Engraves into it, i give it a good polish on a wheel, the more repeats the deeper its goes, your electrox should do great job.
Matt
Member
Engraves into it, i give it a good polish on a wheel, the more repeats the deeper its goes, your electrox should do great job.
Matt
L Squared Lasers UK
2 x Halo Lasers 20 watt fiber
1 x Halo CO2 Galvo System
1 x Shenhui 1512 80 watt
3 x Electrox D40
3 x electrox Scriba 2
1 x Electrox Scorpion 40 watt Fibre
1 x Epilog EXT36 75 watt.
Member
Do you have any suggestions for gold? I always do it with the hans because I know what settings to use but have no idea how to transfer those settings to the electorx
Universal M-300 (35 Watt CO2)
Universal X-660 (50 Watt CO2)
Hans (35 watt YAG)
Electrox Cobra (40 watt YAG)
Glass With Class, Cameron, Wisconsin
Member
Same as the silver, you cant really just mark gold and silver, it always engraves a bit. With the 100mm lens the electrox should fly into gold, again focus is critical, its all or nothing, the gold will refect 100% of the beam till you get the focus just right then it will start screaming as it eats into the metal. Dont forget to get some optisheild, di water is corrosive (beleive it or not) and it can eat away at the copper inside your diodes, just a capfull is all you need. You might have diodes that are gold plated inside in which case you can get by without it, but theres no way to tell and optisheild will only be a positive for your water system.
L Squared Lasers UK
2 x Halo Lasers 20 watt fiber
1 x Halo CO2 Galvo System
1 x Shenhui 1512 80 watt
3 x Electrox D40
3 x electrox Scriba 2
1 x Electrox Scorpion 40 watt Fibre
1 x Epilog EXT36 75 watt.
Member
Never heard of optishield. Is it just a conditioner added to the water? Where do I get it from. I am hoping since Troy (the sales rep) never told me I needed it that I don't need it.
Universal M-300 (35 Watt CO2)
Universal X-660 (50 Watt CO2)
Hans (35 watt YAG)
Electrox Cobra (40 watt YAG)
Glass With Class, Cameron, Wisconsin
Member
Troy Simon ?? You can get it from electrox or here http://www.optishield.net/home.php it does depend on the diodes but i add it to all our diode pumped lasers, you wont need it for the hans
L Squared Lasers UK
2 x Halo Lasers 20 watt fiber
1 x Halo CO2 Galvo System
1 x Shenhui 1512 80 watt
3 x Electrox D40
3 x electrox Scriba 2
1 x Electrox Scorpion 40 watt Fibre
1 x Epilog EXT36 75 watt.
Member
Yeah, Troy Simon. I will look into getting some.
Universal M-300 (35 Watt CO2)
Universal X-660 (50 Watt CO2)
Hans (35 watt YAG)
Electrox Cobra (40 watt YAG)
Glass With Class, Cameron, Wisconsin
Member
not sure what the shipping regs are, we had to buy a litter of the stuff we have used about 1% if that, i could post you some but it would come from the uk, ask Troy if he has any, you need a drop!
L Squared Lasers UK
2 x Halo Lasers 20 watt fiber
1 x Halo CO2 Galvo System
1 x Shenhui 1512 80 watt
3 x Electrox D40
3 x electrox Scriba 2
1 x Electrox Scorpion 40 watt Fibre
1 x Epilog EXT36 75 watt.
Member
@Matthew Knott, what settings did you use with your 40W Fiber? I am trying to mark some Sterling Silver right now with a 30W fiber without much luck.
Alex Zausner
SunCoast Laser, Inc.
Trotec Speedy 400 Flexx (100w/30w) W/Job Control X, Pass-Through, & Combo Rotary Attachment
CorelDRAW X7
Windows 8.1(Via Parallels)
Member
are you using the 400flex? it should be a good machine for Silver as it will have a short lens, focus is quite critical, often need to slightly adjust the height as the laser is going to make sure its at its optium. As for settings speed should be around 400mm/s frequency=30khz and power 100% should get results, start from there
L Squared Lasers UK
2 x Halo Lasers 20 watt fiber
1 x Halo CO2 Galvo System
1 x Shenhui 1512 80 watt
3 x Electrox D40
3 x electrox Scriba 2
1 x Electrox Scorpion 40 watt Fibre
1 x Epilog EXT36 75 watt.
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