Laser not firing on ceramic tile engrave?

[deirdrebeth]

For instance - the third picture here is after I did the full engrave twice - other than the big oval in the top it looks like it didn’t do anything and yet with the addition of marker…

Django Reinhardt Tile

[image] I had a gift exchange at work and my recipient is a huge fan of Django Reinhardt’s music. Since a guitar was outside my budget, and he already owned all the records, I decided a copy of the memorial plaque from Reinhardt’s house in France would work perfectly! [image] I would have given up after the first few engraves if not for this thread because out of the machine it looked like this: [image] and lastly, I delivered it with a stand from @Janerlea’s pattern (Free Art / Book Stand)…