Laser engraving Kindle Fire

[Dennis Heskett]

Has anyone laser engraved a Kindle Fire? I had a customer ask me to do it. The back of them is unusual...it's not metal or a hard plastic. Can it be done, if so what settings should I use?

[Kasey Maxwell]

might help a little, I have never done one but look at this....... http:// www .youtube.com/watch?v=5LfiujTP90Q

[Mark Sipes]

The material is like a hard rubber. I've done 2. Use the same setting as as you would flexi brass i have a 25 watt and use 80% feed 80% power. 2 passes. Should do it. By-product is dust. No melting

[Gary Hair]

You can almost never go wrong with sneaking up on power - start at 100% speed and 10% power and see what happens, increase power and try again. With 45 watts you will probably have a good mark by the time you hit 50%.

Gary

[Mike Null]

+1 on Gary's suggestion.

[Robert Chuvala]

Wow, I can't believe you guys posted one of our videos! Thats spooky!

[Dave Gates]

Dennis, I did a bunch several weeks ago. I used 18% Power 100% Speed 500ppi on my 50 watt.
They turned out really nice with a high contrast. I did have one issue. The engraved areas distorted if touched right after engraving. I let the Kindles sit out for about 2 hours before handling the engraved areas. It was like the rubber was kinda melted and needed to dry.

I know the web address is off center a little bit, but the customer wanted it like that.

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[Sara Gould]

Haven't done too many Fires yet but the engravings on the Kindle Keyboard would rub off over time if left that white. I do them deeper now which results in a tan color. Saw someone paint filling one recently that looked really sharp.

Sara

[Mark Ross]

If you use too much power, you can always say you put the fire in the kindle fire!:)

On a serious note though, is the kindle fire coating similar to what is on some of the smart phones? I have an Optimus V from LG that is mine and I'm itching to laser it.