Color Engraving on Metal with xTool F1 Ultra Fiber Laser

[@gregparker5732]

Good start but I disagree with some of your comments. The Ultra diode heats the metal faster and better than the IR/fiber and will produce a much more vibrant color array than you will ever get with the IR. Deep blues to bright maroon reds. You are selling yourself and the viewers short by not seeing and showing what a diode will do on SS. Also a test grid can be very misleading since the gradual and continual increase in heating of the blank as it continues to engrave each square means that they are not all starting from the same temperature. Try the setting from one of the last squares engraved on a cold piece and they will not match the ones done on the grid that was already very hot. This is even more a factor when using the diode because it does heat the metal much faster. IR for boring shades of gold, brown and black. Diode for many vibrant and pastel shades across the rainbow.