I am sure some of you have used granite tiles from Lowes.
My question is what are your settings for this.
I have an Epilog 45 watt mini.
Thanks.
Ross
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I am sure some of you have used granite tiles from Lowes.
My question is what are your settings for this.
I have an Epilog 45 watt mini.
Thanks.
Ross
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for 45 watt laser
pwr 100
spd 62
ppi 500
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Ross,
my settings for my mini 45 are
600 dpi
75 speed
40 power
I use one tile for testing. I crop the face around the eyes of a photo into a 1 inch square and make sure it comes out good.
Mark Plotkin
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I run granite at 600 dpi for photos, and 300 for text @ 80-97 sp and 100 power on my EpiogTT which is somewhere between 35 and 45 watts. The speed varies with the granite source..
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Is this the 'absolute black' Chinese stuff? (I get mine from Home Depot, but I suspect they have similar stuff at Lowes.)
Those settings sound insanely high: I normally use 100% speed and 25% power on a 25W ULS machine. I started with the "recommended" setting (which I suspect is actually for marble, 60% speed, 100% power IIRC), but a bunch of experimenting convinced me that "less is more" where power is concerned: higher power just seems to blow out the detail on photos.
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I'm with Lee on this. I just did one on a 60 watt Universal, 40 speed, 9 power, 300 ppi.
Margaret Turco
60 watt Universal V-460, Coreldraw X4
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Thank you guys.
I had tried one before posting this at the recommended setting for marble, which was power 100 and speed 20. This turned out way to washed out to even tell what the picture was.
I will try Mark's setting and go from there since he has a 45 watt also.
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100% with Lee. The laser fractures a chip of granite, and marble for that matter. However, the granite chip is generally much larger than marble. If you fire too close to the last fire then there will be little or no contrast because the chips overlap. Also, the more power you are pushing the larger the chip will be. So back off the dpi and the power. A slow speed will also give more detail.
With that said I never run granite over 200 dpi and often run large pieces at 100 dpi. Marble is run at 300 to 400 dpi. Because of the difference in laser power I'm not sure you can use anyone else's except for a starting point.
By the way, I have used Lowes absolute black granite for about a year now. Can't hardly beat it for less than $8 a square foot.
Bob Keyes
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What settings would you use with a 60 watt laser?
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Hey Dan.
Margeret Turko posted on here that she has a 60 watt and her setting are speed 40 power 9 with a 300 dpi.
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Speed 310, power 30%.
Originally Posted by Dan Moffett
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(cough) I've never paid more than $6 each at HD...then again I haven't bought any since I loaded up the last time it was on sale for $4.
(That was in June, BTW: http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=85516)
Last edited by Lee DeRaud; 12-21-2008 at 10:40 AM.
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All I have locally is Lowe's. I ordered 2 cases, 10 per case. With shipping it was $79.60 per case. Oh well, maybe I'll get to Home Depot soon and check them out. When you live in Corbin, KY, you just do what you can.
Bob Keyes
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Key word there being "shipping": these things weigh about 6lbs each.
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
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