I'm with Gary and Mike. Outstanding work Don! Best I've ever seen on wood. Well done!
I'm with Gary and Mike. Outstanding work Don! Best I've ever seen on wood. Well done!
Lasers : Trotec Speedy 300 75W, Trotec Speedy 300 80W, Galvo Fiber Laser 20W
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Real name Steve but that name was taken on the forum. Used Middle name. Call me Steve or Scott, doesn't matter.
Looks great Don!
Thanks everyone. Coming from the pros on this forum, it means a lot
Don Corbeil
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Trotec Speedy 300 (80W) w/rotary
CorelDraw Graphics Suite x6
PhotoGrav v.3
AutoCAD 2000i
Great work Don.
Nice Work.
May I ask are you using a photo editing software?
Hi Don,
Your results are magnificent. I haven't never got as fabulous results with the dog images as yours are. A couple years ago I made this on to birch veneer, which (I guess) gives a little darker mark than a raw birch. This is a 300 dpi image and I ran it through Photograv before engraving.
Regards,
Hannu
GCC Spirit GX 60W, 600 Series LLC 60W, Corel 11/X3, Illustrator, Autocad 2004, etc...
Thanks Matt & Randy.
Randy, I only use photograv. The one thing I would add is that I really have to work with customers in procuring good quality images. The old saying, 'garbage in, garbage out' rings true if I cannot get my hands on a good image to start with.
edit: that looks very good, hannu
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Don Corbeil
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Trotec Speedy 300 (80W) w/rotary
CorelDraw Graphics Suite x6
PhotoGrav v.3
AutoCAD 2000i
I have experimented with this a lot and I'm still not (always) satisfied, but I also found that the only way to get darker result was as someone else wrote go low and slow.
RedSail M900 - 100W Laser with RECI Tube and Rotary.
Wood is always a crap shoot. The only exception I've found is Alder...
Had a customer bring me some 1/8" baltic birch 2 weeks ago to make a 5-piece 'milestone' award out of. Cut the the pieces, then laser 1" dollar amounts...
3 of the panels engraved nice & dark, 2 of them were about 50% lighter, almost no difference from the surface. Cut at and engraved at the same time in the Triumph.
Alder is the only wood I trust to engrave decent
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