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    Ivory

    Any have any experience engraving on Ivory. I am looking to do something similar to scrimshaw.

    I am thinking this may be a project to send to an artist to have it hand scrimshawd, but wanted to see if anyone had experience with ivory before I started looking for an artist.

    Thanks

    Joe
    JC Custom WoodWorks

    For best results, try not to do anything stupid.

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    Joe:

    Check with the folks at http://www.engravingforum.com/.

    There are some world class engravers and scrimshanders there.

    Ken Gastineau
    Gastineau Studio
    Berea, Kentucky

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    I purchased several bags of pre-ban ivory from a museum on eBay. So far I have only done test engraving and cuts, but the results are fairly encouraging.

    It engraves to a nice color and contrast and looks good. My experiments show that the whiter the piece of ivory, the darker the engraving will be (for the same settings). I found the best raster setting was P70/S20 with my 45W Epilog.

    Vector cutting leaves a blackened edge, but it cuts fairly cleanly at P100/S5/F2500 on about 1/8" thick material. It smells like burning hair (horrible!) so make sure your exhuast is up to the job!



    HTH,
    Dave Fifield

    XYZ Laser - 45W Epilog 36EXT, Rotary, Corel X4, Photograv

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    The pictures are encouraging.

    The design is fairly complex so I plan on doing some tests on corian and see what it looks like.

    It is a badge design for a local department that is supposed to go on a set of pistol grips.

    Thanks

    Joe
    JC Custom WoodWorks

    For best results, try not to do anything stupid.

    "So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause." - Padmé Amidala "Star Wars III: The Revenge of the Sith"

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    Joe,

    The ivory engraves beautifully. I find that elephant ivory is better than mammoth. It is only intimidating because it is so expensive.
    Bob Keyes
    CI Engraving

    60 Watt Chinese Laser (yeah,I like it), Corel X3, Engravograph, KM 2550, Heat Press.

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    This fellow does some nice laser scrimshaw pistol grips
    http://www.jmbdistribution.com/

    using ivory like plastic grips from ajaxgrips.com

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    Ivory

    Hi Gang;
    I've done quite a bit of ivory- bought it from the same place as Dave. Low speed to cut- engraves well. Here some pics
    Best regards;
    George
    LaserArts
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    Next to ivory

    I have used tagua nuts. You can get them in different sizes already sliced. I'll post a picture tomorrow. They give a very nice contrasting mark and are very hard, much like ivory. Have gotten some from ebay and carving supply houses.
    Gary Shoemake
    Green Creek NJ
    Mercury laser CLTT and color on crystal

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    Nice earings George!
    Dave Fifield

    XYZ Laser - 45W Epilog 36EXT, Rotary, Corel X4, Photograv

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