Hi there, I just got my first item engraved and I am very happy with the result. My wife is invited to a wedding to Sweden next week. Bride and groom met in Krakow and had their first shared home there whilst studying. While I definately prefer altitude lines visually, this engrave is much more personal 
I used a text lable to show where they lived during their time in Krakow.
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@ToGo Looks amazing !! Thanks for sharing the story behind the location too, I hope they love the gift 
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Beautifully done! Did you leave masking in the river, or do something else to make it look lighter - because I love that effect 
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Well done! That is quite the gift; they’ll be thrilled.
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At fist I was a bit annoyed that the background was not white but had a slight grey hue (in the bmp file).But the result was just what you observed: larger streets stand out very crisp: those are white. No masking tape, I just used the settings suggested in the thread here 
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I did another engrave for a friends birthday. Its where we live here in Norway and I like the result. Dark lines had a burned edge but because the engrave is deep , using some sandpaper worked well. Oiling the wood gave it a great finish! Il
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Lovely engrave and now I am hungry.
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Looks great @ToGo - the wood grain works so beautifully alongside the topography - really enjoying seeing what you are doing with these - I need to up my product photos game I love the last lifestyle shot - looks delicious.
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My eyes read this as a live edge piece of work and I was amazed you found one that lined up so perfectly 
The gradient for water works really well!
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I did that at first, too!
Wow, so how long did this engrave take?
I’m imagining that it took a long time if the background was not blank!
4,5 Hours.I never did such a long engrave before but it was less smoky/messy than expected and at 26x40 cm rather large. Also, as I did not use masking tape there was no after-work except for drilling the hole.
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Nope, nothing that fancy. Just an engrave on a piece of aldertree😉
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