Snoopy
600 mm/min, 70%, 84 DPI, 4×4 in, 3x 16 min.
Painted Plywood Method
The painted plywood method uses one base color and one top color. The concept is to burn the top color just enough to reveal the base color, but not enough to burn through the base color. Wood preparation Cover the …
Tiles
Today’s testing was about trying to etch white tiles painted white. I tried with tiles painted with spray paint (satin white), and tiles painted with brush paint primer (latex interior primer). Power Gradient First test was trying to etch on …
Painted Plywood
Method Material used was 1/2 inch spruce plywood Cut to desired length. I did 48×48 inch, to be cut to 4×4 inch once painted Patch the holes, cracks, and imperfection with dry wall repair paste Sand down to a smooth …
Wood Uniformity
Wood is not uniform throughout, and contains area of different density. More dense area will be difficult to burn whereas lighter area will burn easily. This creates unevenness in the artwork. While it can be beautiful and give character to …
Care for the lenses
After several hours of engraving, my laser seemed weaker than originally. The lens had not been cleaned a single time, nor was there a fume exhaust system for the machine. Both these caused the lens to accumulate fumes, which eventually …