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George,
You seem to know what's going on. I just got a 3060H with LaserWorks5.0. The software won't work unless the machine is turned on ("Note: Pleae Link Machine"). Do you know how to get around...

Richard,

Thanks for the insight. I'll poke around and maybe snug up the belts a little.

Mark: David Dustin gets the credit for the original suggestion. Not sure from his post in '08 if he actually tried it, but I did and I'm pretty happy with it. I made a test keychain tag to see how it...

Oh, and, it comes in a spray can and I sprayed it directly onto the stainless steel and let it dry about a half-hour. Instructions say it's fully dry in 24 hours. I did another test after 24 hours...

Wow,

I sure didn't mean to start a big Haz Mat discussion/argument, but a lot of points well-taken. On that note I will briefly say that I am a retired Fireman with 32 years Haz Mat experience. My...

After reading David Dustin's post from Sept. 2008 about a Cermark alternative, I tried a can of Rust-Oleum Cold Galvanizing Compound today. It's awesome! It took only one pass with a 50 watt laser at...

I found the problem! The focal length was way, way off from the factory setting. The little plastic depth gauge is 2 1/4" and this worked well for most materials. I started at 2 1/8" and tested at...

Thanks for the reply. I have used everything from 200 speed/30 power to 50 speed/50 power. Much below 200 speed/40 power doesn't produce much of a recognizable image. And, it comes and goes within...

While engraving text and graphics on anodized aluminum dog tags, I get some portions that have black streaks or areas where the lazer engraved. It's not in all of the engraved areas, just parts.
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A question for all you knowledgable people: Will engraving aluminum damage the laser?

A friend of mine works an 8,000 watt industrial laser at his business. He says polished stainless steel,...

Yes, the trial is supposed to be fully functional, but only for 15 days.

I'll try Youtube for help.

I don't really have much of a file set up, just trying random things with CorelDraw.

I have a trial version of CorelDraw 14. I'm trying to figure out how to weld or combine text letters together so the laser will cut out the letters as a block or whole instead of individual letters....

Well, maybe I should have said inexpensive. Instead of Mohammed going to the mountain....I just moved the refer closer to the laser. Besides, it's a full story up and down to lug the ice water....

I got tired of lugging buckets of ice water and ice back and forth to my Artsign Chinese Laser, so I came up with an easy solution: Use a small cube refer as your chiller!

I found a small "cube"...

Well, I've been using Newlydraw1 for a couple of weeks and starting to get things figured out. The one problem I'm having is figuring out where the "start point" is for engraving or cutting. The...

Thanks! That gives me some things to try.

Firejoe

I would like to scan a line drawing into CorelDRAW and somehow convert it so I can export it and cut it with my laser engraver/cutter. I can "save as" the line drawing in DXF and import it into...

Hey guys, thanks for all the input. I've been trying so many variations my head is about to explode.

I tried the plugin for Inkcape but still no "save as" .dxf option. If I try to open something...

Carl,

Yes, please post the link! I've tried using Inkscape but the only format it will save in is .svg.

Joe

I have an Artsign JSM3040U 50 watt laser running Newlydraw thru USB.

Are there any other boards I can buy so I can run a program better than Newlydraw?

Are there any programs that will...