Laser engraving on scroll pieces

[OCtoolguy]

4 hours ago, Iguanadon said:

Here is their website, scroll to the bottom for contact information they are in Anaheim.  https://nmclasers.com/

Wow, 15 minutes away. Thanks.

Somehow I missed their "home page". I must be getting old.

Edited January 7, 2020 by octoolguy

[barb.j.enders]

Cool

 

[Dave Monk]

This just takes a few extra minutes.

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

21 minutes ago, Dave Monk said:

This just takes a few extra minutes.

That is my point exactly. A+++++ on this. Finally someone gets what I said. Thank you Dave. To me looks more professional and is in theme of what you do. Branding something is like I see all these so called crafters at shows that buy China stuff and put names on them with glitter or something. Then they call it a craft. Nothing against CNC or laser people. Like I said a tool in the tool box but sure does hurt the perpective in my eyes and I am old school 

[rjweb]

I like the scroll work like Dave did there, but I also feel Scott may be on to something with adding the ability to use the laser for customizable, time will tell in his up coming sales season how it all works out, bottom line is the winner, RJ 

[kmmcrafts]

I do agree with both sides of the laser vrs scroll work.. I have not used my laser yet to do what i intended it to do which is like Scott is doing... I originally bought it to personalize ornaments where you have no wood left to cut out a name or date... But this fall when asked to do some personalization I found that I like the look of it scrolled better.. I also found now that i'm getting a little better with inkscape I can change up text etc.. such as I did with these ornaments for this construction company..  Where there is no room so I modify it to have room.. I think it looks cleaner and really takes no more time than setting up the laser to do the work for me.. While you may be brave enough to leave the laser unattended while working on something else... that isn't something i would consider doing.. after all it is burning wood... should the head get jammed and stop moving while you're not paying attention.. better have a fire extinguisher handy.. The laser takes just as much time as scrolling it out.. and in my case.. I sold this company 150 of these.. that would take a long time to do with the laser as opposed to stack cutting these out.. What Scott is doing puzzles and only able to cut one at a time anyway.. I don't see much disadvantage to what he is doing.. It could help his business... and as I said in another post.. most customers are just excited about getting something with the personalization and they care less if it's scrolled or lasered.. 

Edited January 7, 2020 by kmmcrafts

[Sycamore67]

Dang Iggy....now I want that one.  I have a real cheapy but your is nice.  It is a nice toy/tool that you will learn to incorporate.  

I have wanted to make wooden business cards with one.

[hotshot]

On 1/6/2020 at 2:57 PM, kmmcrafts said:

..... I also wanted something powerful enough to play around with cutting 1/8 - 1/4 in wood..

 

I don't think you will be happy with 1/4" cutting on the K40.  Laser focus is very precise, so as you go deeper, things get funky.  You could possibly re-focus the laser at different depths to get a cleaner cut.  It will be interesting to see what you can do with the K40 on thicker stuff when you get to it.

Edited January 8, 2020 by hotshot

[Rolf]

Thank you IGGY,  certainly something to look into.

[Matt B]

Steve Good posted a video of his review of the 7 watt model today. Overall, he was impressed.  

[Iguanadon]

2 minutes ago, Matt B said:

Steve Good posted a video of his review of the 7 watt model today. Overall, he was impressed.  

Thanks for letting us know Matt.  I emailed Steve last week when I heard he was going to be doing a review and shared my video with him and he responded saying he liked his so far and would be doing the review video soon.

[tomsteve]

iggy, would there be a way to make the font  for the dog names the same used in the puzzles? i personally think that would look better than block type font.

[Iguanadon]

2 minutes ago, tomsteve said:

iggy, would there be a way to make the font  for the dog names the same used in the puzzles? i personally think that would look better than block type font.

Well, the problem is that the lettering in the dogs isn't a "font"... hand drawn by Harvey Byler.  I understand what you're thinking though and I'll take a look to see if there's a font that is "softer" and would blend in with the general style in the body.