Has anyone tried engraving lacquer-coated cross pen?

Has anyone successfully engraved a lacquer-coated Cross pen? I’ve done a few in the past that looked pretty good. (I do remember sacrificing one pen in a series of tests to get the right setting, just didn’t write down the formula!)

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One way is to do it with low power and then redo it with higher power in proportion to what you got the first run.

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Try and repeat was my original attempt as I remember. There was some contra-intuitive results however, with higher power/longer dwell not producing expected results. I’m still hoping for someone to deliver a definitive solution. Oh well, guess I’d better get busy with a test series, making sure I document the settings this time!

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