OK I also thickened the letters for the 2nd time so the thicker letters isn’t a direct result of Less power but look at the shininess of the brass. The top one was at full power and I had to rinse off soot. The bottom one was directly out of the machine no rinsing no nothing and looks very shiny.
Very cool! (I’m going to shift this to the Made on a Glowforge category…it’s where we keep all the Settings information for non-Proofgrade materials. It’s the only place we’re supposed to discuss them to keep the FNLs happy. They fuss at Dan if we don’t.)
Tips and Tricks are a good place to stash Tutorials if you have any of those you’d like to share.(hint, hint)
Thanks. AlumaMark is the manufacturer of some of the plates at that link, and the only ones listed as laserable. I ask because I’ve gotten a different brand and wasn’t entirely happy with it.
I think AlumaMark is aluminum, but anodized(?) to look brass or gold. I don’t know that real brass would be laser-markable like that, but you’re the one with the product number on your receipt.
I think you are correct. I believe the AlumaMark materials are available as plated options with different coatings. But, I don’t think you can laser mark standard plated materials without some sort of coating (e.g. Cermark, Thermark or AlumaMark)
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