Don't the engraving wheels you did have a lot of the gray primer stuck to them? That's not how it's supposed to look.

What kind of dog is that on your wall?

Thanks for using IPM, I do believe the mm/s stuff just confuses the new folks. Not necessary to use mm in the US. I actually use Vcarve Pro for most of my laser work as it's a much easier program to use than Lightburn. Way too much on the screen in LB for the new user.

You said there’s another way to connect it. I can’t get the program to find my laser do you know another way?

Hi, Why did you divide the 40% by 20?

Weird humans having stuffed corpse in their living space.

can a diode laser engrave on polymer ?

Do we know if this works better than black paper

Thanks for this!. For me only 45% to 100% works, but if I put Power 100% and limit it to 20% in "Shape properties" (changing the picture) and adjust gamma, brightness, contrast etc I get a good result from about 10% to 90% (5% looks good, but wipes off). It does look awfull on screen ;-). Gray paint is better than black as the acrylic looks more frosted instead of black.

Just subscribed, I think you have some pretty cool content so far. I have a couple of quick questions as I am new to the laser engraver world. Is there a chance I can DM you with these questions?

Subscribed! But I am having the hardest time trying to get my image right. I have followed step by step. I ran at 100 speed 30 power and got why looks like a range from 15 min 19.50 max power for greyscale. It looks good when etching but when I remove the acrylic the portion on it looks very white washed

Hey Mike, I know these videos are from quite some time ago but has been great for me!! I am finally able to etch on clear acrylic. What I’d like to know now of how to handle photos. I tried it with grayscale and it came out looking like threshold. I adjust my min power up to where I just started seeing a little haze from the test week and got a negative image… so I converted the photo to negative and got what seems ok, but the burn is very very light. Really hard to see. Would a Jarvis or Stucki be a better option and run it at the solid etch settings? Mine was My test wheel was at 100 speed 30 power. 28.50 power was where my sweet spot was.

Great video. Do you have the stl for the z axis height controller?

your focus is terrible

Hello, nice video. Btw, what metal you use? Is it cold rolled steel? Have you tried with stainless steel 304?

When you are finished with the etching and the image is burned on the sheet metal can you reused the metal or is it no longer usageable for those type of projects? TIA

If the steel is "etching" through a transference, how are people able to etch the same when simply coating one side of acrylic with black paint and using the honeycomb? I believe the etching process is because of the reflection off the opaque layer and has nothing to do with heat transference.

ive seen some videos where they put transfer paper on the acrylic or paint it black before lasering. do you think it would be any different if you did that?

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Hermano, Feliz día. Quierooo saber de que material es la lamina que pusiste debajo de el acrílico? Gracias.

how long does it take to etch this

lol a Hamlet reference!

is it not beter to put some water based paint on top and do it that way ?

Your etch looks clean right out the gate, I have to clean a lot of black residue of mine after doing same as in the video. Great video and very informative, I will just have to fine tune some more here before I get it right.

So you can only do the burn one time and then you have to pick a different spot on the steel plate as you can't have the burn done where there has already been a burn because the steel won't reflect the image the same Correct?

I did this method and it worked perfectly for me. I used steel sheet metal.

I just set up my air assist to work with the 10w module and for some reason I have more shadowing around the engraved letters than before. I wonder what I did wrong.

is a 40w laser going to be too strong?

After you etch on scratch paper, what is the best way to remove all the dust without messing up the surface? Thanks

I'm new to the scene of laser engraving. I've been getting bad engraving when using air assist.

Thank you Do you have any idea how to cut clear acrylic with our 20w blue dot lasers? I’ve tried unsuccessfully using a test burn but it just became a absolute mess with a lot of fumes

Is it possible to cut the clear acrylic using this trick?

Hey! I did some small tests and got the settings dialed in to where I liked them (no poppin/burning and looks good lit), then I scaled the design up full size (100 mm) and it came out covered with large pops/burns in it. Do you know why that might be? I was excited about finally getting the settings right

does it have to be gray or can it be black?

Too bad, I couldn't understand it correctly because I don't understand the English language and also, there are no subtitles in the video but I gave my Like! I didn't understand what material you used under the clear acrylic and how you applied the design to that material. Thanks

Can you re-prime over used areas and reuse the steel sheet over and over or is it one time use?

Can you tell me the other way to have it find the driver? find my laser isn't working for me.. I have the same laser engraver as you.

Excuse me sir, for the sheet steel plate .. is it you colour it into grey?

Sorry, just found this.. so IF the color is transferred.. one could add a decal of an image to the steel.. and then burn that image in the software and the color pattern or decal would be etched into the acrylic? Or simply adda decal to the acrylic to begin with.. sorry I need sleep

Nice video, after watching it I tried the exact same one, however in my case I am seeing a slight browning. When I tried a second time black burn marks appeared, the difference I guess is I haven’t painted the bottom aluminium surface, it’s the Natiral Aluminium sheet. Also I think as you correctly pointed out Air gas is also a problem. Also would be a big help if you can share the z height adjustment 3D stl file. Regards Madhav Tenneti

Calibration Wheel is a great tip!

Hallo, wie bekommst du die Farbe vom Acrylglas runter ?

Engraving Wheel link is broken.

The engraving is not made on the upper surface of the acrylic, but on the lower one, so why air assist? Sorry for the mistakes english is not my language

I cut acrylic, will this same method work with a couple of passes?

since acrylic has paper on it why can't u laser through it? It wont pass through or reflect.

Can this kind of etching be used to make LED illuminated acrylic lamps?

So about 8% power and how fast on the speed?

hy do you try to cut clear acrylic ?

I just dealt with and he was absolutely awesome! Thanks again Mike ron