I do see your point. I’ll compromise and change it to “Hand Carved”.
Thanks sailbyc. Two 3D passes of 400/full. No defocus, just scrubbed it really well with 91% iso alcohol. I also have a weird scrub brush that has large rubber bristles that works really great. (It’s almost like a soft curry comb if you know what those are.) It seems to work really well at giving a nice finish, but the draftboard really seems to account most for the nice feel of it.
Thanks. It took about 1.45hrs total for the two passes.
But at what LPI as I think that is what can make or break a deep engrave. Also, the lack of grain in MDF works well for making a smooth cut. I have raised the LPI to the point of not seeing much laser mark in horizontal but unless the cut is very strong and hot the grain of the wood can overwhelm the design, Many lower power passes accentuate the grain.
Actually, that is the worst of the choices. 3D Relief Carved Dragon is both accurate and does not imply hand carving. not so important here as we are all doing work with lasers but as a selling point I would describe it as 3D relief carving or just relief carving as that is what it is,
Lovely engraves! Hoping I can get something close to that at some point.
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@kittski you noted “I also have a weird scrub brush that has large rubber bristles that works really great. (It’s almost like a soft curry comb if you know what those are.)”
Would you be willing to share a link or pic of this brush? I tried to look up possibilities, but none that I could find seemed to match your description. Thanks!
I went to take a picture for you and realized it really isn’t like a curry brush at all. Not sure why I had that image in my head. (It does make it nice dog brush though and my dogs love little soft bristles LOL.) I found it at an Asian supermarket and I think I paid a buck for it. It works great for scrubbing engravings.
Thanks a bunch Tom. I usually only use DB for construction stuff becasue I don’t find it “pretty” by any means. I have admit though, this type of engraving has looked better on this than anything else I’ve tried. Who woulda thunk?
It took about 1.45hrs total for the two passes.
(It does make it nice dog brush though and my dogs love little soft bristles LOL.) I found it at an Asian supermarket and I think I paid a buck for it. It works great for scrubbing engravings. 
