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If I coated the my metal with dykem, I could use the laser to draw a pattern by selectively removing the dye.

Just curious, anyone try lasering dykem (blue metal marking dye)? I did a search, but came up empty.

Very cool, Stan!

Impressive!

Thanks, Mike. This thread intrigues me. I'll have to play with the graphic some when I get home. I do know that while I have had great success with the contour tool for some things, depending on...

I'm certainly not an expert and have not tried it on the above, but I know from past experience that when I tried to use the contour tool to accomplish what Jiten is trying, it did not work. Some of...

Outstanding, Stan. Don't know that I would have had the patience, but it came out really, really nice!

I've used on any wood that I felt like I didn't get a good enough contrast, although I have never tried it on plywood. You understand correctly in that the gel stain settles into the fresh "grooves"...

For wood, I have found that finishing the piece before lasering (I usually sand, use danish oil with a top coat of shellac, then wax) then engraving, then going over with gel stain gives very good...

I also have a friend that makes holsters out of this material. I wouldn't engrave this with a laser, period. What you might be able to do is to make him a stamp that would leave a mark in the...

Art, Buzz looks GREAT! THWG :)

I've used both Ogee and roundover bits on the CNC. I fully concur with the guys about NOT using bits with the bearings. Most of the time however, I just use my router table. I find it simpler and...

Thanks, Stan. Actual time on the machine was negligible. What ate me up was two things: getting clean vectors from the customer supplied logo (I used mostly Corel X5) and the font she picked at to...

Right on the "weeding", Scott. I've used the technique alot on the laser, but never tried it before on the CNC. Thanks for the suggestions and compliments. I have some liquid mask I've been meaning...

Stan inspired me! Western Cedar. Did this one a little different: sanded, sealed with several coats of shellac, masked with blue masking tape, cut the pocket outlines with a 60 degree V bit, weeded...

Nice job, Stan. I've got a cedar sign sold myself. Just wondering, what kind of coating did you put on it?

Really, really nice, Scott.

Damn that's cool. I'm drooling!

Beautiful!

As memory serves, I used Johnson's floor wax prior to engraving...then wiped down. Came out nice, but still stunk! I put the pieces in a plastic bag with some cat litter, which took the edge off :)

James, I don't normally visit the design forum, but I'm glad I did today! Your table is beautiful. Most of my stuff has been relatively small scale CNC or laser work, but I've got access to a...

You might want to try polymer clay as well. I tried the Inlace and wasn't thrilled with it. You can get polymer clay at Hobby Lobby or Michael's. It comes in a variety of colors, but I like the...

Love it, Stan. Really nice work!

Thanks, Nicolas. I'll have to give that a shot. I've converted several reliefs to gray scale and then lasered them, but never the reverse!

You should be pleased with it, Nicolas. Nice work! I've done some scales with the laser, but never tried it with the CNC. Did you use gray scale artwork?