Laser engraving on cylinder e.g.water bottle

@D_Cubed

  1. Setting up the focus as normal. Set the Work origin
  2. Lowering the laser head until it touch the bed
    The -Z (focus) value will then be the high required above the bottle to be in focus. (made a note of this value)
    3.Move the head all up to clear the bottle and then place the bottle on the Y-Rotary bed.
    4 Lower the laser head to just touch the bottle. Set the Work origin.
    5 Move the Z up the by the Z(focus) value. Set the work origin again and you are good to go.

if you already know the distance for your focal point the start at 3.

I engraved a company logo by taking an image (jpg file) rotate it 90DEG clockwise and then convert it to a SVG file. Upload it as Vector drawing

Got good results with
Jog Speed of 300
Work Speed of 300
and
power between 70% - 100% (depending on the color of the bottle)

Hope this helps

Image of logo on bottle

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