First try at stainless steel 10W laser

[Borg]

Hi

First time doing a little project for friends and tried to engrave stainless steel with some Dry Moly.

Settings was line engrave 0.1 spacing, 150mm/min with 85% power.

Came out really really nice!!

[tyeth]

Which brand moly did you use, and have you added extra ventilation or just not too worried if low use? I read some scare shit about the sulphide being released so the more expensive trioxide was safer, but that was from enduromark who want you to buy their spray. Mostly I want smaller crystals for good detail, the safety of the machine is a secondary concern

[Frank_DS]

I did a few stainless steel rulers using 3in1 oil (saw someone else on Youtube) that turned out great. I used 0.1 spacing, 200mm/min, 100% power.

[BluegrassBlaster]

I use the CRC dry moly.

CRC 3084 Dry Moly Lube, (Net Weight: 11 oz.) 16 oz Aerosol Can, Dark Gray (Pack...

This stuff is great. But definitely have good ventilation. I ran at 250mm/min, .05mm spacing, at 100%.

[wwasmith]

That looks awesome could you please send me the settings

[benleal]

How has the etching held up? Is it durable?

[BluegrassBlaster]

Here’s the settings. I run the fill job first, and finish it with a vector engrave to clean up the lines.

[wwasmith]

Awesome thanks heaps

[Frank_DS]

I used 3 in 1 oil and my custom rotatary tool @ 200mm/s to do this one. Color lightened a bit after I washed it down again and removed the initial rust.