Cork Coasters and Rubber Stamps

Beyond the Manual
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We have a Pro.

With some of the updates, we have actually called the power back to 65 and have better performance. Power set at 70 almost over cuts/engraves now.

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Thanks!

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This might be a silly question but why not cut it out with the GF instead of scissors? Thanks for all of the info! Stamps have been on my to do list.

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Good question! I have tried cutting the rubber with the GF once the stamp has been etched, but it requires such a high power setting and low speed that it tends to melt the rubber and leave me with a mess.

Having said that, I have only tried a few times and it deserves more attempts to see if there is a setting that would work well.

Anyone have success with cleanly ā€œcuttingā€ gray laser rubber? If so, what settings did you use?

Thanks in advance.

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I did get a clean cut, but I checked my notebook and apparently I didnā€™t write the settings down ā€¦ I will check another place later today.

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Good morning, please share setting as I would like to make some cork coasters. Thanks

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If you search the forum for cork settings you will find many projects that include settings.

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For the coasters in the picture above, we used the following settings: Speed: 1000, Power 20, Varied. Make sure you do a test using your unit, it may be different. Also, most cork is not ā€œlaser safeā€ā€¦so, you are on your own with that.

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I havenā€™t heard that before. What makes most not laser safe?

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My stamp engraved perfectly the first time following your settings and info! Thanks so much for sharing! :slight_smile:

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what kind of rubber?

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Natural cork is fine, but engineered cork products use all types of glue and adhesive that may not be laser safe.

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Welcome to the forum. I see you have been here a long time.