Got my SM today and the first thing I did was assemble it for laser engraving.
My first engraving turned out really good I thought. But, it was accidentally destroyed in a chop saw incident.
However, I engraved a fox for my niece. Looking forward to doing more laser stuff
I’m redoing my first engraving as I type this, but much bigger
Very nice!
Can you tell me what material you are using and where you are buying it? I want to print some things for my wife but want to make sure I select a good material for burning photos in greyscale where you can see the image properly.
Thank you,
I used some thin wood I had lying around. I’m sure it was bought at a dollar store or craft store. I also used some pine 2x4 that I had. Just make sure you don’t use treated wood
Menards carries 4 foot sections of board stock in various sizes and species. I bought some poplar from menards and it burned well. Pretty sure it was poplar anyways. Here’s a link:
Any home improvement stores probably carry some sort of board stock. I’d check there or if you have any lumber yards or craft stores in your area
Uploading a greyscale of Mount Rushmore I did on that cheap craft wood
Worth adding that big supermarkets (e.g.: Walmart here in US) also has some boards in the “Crafts” section.
@atooltoscream how long it took for the Mount Rushmore engraving? I did a small (like 10x10 cm) picture of my daughter and it took way longer than I thought it would.
“Pure Black” engraving is fast enough though.
Yeah big box store wood availability will probably vary by region. The Walmart that I looked at didn’t have much for raw wood blanks. They had a lot of wood letters and shapes (hearts, crosses, circles etc) that could be fun to engrave on. But that is a good suggestion. Might be able to get some good keychain or coaster blanks at a big box store
I can’t remember exactly how long the Mt Rushmore took. I’m gonna guess that it took an hour or two maybe. It’s about 95 mm x 60 mm
hi, was this using the 200mw laser or 1600mw? do you remember the power settings you used?
It was the 200 mW laser.
Sorry I don’t recall the settings. However, since I was new to all this laser engraving stuff I might have used the standard settings or maybe I found a post on here with advice.
