?

I need some advice please,

I need to produce various control nameplates for machines that will be outdoors all the time, such as "Start" "Run" "Off" etc.

They need to be black with white...

You're right John, that works very good too. It all seems so easy now, make me wonder why I had so much trouble to begin with. Thanks

Hi Ed, I tried text and then curves. It won't do both at the same time and it doesn't work for me, unless it's set to 8.0.

Thanks Art Mann, I had tried that with no luck but after you posted, I went back and tried various settings on the EPS export screen in CorelDraw and got it to work fine with no errors and the...

John,

I just made some custom grips last week. They were for a young lady who owns a S&W Airweight 38, the Pachmayr grips that were on it were far too large and thick for her relatively small...

OK, I think I finally have it figured out. I have to have the .ai export settings in Corel as 8.0 as shown below. All others above 8.0 won't work for me.

I still get errors when importing into...

I'll have to research re drawing vectors in Corel. I did save it as an AI and I get the saving options as shown below. I don't know if I have the correct choices selected ?

Then when I try to...

I have been trying to figure this out for the last 2 days and don't know how to fix it so I need some help and/or advice please.

When I draw something in CorelDraw the lines are perfect but then...

Thank you both,

I've ordered the IPI UltraThins stuff to start with (because of price). I got a sheet of Black/White and a sheet of White/Black.

I'll post some pics of my test engraves as soon...

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the welcome and your reply. That's beautiful work !

I have done some reverse engraving on 1/8" and 1/4" cast acrylic, painted black first. I've also lasered through blue...

Hi,

I have a K40 type laser that I've converted to DSP control and a Z table and have learned a lot using it. Too small but has been worth it to learn on and been enjoyable. I plan to upgrade...