Cedar grilling planks?

[polarbrainfreeze]

I was at Costco yesterday, and they had a pack of cedar grilling planks for sale for $9. There were, I think, 8 pieces in the pack. Each was about 6" by 12", about 1/4" thick. I can’t find them online, so I can’t post a link.

Any thought on if this would be a good material to work with? I was thinking it might be good to make some puzzles.

I noticed that ocooch hardwoods sells 6" wide by 24" long cedar sheets for about $4.50.
http://ocoochhardwoods.com/scroll_saw_lumber.php#RedCedar

The quality of the wood is vastly different from ocooch’s stuff. But the price is ok.

Has anyone tried cutting or engraving cedar yet?

Thanks for any info.

[karaelena]

Yup. Works great and smells great.

[cdoug]

That is one of my favorite smells… Fresh cut Cedar.

[dwardio]

I’ve seen them at Home Depot, Lowes, and Ace Hardware – any place that carries BBQ/grilling supplies are likely to have them this time of year.

[cynd11]

Pre-Release: Just a Quick One

We were at Ace Hardware last night and I scored some cedar grilling skewers, which I thought would be a lot of fun for tags and such. [image] I still can’t spend a lot of time on the computer on account of my hand, but I just had to try it. It took 3 tries to get the engrave settings to not cut all the way through (these skewers are .1" thick and .35" high), and I could still increase the speed a bit to make the engrave shallower. I think it looks nice in the Papyrus font, don’t you? …

[Tuck]

So, is cutting cedar the glowforge’s way of compensating us for lasing leather?

[jamesdhatch]

@polarbrainfreeze

Has anyone tried cutting or engraving cedar yet?

Works like a charm. Power needed is going to be a lot less than you initially expect.

[paulw]

Can you use shim/shingle stock for the test pieces?

[jamesdhatch]

@paulw

Can you use shim/shingle stock for the test pieces?

Yes but put two in so they form a level surface - each one is tapered but if you place them so the opposing ends are together they are generally level across. If you just toss one in, one end is going to be closer to the lens than the other and the results won’t be the same as a real flat & level surface.

[takitus]

I used grilling planks for this:

Pre-Release | 3D engraving

Super excited to share this with you guys! This is the thing I’ve been waiting for the most, and it turned out pretty awesome! I picked up some .25" poplar from Home Depot tonight and decided to see how it held up to 3D engraving. Well… check it out! Material: Home Depot .25" Poplar craft board, 5.25" diameter disc 1st pass: 100% power, 335ipm, 340LPI - ~30 mins 2nd pass: 1% power, 150ipm, 340LPI - ~1hr

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[jbmanning5]

@polarbrainfreeze

Has anyone tried cutting or engraving cedar yet?

You’re more than welcome to come down here and cut any cedars you want off of my property.

[ihermit2]

can take all the horrid things out of central Texas before the winter pollen season and I’ll cheer.

[brokendrum]

@takitus

I used grilling planks for this:

disclaimer: This is reviving an old thread, but it helped me so it’s worth a bump…

Headed over to score some after a 3D engrave search and reading these posts.
Great stuff and really a nice, cheap solution if you are thinking about experimenting with deep engraving. (save the expensive stuff for when it counts).

Lot of variation in thickness from various brands, so I advise looking at them before grabbing a handful.
I used the Hickory, worked well.

[Jules]

Glad you bumped that cause I missed it, and it’s a great idea. (Turned out fantastic with the 3D engrave too!)