Thanks to everyone for the great answers and tutorials. But after running some samples it appears that Mike is right, the laser may not be the right tool for this job. Time to build some jigs and get...
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Thanks to everyone for the great answers and tutorials. But after running some samples it appears that Mike is right, the laser may not be the right tool for this job. Time to build some jigs and get...
Hello Everyone,
I am working on a project that requires multiple pieces of 1/4 baltic birch ply. I can cut the pieces to width and length easy enough on the table saw. But I would like to use the...
I have done it on a full bottle ( Two Buck Chuck lol ) with a rotary attatchment. Another thing for wine bottles is to do wooden labels. Laser engraved and cut .040 bb plywood with adhesive backing....
Mark,
It appears to me looking at the origonal photo that the red stripe is screened or painted on and not engraved or cut into place and yes it is plastic. It needs to be petroleum friendly to...
Hello Everyone,
My business is mostly industrial engraving of placards and tags. I have been asked to see if I can create tags for use in the petroleum industry as per the sample pictured. I have...
Hello Everyone,
I've been emailed a pdf file of 2 pages and imported it into corel 12 to work with it. I am stuck with how to get the portion of the file that is the piece of paper out from under...
Patrick,
I've done alot of plastic signage used on aviation specific equipment that works only outside with great results. The weather hasn't hurt any of the signage after 3 years of service. I...
Thanks Bill, that's got it. That also means it's something on my end. Could it be V12 is too old to open this type of file? I will try again.
Thanks,
Frank
Hi Everyone,
I am having difficulty with a file. They have been sent to me as an eps file created in Illustrator. When I open them in Corel they appear as bitmap files. I'm not sure if it's the...
Thank you Khalid ...
Frank
Hi Everyone,
I have an eps type file from a customer that I am unable to open. Could someone please open it for me and then save it in version 12 or lower.
Thank you,
Frank
Paul,
It would appear that you are running too fast at 50, underpowered at 30 and the frequency is too high at 5000. I am running a 35 watt Epilog mini and straight out of the manual for vector...
Thanks for your help guys. Now it's time to work.
Frank
Hi EVeryone,
Can someone see if they can open this file I received from a customer today. Am using Corel Draw 12.
Thanks,
Frank
Thanks guys for your replys.
Gary ... I have to admit I didn"t fully understand your way, but I am still learning corel. Also I didn't explain it too cklearly but I was looking for the...
Hi Everyone,
I am working on a file for a shifter decal and am struggling with what is probably a simple procedure in corel. I am trying to cut an elipse in half and then remove the line to open...
Thanks to all for your replies.
Rodne .... great looking cards,
Andrea .... I thought I had all the ingredients of a great card, but something wasn't sitting well with me. As you pointed out...
Hi Everyone,
I am getting ready to make up new business cards and am looking for your opinions.
My business is pretty much 2 dimensional. I do plastic signage, lamacoid and wood items boxes...
Thank you guys. Everybody's worked fine. Sorry for the delayed response, got pulled out of the shop for a job.
Frank
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Hi Everyone,
I had a customer send me a file in eps format and I just can't open it. Instead of going back to the customer I thought I would come here first. Could someone please take...
Opened fine in V12 .... great work Paul! .... thanks for sharing ....
Hi Everyone,
To those of you that make or have made cribbage boards the question is how do you store the pegs? I have a request from a client for a single layer board that must contain a peg...
Richard,
I checked the owners manual for my machine and the exhaust requirement is a minimum of 400 cfm @6" of static pressure. My machine is rated at 650 cfm, so there is more than 50% in excess...
Dan,
There is a small amont of smoke making it's way out of the system at the hose end and there is always some smoke and smell within the laser. I try to minimize the smoke in the laser by...
A question for Dan. I too have built a fume extractor based on your design. It works well but not well enough.
The extractor has a surface area of 16 X 24 with a primary filter for particles, a...