Converting programs for Engraving Manual Method and Adobe Photoshop

[David Dustin]

Is there a good source for Cast acrylic in the states?

I ordered what I have from johnson plastics.

Thanks,
David

[Neal Schlee]

Plexiglas® G is their cast designation, Lucite® L is their cast (Lucite L states right on the protective paper that it's cast).
Plexiglas® MC is there version of extruded, some people mistake it for cast because of the "C" in the code.
Cast is harder, more scratch resistant, less flexible and generally more expensive. Because it's harder it has less tendency to melt when cutting and engraving and it polishes better.

Of course there are other mfgr's, buy from a knowledgable plastics supplier that knows the difference. I see now that Grainger is selling cast sheet acrylic, although it is drop shipped from their supplier. Pricing seems reasonable, $105 for a .118" thick 4' x 8' sheet of clear.

Attached is a pic of a 2.75" x .250" Plexi G ornament. We engraved & cut 400 of these yesterday on a ULS X2-660 120 watt Superspeed® system. The Superspeed is a real time saver on acrylic.
A 1.5" FL lense was used.


Neal
Lasertech Alaska

[David Dustin]

Here is an image of my first plaque I made for my Nephew's wedding.
It was made using the Gold method and it worked perfectly.
The plaque measures 11x8.5" and is made of black marble.

How much would most of you charge for one of these?

Thanks,
David

[Doug Griffith]

Looks great. My question is: did you manually go through the Gold Method process, use the actions or the script?

Cheers

[David Dustin]

1. Sized it
2. Had to run the shadow/highlite tool to help differentiate his suit from the black background (I shot this at night).
3. Removed some background lights
4. Ran the Action
5. Cleaned up some noise behind them (I think it is a byproduct of the conversion).
6. Lased

It took about 19 minutes to lase the entire thing
Altogether I think I had about one hour invested in it.

David

[Scott Erwin]

I have PS 5.5 and dont seem to have a 'preset' folder.
Will this program work in 5.5 and if so, what folder do I put the files in?

I have Photograv 2 and thinking about upgrading but if this works just as well, then why...

Hopefully will get $$ together to get Adobe CS3 or CS4 but for now, only 5.5.....

Thanks,
Scott

[Brian Robison]

Where did you buy it?

[ali khraibani]

HI
I cannot download the Gold method zipped file
what i have to do to get it please?

[Bill George]

HI
I cannot download the Gold method zipped file
what i have to do to get it please?

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[Bert Kemp]

HI
I cannot download the Gold method zipped file
what i have to do to get it please?

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