wayne mcwilliams
12-28-2011, 11:51 AM
Hi everyone and Happy Holidays. I have been a member for a little while but I have never posted because I too was new to engraving and didn't feel
that I had anything to offer. However this tip has helped me tremendously in not ruining any product and I thought I would share it with you. It may have been posted before but I never seen it. When I am engraving any piece for the first time I always want to see how the engraving is going to look on it before I engrave it for good. Sometimes it is to check out how the size of a font looks or if the logo is big enough or on cylinders, if the logo needs to be distorted to fit the curve. I always Blue tape the actual item and engrave it at a fast speed and low power setting. This way the only thing that happens is the blue color is engraved out of the tape. This works every time and has been a huge help in not ruining any product. I have a 75watt Epilog Legend 36EXT and I always run the blue tape pass at 100speed, 15power and 400dpi. It's not rocket science I guess, but when I first started engraving I ruined a few things and it got a little expensive replacing them and then the light went off in my head about trying the engraving on tape first. I havn't had to replace a thing since!.
Hope that this helps,
Wayne McWilliams
75w Epilog Legend 36EXT
that I had anything to offer. However this tip has helped me tremendously in not ruining any product and I thought I would share it with you. It may have been posted before but I never seen it. When I am engraving any piece for the first time I always want to see how the engraving is going to look on it before I engrave it for good. Sometimes it is to check out how the size of a font looks or if the logo is big enough or on cylinders, if the logo needs to be distorted to fit the curve. I always Blue tape the actual item and engrave it at a fast speed and low power setting. This way the only thing that happens is the blue color is engraved out of the tape. This works every time and has been a huge help in not ruining any product. I have a 75watt Epilog Legend 36EXT and I always run the blue tape pass at 100speed, 15power and 400dpi. It's not rocket science I guess, but when I first started engraving I ruined a few things and it got a little expensive replacing them and then the light went off in my head about trying the engraving on tape first. I havn't had to replace a thing since!.
Hope that this helps,
Wayne McWilliams
75w Epilog Legend 36EXT