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ditto on the picture. I would love to see one.

I kinda wanted the chain idea because of the ease of cleaning them.

Any other DIY ideas for cutting tables?

Steve that is exactly the jobs we do here in the philippines. At the rate we are offering, she can probably get them cheaper if we were to do it here. And that's inclusive of shipping back and...

anyone remember the link to the chain cutting table?

Ok I will try that! Clear coat, then the paint then laser away.

But.... I did already try, paint, laser then clear coat, and it still scratched off easily with a fingernail. As long as it passes...

I needed to paint a brass sheet (kind of like the ones used for trophy plates) different colors and then laser away the paint leaving a colored design on the plate.

However, it seems the paint...

I'm thinking, even a regular colored clipart picture or regular picture if it has correct light to dark shading, can be converted to grayscale, adjusted in photoshop to get as many grayscale levels...

A quick look at 3D I did quickly. A celtic cross. I got the file from vectorart. To form the heart on the outside, it is already done by hand. But the inside engraving is pretty much what I...

Allright I guess I better chime in here as I started the post and its going off.

In my particular line and in the products that we make, I am the only one who specialized in Laser engraving or is...

I'm a big fan of giveaways at tradeshows. Ive done business cards and the aztec calendar.

Been reading up lately on 3d threads in this forum and have tried with success to have 3d images done. ...

Hey ray,

always wanted 3d but just like others, I coudnt achieve sellable results.

Now I seen yours and it makes me want to go back to the drawing board.

how many passes did you have to do...

Thanks for all the input.

I'm having deadlines due by the week and some due 60 days from now which are already being worked on due to the large order.

Any ideas on how to color/visual tags...

great posts guys! I'm excited already. Although first things first, I have to do some major cleanup. Then do the bin systems for the inventory.

So it would be natural then for mondays to have...

thanks scott. can you expound more on visual management ? we are into manufacturing jewelry.

I saw a youtube video of lean manufacturing which covered very briefly visual management. Topics...

I've recently finished implementing 5s in the workplace (Sort, Straighten, Sweep, Standardize and Sustain) and have seen dramatic improvements.

I run a 20 employee company and have always been...

About to go on a trade show guys. And I am thinking of giving away keychains. The keychain is about 3" in height and 2 inches wide in a teardrop shape.

What would be the one image you would put...

I want to be able to go about 3mm to 4mm deep on wood. Is this possible? Maybe do some carving... vector cut the mask on the laser in different levels and take them out one by one sand blasting in...

Hi all. I would like to add sandblasting as a new process to create artwork. Thanks to Rodne for his post which led me to do this.

I already have a compressor. I'm thinking of not buying one...

steve,

the lasering only takes 3 minutes. everything else is hand made. and we are a manufacturing company located in the philippines. the 10,000 pieces was completed in ... 21 working days. ...

dave -

those are wholesale prices. we manufacture them. we have a 10,000 pieces minimum :)

Here's mine...

necklaces, earrings, bracelets etc...

http://laserartasia.com/images/stories/easygallery/25/1222240002_jay_0478.jpg

rodne this tip is for my first mercury or the second mercury?

Exact same problem here!

My first Mercury 25 watts showed same random lines not engraved and some graphic images have minor distortions.

And on the same day, my second mercury 25 watts...

UPDATE -

While trying to figure out on my own what was going on, we were able to isolate the problem to a certain extent. It would only skip on the left half of the table so we did all our jobs...

ok i will try changing pc. Though the crackling sound near the gears lead me to think it could be a hardware problem

I have a Versalaser VL50watts and when engraving, the whole image skips to the left by 1". It constantly skips to the left by 1". And when it does, the whole image is skipped already.

When the...