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A few years ago I bought a large bullhorn, biggest one I could find. We use it a few times per year. After a few years the microphone started cutting out. I contacted the company:

Q. Can I order...

If you Google Samoyed Vector you will see a lot of nice pictures, maybe not this exact one, but some very nice headshots. I’m going on the theory they all look alike, lol.

Bob

I have a similar situation, maybe on a smaller scale, with small knives we engrave for a customer. The unpackaging / repackaging takes the most time. The customer agreed to do that for me. In return...

This topic really has my attention as we cut a lot of leatherette and engrave / cut a lot of matboard. Be interested in your further research.

Watching the videos I suspect there are some safety...

Grant,

I ran your file on my Trotec this morning with the same result. I create in Illustrator and print from Corel Draw. When I separate the blue and black layers and place them side by side,...

Bruce, the JDS leatherette product cuts very nicely with the laser. Sometimes it curls up a little from the heat (just like real leather) so we’ve been using a small amount of repositionable...

We use scraps of picture frame mats to make business cards. And we have an unlimited supply of scraps. But you don’t generally have a choice on the under color, it’s always white. Over time, we’ve...

In my small town I wouldn’t be able to support a stand-alone laser engraving business. But I already owned a successful art gallery, landscape photography, picture framing, gift store, leather...

I believe it was Barb, that stuff is paper thin and wants to curl up. For our use, patches sewed on hats, it didn’t work.

Actually we do a lot with leather but in this case fake leather is better. JDS was finally restocked a couple months ago and I bought a years supply. We also tried a laserable product from a...

We’ve got the Trotec rotary. It spent the first two years in the crate because it looked kind of intimidating, then one day we were forced to use it and it only took watching one two minute video to...

I could ruin your day with some of the horrible shipping experiences I’ve had in the past 10 years. The more “fragile” stickers you put on the crate, the more damage the guys working at the shipping...

Interesting. You might have more recent firmware than I do. Mine always engraves first, then cuts, no matter the layer order on the artwork, no matter the order of colors in Job Control.

Well, I was trying to bend some acrylic like you see on those acrylic origami videos on YouTube. So to get the job done I built a jig (5 minutes) and used a heat gun. Not nearly as much fun as using...

Thanks Mike, I will investigate updating the firmware.

I guess maybe this is not possible. It always engraves first, then cuts, I want to cut, then engrave, then cut some more. Guess I will go to Plan B.

Hi Jit,

I guess this is a new problem that Trotec has not encountered before? I also assume this happens on multiple files, not just the one pictured? If it were me, after all you’ve done until...

I’m amazed!

We have not had good luck masking raw leather, even for cutting. Not sure, maybe it’s oil in the surface of the leather. This has led us away from engraving leather, now if we laser cut leather, we...

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We do picture framing so here's a frame made from 100 year old barnwood with some leather feathers. Feather design is engraved into Delrin then stamped into leather.

We were making leather patches to be sewed on hats, but they decided they liked the leatherette better. We've been making thousands of patches for this hat company. Then yesterday we completed a...

Thanks, I will get some from Johnson.

Bob

JDS seems to be out of stock on leatherette sheet stock. I'm wondering if anyone knows of another supplier of this product. I did a quick search but didn't find anything. I've got a good supply,...

I store quite a bit of raw leather and don't treat it with anything. I'm in the habit of masking it before laser cutting the leather. Then we stamp it, color, and use sheen and conditioner. We've...

Hello Robert,

If reliability is the most important consideration I suppose Trotec is your answer. If you are asking about glass tubes vs. ceramic tubes, Trotec wins that one also. I'm not...