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I know it's possible since you can see this image, but I imagine that it took a lot of preparation to achieve this picture perfect result.
I've engraved images with lots of detail and intricate details, but have never gotten this much detail.
Any idea what settings they used to get this type of detail?
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In looking at it more, it kind of looks like one giant contour or outline engraving.
Looks to me to be just outlines, no hatch fill. Also, it's likely vector art and not an image, the detail these machines are capable of when running straight toolpaths is amazing...
This is my favorite bit of 'high detail' work- not nearly as MUCH detail as in your pic, but the detail in ol' George is pretty 'high' ;)
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--bitmaps or any other 'images' will never produce this kind of detail, find some vector art and have some fun! :)
I'll see if I can find the picture, but I have that same file (Mayan Calendar) lasered at about 3/4". The detail is so small that you need a magnifying glass to see it, at least I do with my old eyes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jacob John
I ran it at about 5/8" on a stainless steel key chain. Attachment 375944
It IS one of the most detailed items out there that engraves well.
that's cool :)
the topic of this thread is 'what kind of settings...' - For straight-up detail, just finding a good correlation of speed, power and frequency is all that's needed, and not too tough-
Earlier last year I got to dress up 52 Kimbers for an Air Force squadron,
part of the job was inserting 5/8" engraved stainless plugs into the grips.
This went on the right side plugs, this is the engraving routine in EZcad-
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-and this is what I ended up with :)
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Not the highest detail in the world but I (and the gun owners!) were very pleased with how they turned out!
This took a lot of experimenting with settings to get the shading I wanted, and I got a very good sepia version of their full-color logo!
These machines ARE the neatest things since slice bread! :D
This is one of the first things I engraved, I don't remember the settings but I can tell you that I tried many combinations of speed/power, not much variation in quality providing the the power was set to engrave deeply enough - but no too deep, and the speed was in a reasonable range. The biggest jump in quality was switching to unidirectional engraving. After fine tuning the reverse interval that difference diminished but still for best results, unidirectional wins.
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Nice pics everyone!