engraving on slate with 15w engraver

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enoch
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engraving on slate with 15w engraver

Post by enoch »

Hi

i am looking for help with the correct settings for engraving slate, i have one of the new 15w laser engravers with with the Acan software, nice little machine and have had some nice results with other materials but am struggling with slate, any help will be appreciated.
Charleser
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Re: engraving on slate with 15w engraver

Post by Charleser »

Engraving slate need big power.So your setting should be higher power and slowly speed
enoch
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Re: engraving on slate with 15w engraver

Post by enoch »

Hi

Thanks for the reply, The first engraving i did i had max power and a slow speed with a long burn time, the engraving came out good but was black with a light bubbly sort of pattern around it, I have seen on other sites that the engraving should come out white as you just want to bleach the slate. so i have played around dropping power and upping speed a less burn time with varying results. so i was wondering if anyone had engraved slate with a idea of the settings. i am quite new to this but find it really enjoyable.
Thunder Laser -Nolan
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Re: engraving on slate with 15w engraver

Post by Thunder Laser -Nolan »

Do you have crime scene photos?I think you machine never got up enough power engraving slate.
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