joe daley
03-20-2008, 3:36 PM
First let me say- what an impressive site---
I manufacture custom poker chips including ceramic chips and we were sort of forced to invest in a laser engraver to do wooden cases for a large client on a continuous bases. The unit is an Epilog 30W laser.
Wih no knowledge whatsoever on theses things ( bought this one used for 6500.00) and tossed the dice so to speak-- never received the exhaust unit or the rotary attachment from the seller but not sure I need it- a hi speed hi cfm blower does a very adequate job of exhaust... anyway
Can someone offer some advice on settings for burning chinese mahogney poker cases to a depth deep enough to allow us to fill the engraved area with gildan wax?
This for now is ALL we need to do- I an running flexisign which works well-
the PPI and DPI and power levels in addition to raster/vector settings in the print driver settings area are unfamiliar to me with regards to correct laser settings.
Also-the unit seems to burn the cases well using random settings- but never really deep- I am assuming I may not achieve a great degree of depth on one pass--but I would also think that for a thin light wood a 30w laser would slice through this using proper settings.
Also- regarding software usage- we basically just type the text onto the screen in black and then print-- what I am basically looking for is a fast quick way to set this unit up to burn wood poker cases until I have time to do some reading and expand it's usage. THinking we could also engrave ceramic dealer buttons but thats down the road.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
THanks
Joe
Palm Imports
I manufacture custom poker chips including ceramic chips and we were sort of forced to invest in a laser engraver to do wooden cases for a large client on a continuous bases. The unit is an Epilog 30W laser.
Wih no knowledge whatsoever on theses things ( bought this one used for 6500.00) and tossed the dice so to speak-- never received the exhaust unit or the rotary attachment from the seller but not sure I need it- a hi speed hi cfm blower does a very adequate job of exhaust... anyway
Can someone offer some advice on settings for burning chinese mahogney poker cases to a depth deep enough to allow us to fill the engraved area with gildan wax?
This for now is ALL we need to do- I an running flexisign which works well-
the PPI and DPI and power levels in addition to raster/vector settings in the print driver settings area are unfamiliar to me with regards to correct laser settings.
Also-the unit seems to burn the cases well using random settings- but never really deep- I am assuming I may not achieve a great degree of depth on one pass--but I would also think that for a thin light wood a 30w laser would slice through this using proper settings.
Also- regarding software usage- we basically just type the text onto the screen in black and then print-- what I am basically looking for is a fast quick way to set this unit up to burn wood poker cases until I have time to do some reading and expand it's usage. THinking we could also engrave ceramic dealer buttons but thats down the road.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
THanks
Joe
Palm Imports