Amazing Scratch Paper Art using a Cheap Desktop Laser Engraver - Ortur Laser Master 2

[@Alien3D]

I Love this Jim! My only critique is if people are going to try selling their results, recommend they get images from a royalty free or stock image site rather than Google search. As a web developer I've seen clients get fined or sued over image use. Just like us in 3D Printing don't like seeing our non-commercial models getting sold without permission, same goes for images found on the internet. 😊

[@TheEdgeofTech]

Agreed! This was for demonstration purposes only, you should always use royalty free art or buy art if you're going to sell it!

[@baconskripz7322]

Does anyone have any recommendations for legitimate sites for royalty free art or legitimate places to buy art? Just a few searches brought up some sites that I'm not really sure about.

[@TheManCaveVideo]

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[@cedric9776]

As a laser cutting beginner I'm flad woth this idea and tutorial. As a photographer I'm very glad you touched the subject of copyright on images and asking permission to use them. And as a music fan your son's picture reminded me of David Bowie with that red sparkly line across 😅. Nice video! Thx!

[@cedric9776]

*flad woth = glad with 🙈

[@mcandg6604]

You got a new subscriber I like how your video flowed as you explained everything!

[@markpinther9296]

Microfiber towel! Nice addition.

[@ImagR-Laser]

Great video :) thanks for linking the page :)

[@tomwillis1264]

Great how to video. Thanks. I just got my ortur model 2 20 watt. A great project for a beginner. I have never heard of scratch paper.

[@SlingShotNinja]

I just bought one too, Im learning so much from you. Thank you.

[@Hakamotive]

Jim, this is just great! I like your videos

[@jamesmacc]

I greatly appreciate this video. Thanks for the resources and lessons. It saved me a ton of time.

[@fleetwoodmac2272]

im.amazed with your creativity .you rock man!!!

[@msrachwarpedthoughts698]

Your videos ROCK! Just bought the Ortur LM2 - a complete newbie. Your videos are helping me understand how to use it. Originally, I bought specifically to engrave hardwoods- but have followed your videos and testing out other mediums. Trying to leverage what I learned from your videos on wood but still struggling...by any chance can you do a video engraving on some hard wood?

[@nickynorton]

Nicky uses microfibre dipped in Methyl Hydrate to gently clean

[@TheEdgeofTech]

Awesome! That's great info!

[@Silent-G]

Man, I'm glad I found your channel! I'm getting an Ortur this summer and have a LOT of projects lined up!

[@MrNlce30]

Would it be possible to clearcoat before the burn? To help prevent any unwanted scratches. Great video. Keep up the good work.

[@Kimscreative]

Game changer!! Thank you!!!

[@mikeledee8786]

Would you suggest I use the setting for canvas the works for me as the same for scratch paper? Thanks. Happy Holidays

[@patprop74]

You know you're a kid for the '80s when you knew "scratch paper" as colouring pencils and black wax crayons.

[@kyagaming2538]

ur channel so inspired me ! thx

[@LudwigSpiegel]

Wonderful tutorial man! Thank you for sharing!

[@TheEdgeofTech]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@blackwolfgames6813]

Cool video. I have a question to you. How does the scratch paper come out? Does it really shine on you or is it more dull? I recently bought a Lasermaster 3 and tried my hand at scratch paper. But for me, the colors always look dull and don't seem like they do with wooden pencils. Is this normal or do I have the wrong focus? I've already done several speed and power tests and also with 3 and 5 mm higher focus to the scratch paper. But always the same dull results. Maybe you have a tip for me.

[@ModelFire]

Just purchased the ortur 20 watt laser Can I usecthis for scratch paper work.. Thanks,really enjoy your videos Im learning alot....

[@khanman1917]

New to laser and Ortur, love your videos. Keep it up!

[@tim6360]

Looks awesome and gave me lots of ideas!

[@conductiveinkalternative918]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I have a vigo LX 20 W on the way.

[@TheEdgeofTech]

Awesome! I hope you love it!

[@Alexus_7Gs]

man i love your vids awesome channel!

[@Crits-Crafts]

I've just got a lm2 and your vids have really helped. On another vid you use a gimp plug in. Which do you think is better? Gimp or imgr?

[@cathymyers7831]

Like they say in Boston "wicked cool" dude!

[@oscrfsh]

Awesome. I'm hoping to do some family photos in scratch paper... do u set a min power?

[@alltaira5922]

Just found your channel and loving your videos! So many ideas to try. Having a CO2 laser I am definitely going to have a lot of trial and error to dial in the specs.

[@3DHP]

Excellent Video Jim.Soon I will have a Laser,I Hope.

[@nickynorton]

LOL...Nicky started that well over a year ago...good to see its catching on..

[@TheEdgeofTech]

I love his stuff! And since he is working with Imag-R now, that's even better!

[@mattheinzel]

Love this and I will be using that site to process photos from now on for sure!

[@8thsinner]

I'm looking at getting a genmitsu 6040 soon, whats the minimum power laser this would work with? that is usable on that machine?

[@shannonrobertson7212]

Do you have a recommendation on what DPI I should use for a glowforge CO2 laser?

[@megadeth4526]

Great video and demonstrations, would I be using the same setting on the ortur aufero, also trying to cut this. Thanks

[@Yoshi-Toranaga]

very nice man

[@adorodrums]

has anyone thought of using something like this to get color on the wood through laser? Like having some solid paint which is transfered on to my object via laser engraver? I'd love to try that, but what could I use for the color?

[@nealpappion4731]

Thanks for the imag-R resource. However I still struggle with pics of portaits. Ran through a couple of the norton options in the tool and nothing great. If you have some additional guidance on tightening up images to laser well I'd appreciate it. Not a graphics guy and don't really want to be... main issues seem to be contrast around the actual person and detail of the person in the pic. thanks in advance.

[@TheEdgeofTech]

Hey Neal, I am not a good graphics guy either. lol I would check out a couple videos here on KZbin about adjusting pictures for laser engraving. I know the groups on facebook really help as well. I am sorry I can't help more.

[@blcain1028]

Nice videos you produce. Quick question, can these procedures be used with a co2 laser or just diode? Thanks.

[@TheEdgeofTech]

If dialed in correctly, focused and aligned, the co2 could do it! Especially with a compound lens

[@stephennewall2986]

so how long would a piece like this take to complete on this machine?

[@JP-ew5xk]

Yea content on the Ortur is mint

[@f1pitpass]

thank you. Subbed

[@jamesbrummitt6842]

Love your videos and tutorials. I’m running a jtech pro 7 watt laser. I went through all the steps you outlined, and light burn is giving me some ridiculous burn time of 56 hours. Is it best just to experiment with the settings?

[@mtz3843]

great vid, answerd alot of guestions, an i learned alot, question, can that machine you use can it cnc carve too?

[@TonyPaolillo]

Hi, what camera do you use? Yours looks great and I can’t seem to find a good one for my videos. Thanks for the tutorials by the way!

[@macmund]

Cool. Thanks

[@intruderIG]

Great video ,Thank You

[@derrickstewart5554]

Great video. Can a Ortur Laser Master 2 cut acrylic for a Edge Lit LED Signs or would I need to purchase the K40. If possible could you do a how to video please Sir.

[@DavidALovingMPF102]

That looks awesome! Great info on the laser, lightburn and the scratch paper. I purchased 2 of the 20 watt Ortur Master lasers, one for my garage and one for my step-son's business. Of course they have not arrived yet. I subscribed. Would air pressure hose blowing on your laser head move some of that black stuff out of the way? You still might have to rub the picture in x and y.

[@natecouch4864]

Enjoyed this video very much! But I am wondering if you could tell me how you were able to get all of the detail and shading on the contest picture you held up. That was very impressive but I am unable to produce results like that.

[@grantmiddleton3588]

Great video! I also have a 20w LM2 and I thought it said the max speed was 3000? Can it actually go faster?

[@rclarke250]

This is awesome.

[@TheEdgeofTech]

Thank you!

[@billgrenwelge7266]

So watching the video and that was cool, I'm currently messing around with scratch paper and scratch board. When you set your power to 35% for your cut image in Lightburn are you leaving the "shape properties" power setting at 100% or are you modifying that to also be 35%? Didn't see you modify it, but wanted to validate.

[@KevinPeterson-hr7sf]

Can you use Engravelab photo editor with this

[@hodgesmt]

Great video. Now even more cool stuff to try. Pew Pew!

[@sur-ronrides]

so if just doing a pic in lightburn, do a negative pic?

[@koolkevin2357]

Thanks for the info - I bought a laser head (5W) to play with on my Ender 5 plus. Now I have a way to use it - Perfect timing! I hope to see more of this type of information on your (our) channel ~(:>)

[@radosavradonjic2103]

Love the video, but have a question about the clean-up / clear coat process. I cleaned the scratch paper as you said in both directions and when I sprayed the clear coat, I got a reaction on the paper where it caused spider veins across parts of it. Is it that I didn’t clean the surface well enough or is it because I used Krylon brand clear coat spray? Any help / advice would be greatly appreciated.

[@jordanengler8292]

do you have merchandise? like a hat or shirt?

[@espaspascal]

Hi Jim, I am new to your videos and I must say that the explanations are great. I love that graving on scratch paper. My question would be, is it possible then to laser cut it and then stick it to somme wood using Ortur laser ? Thanks again !!

[@cindyhennessey8009]

What brand laser are you using , what are the x&y dimensions. How many watts is your diode laser

[@terrorzwerg5963]

where you find this one colour scratch paper... i only can find this rainbow thing

[@woodwaker1]

Jim, A great video. I may have to get my Elksmaker out and play with again. You have opened a new realm of ways to use it. I have been so focused on 3D printing, but this looks like fum. Good to see mad face Tristen

[@TheEdgeofTech]

That's awesome! I hope you Make some cool things! And he's better now lol Not pouty

[@jadielemmanuel5514]

sorry to be so offtopic but does any of you know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account? I was stupid lost my password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me!

[@williamryder4094]

@Jadiel Emmanuel Instablaster :)

[@jadielemmanuel5514]

@William Ryder Thanks for your reply. I found the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Seems to take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.

[@jadielemmanuel5514]

@William Ryder It did the trick and I actually got access to my account again. I'm so happy! Thank you so much you saved my account !

[@KenRossPhotography]

Very cool idea! I'm trying to adapt it to my K40 laser; not quite getting the same results yet which could be due to using K40 Whisperer instead of Lightburn or it's possible that you just don't get quite as fine control over the laser intensity with the CO2 laser vs. the laser diode. Not sure yet - will post findings if/when I get it dialed in.

[@jaymzx0]

Let us know, Ken. I was thinking the same thing. The K40 has about 10x the power output and is a different wavelength, so I imagine it will take some tinkering.

[@KenRossPhotography]

@@jaymzx0 still tinkering with this but stumbled upon an interesting discovery. If I use low power when "engraving" such that I'm not even quite burning away the black layer, it appears that is still enough heat to "fuse" the black coating to the paper. Then, using a paper tower and isopropyl alcohol, I was able to easily wipe away black coating everywhere that the laser *hadn't* touched. This resulted in a really dark, crisp image on the clean white background and I could choose to leave some of the surrounding black coating as a frame of sorts. This was a completely unexpected finding but I'm liking the result a lot for certain projects.

[@jaymzx0]

@@KenRossPhotography That's a great discovery. Was this with the CO2 laser?

[@KenRossPhotography]

@@jaymzx0 yes, using my K40 CO2.

[@walterhynson2898]

get youself a tiny air compressor for air assist also on your laser module the lens at the bottom should be adjustable for focus so you do not have to use coasters anymore

[@ryujiyamazaki583]

Thanks for this amazing video 👍! Is there a software like lightburn but a free version?

[@NerdyCraftsmith]

Yo this is great!

[@TheEdgeofTech]

I thought so too! Thanks for watching!

[@ivangothic3501]

Congratulations nice video. can i do the same using laser grbl ? can you give me some advice? thanks

[@styalixbhhh7396]

whats are your thoughts on 5w alien laser engraver

[@emilemichelaparicio1798]

Thank you can the laser be used to prepare a cooper plate for etching

[@TheEdgeofTech]

They technically do not etch metal. You could paint the metal and burn away the paint in the design you are looking for, but it probably will not etch the metal.

[@SALOH]

THANK U UR AMAZING!

[@IISkarrII]

My scraper board was not flat. Did you do something for it ?

[@TheEdgeofTech]

You could tape it down, or try to bend it flat

[@IISkarrII]

thx

[@Mogul25Years]

Can you give a link to the Imagr website please..I ended up somewhere that said "domain for sale"

[@Mogul25Years]

Sorry..seen it below..need some new glasses

[@TheEdgeofTech]

@@Mogul25Years No problem, glad you found it!

[@Bobster986]

Hey Jim, I sent you a message a few days ago regarding the output of the laser changing as it burns but you never responded. What’s up?

[@TheEdgeofTech]

Hi! I am sorry for the delayed response. Where did you send the message?

[@Bobster986]

@@TheEdgeofTech in the tile testing video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3vIe6uih8eKj5o

[@davidlawes2490]

I ran a test target running from 2400-3400/35% The 10%-50% patches were fine but the 60%-100% patches were totally black. Any ideas?

[@nickynorton]

Nicky 's machine is 0nly 2.5 watt with a small beam,,,so he actually "defocuses the beam" focus on scratch paper and then place a 3 mm piece of cardboard under it before lasering

[@TheEdgeofTech]

Great to know!! Thank you!

[@TheBaltcast11]

Hi Jim, I have a question and I think you could help me, I want to start a small business with laser art but I don't know whether to buy a neje master plus 30w 44x25 engraving area or a Vevor 40w 30x20 engraving area

[@b-rad7708]

look at it like this, if you need more area go with the 30w, if you are going to be doing more cutting on a slightly smaller scale go with the 40w, but tbh i would just look at the power difference between the two via videos and blog reviews. if there isnt much of a difference then just go with the 30w since it has a bigger area and you can always upgrade the laser if it isnt sufficient for your needs. just a thought.

[@TheBaltcast11]

@@b-rad7708 thankyou so much

[@melobit6137]

How do you set min power to 0? Cause mine is default 20 and its not good :/

[@TheEdgeofTech]

What program are you using?

[@MrMikeGuida]

I'm trying to get this to work, but none of the speed/power combinations are working. I've tried every combination from 1000 mm/min @ 5% to 6000 mm/min @ 90%. Either it doesn't get through the black stuff or it goes and takes the color away as well. I can't seem to figure out how to get this to work. Any pointers? Is it possible that the Melissa & Doug Scratch Art pages are not the same as the ones you are using?

[@LeeCupp]

I had the same issue with that paper, I wish he would say what brand and thickness he is using

[@jb573]

What size of ortur laser module are you using on this project?

[@TheEdgeofTech]

It's the Laser Master 2 20w.

[@bahrfood8568]

I wonder what this would look like with a black light shining on it

[@billmorgan5348]

Where is the best place to buy the scratch paper?

[@TheEdgeofTech]

Dang! I'll add some links to the description in a few minutes! But you can get it on Amazon or craft stores like hobby lobby!

[@daveinmontana77]

Can you post a link for that scratch paper? Thanks...

[@8dionnejr]

Hello, can I do this with my glowforge laser?

[@patprop74]

id start at 2% power and work your way up from there

[@bloomdds]

You're killing me, man. I've watched several of your videos and they're really good...with the major shortcoming that you make reference to previous videos you've made that explains something that you aren't going to re-explain here. BUT you really should put a link to that video in your video's description. Every laser video I've watched of yours does this. In this one, at 8:00 "I'm assuming you already know how to do that. If you don't, go check out that tile video I linked earlier (?). I go through how to center the tiles and that is the same process as here." This is a loose end for me. I have no clue what video to watch to learn what "I'm assuming you already know how to do that." One more thing: Your list in the video description has stuff that has no relation to lasering. And I've noticed in the comments that people have asked questions that have gone unanswered for over a year. I've subscribed and I assume that if I don't miss any videos, that I'll figure some things out over time, but please fill in these gaps.

[@oldroo3490]

This guy sounds like Adam Corolla.

[@manofadventre83]

I'm struggling to achieve these results....

[@ronnieparham9468]

why would my scratch paper curl up while engraving?

[@christopherfrawley2560]

It's like a toothpick or a larg toothpick. lol

[@TheEdgeofTech]

HAHAHA

[@davidjjjones777]

What s value is everyone using I tried the settings in the tutorial and it didn't work what am I doing wrong

[@davidjjjones777]

@Clitckity Clank I will give it a try many thanks 😊

[@vampiregoat69]

I wish I could afford to buy a laser and do that

[@TheEdgeofTech]

You can! It just takes some time to save the money up and research to find the laser for you, but you can do it!!

[@nickynorton]

Ironic..Ortur loves to Use Nicky Norton Methods but they Kicked him out of the Ortur Group...because he has an EleksMaker

[@TheEdgeofTech]

I don't know anything about that, but his stuff is awesome! He is amazing!!

[@duartesilva802]

That is correct. What end up happening was that the people on the Ortur facebook page end up going to the facebook page that he created in search of help and information regarding diode engraving and he and others always helped everyone. By the way, if anyone is interested just search for Eleksmaker Led Discussion. You will find Nicky Norton and others that will give any help on that facebook group.

[@TheEdgeofTech]

@@duartesilva802 One of my favorite groups!

[@LaserUpgradesdotcom]

Ya, Nicky helps a lot of people even those with a different laser. Ortur kicked him out because he'll show better engravings than can be achieved with Ortur machines. Ortur is using open source software, hardware and ideas and providing nothing back to the community. Not to mention marketing their laser power based on input power, not optical power. Sort of like MKS relative to Smoothieware project smoothieware.org/troubleshooting#what-is-wrong-with-mks

[@lumanation2032]

all it did was invert for the magic

[@tinkytinca]

It's a Grotesque not a Gargoyle

[@RGCbaseace]

Now do the same on a black painted mirror then edge light it

[@TheEdgeofTech]

Yes!!! I like it!

[@RGCbaseace]

Yeah it works well with lower power lasers not so goods with a 45 watt co2 as its etches the glass as well but still looks cool as does lasering the backside of the mirrored glass my 7 watt laser will remove the mirroring nicely but my 4 watt just cant get thru the copper layer probably cheaply made lens gotta a g2 lens comming for that one my co2 burns right thru it all into the glass even crack the glass if i go too slow

[@madghostillinois4614]

When you say cheap desktop laser Ortur Laser Master...people who own those are probably offended. Saying inexpensive would be nicer. Cheap for most people means shoddy, unreliable, etc...

[@Simon_Stewart]

Tried evrything, doesnt work, period

[@TheEdgeofTech]

What is not working? Also what kind of laser do you have and what power and speed are you using?

[@Simon_Stewart]

@@TheEdgeofTech i am using a 5.5w diode laser, followed your video to the latter, reduced power, speeds, everything, just either burns through the scratch paper, or is just a series of charred on the top where the laser has been, does not show the rainbow underneath

[@TheEdgeofTech]

@@Simon_Stewart Are you at the correct distance from the material for your laser? Also, are you wiping it off at the end? Also, are you using "fill" in lightburn?

[@Woodworkinginspired]

this kind of evil stuff ( music activity, and images you make) deforms your soul and body, look what your body looks like, the nice work is what holds you but what you do with it, and with your life is destructive.