Ok I had a bunch of Melamine. I use it to make dry/Erase boards. placed a small piece in the laser and started to experiment. At about 30% power and 100% speed it was perfect using the standard clipart setting. I place a cut line around the image and cut it out at the same time.
These scans dont do the finished products justice. They are much sharper than they appear. The cat pick looks like it has banding but those are brush strokes. It is a combination painting/photograph I did in PainterX. It converted very nicely.
The Leesburg Shops pic is one of my favorites as it turned out better than the color version of the manipulated photo. The detail on melamine is unbelievable.
I was wondering if anyone has done any very large murals using melamine like tiles. Say several 8x8 tiles in a 4x4 pattern. The amount of detail you could show would create a real wow factor.
About the only down side is the cutting. This was 1/8 stock and when its cut it creates a very slight yellow residue on the edge furthest from the exhaust ports. If I cut the piece first I can clean it off the melamine but if its cut after the engraving its harder to remove.