I love engraving on all kinds of papers with my Glowforge! These are small cards I’ve had for ages and decided to make a stack to keep track of project’s GF settings in my binder
That’s a pretty way to keep track of settings.
The engraving appears gold in the pics. I haven’t tried engraving paper, but I’d have expected it to be a dark color. Is it different per paper type and color?
They look really nice!
Yes, it engraves different depending upon the paper. I have cardstock with a different colored “core” which engraves beautifully and looks 2-toned with the coordinating colors. I’ll try to post pictures if I get around to engraving those papers again.
Thank you for the explanation!!
Very nice!
This surely beats the post-it notes I have scattered all over with setting scribbled on them.
Yeah I had post-it-notes and pieces of scrap paper all over the place! These definitely got me organized! On another note, my son and I put settings and other info on our “One Note” so we both can share with each other. He lives in another part of the state. I think it’s so neat he can do a project from his home–as long as I’m there to load the GF and push the button!
Would you mind sharing what settings you used? Thanks!
Hi Mark,
I love sharing!
The settings I used for cardstock weight is SPEED 300, POWER 32, HT .010"
For detailed cutting on cardstock is used SPEED 500, POWER 1 - for large cuts
on cardstock - for small detail cuts -SPEED 305, POWER 50
Hope this helps
Thanks. Also, I’ve been looking for some cardstock that is white but has a black core. All I’m finding at my local hobby stores is colored paper with white core. Any idea where I can find the white with black?
I actually looked for that at one time and all that came up for me was playing card sites and gameboard/card sites. Try those
Thank you so much!!
Hmmm. I’m not sure if there’s a standard weight or grade that cardstock comes in. I got a pack of cardstock at Michaels and some posterboard from Walmart; these cut nicely at 500 speed and 40 power on MANUAL SCORE with a material thickness of .001.
Found this info about cardstock
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I love engraving on all kinds of papers with my Glowforge! These are small cards I’ve had for ages and decided to make a stack to keep track of project’s GF settings in my binder
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I LOVE it! Great contrast
Do you mind sharing your settings?
Is that “textured” cardstock?
I used The Paper Studio Textured Cardstock Brights from Hobby Lobby. Settings were 1000 speed, 16 power, 270 lpi.
I engraved some heavy paper a while back and was pleasantly surprised at how great the engraving came out. I used a white paper, the engraved color was a tan color.
edit: I think the paper was 100pound card stock
I just stumbled across this! Love! Do you mind if I ask what brand the two toned core cardstock is that you’re using?