I use my laser to engrave and cut many things, but have been working with leather for a little while.
This is one of the things I have been engraving and cutting, it's a Scout Woggle (the thing that holds the Scout scarf in place).
The design is done as a 'scan' engrave and then the shape is vector cut. I'm using natural tan leather.
I have used masking tape to protect the leather from burn and smoke marks, which works well, but getting the remains of the tape off is difficult, especially from the centre of the letters, which must be about half a millimetre across in some cases.
I have also run them through the laser without masking tape, which works and most of the smoke dust wipes off okay. Is there a spray or something I could use to protect the surface while engraving, which could then be wiped off? I'm going to be making around fifty of these at the weekend.
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