Anyone engrave on a volcanized rubber hockey puck? I have a customer request
A little research will go a long way here:
https://community.glowforge.com/search?q=Hockey%20pucks
Read through those results, itâs come up before.
Youâll also want to look at how to work without the crumb tray if youâre not familiar.
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Thanks I did pull it up and didnât find a current answer, didnât think the sarcasm was necessary.
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Your definition of sarcasm seems awfully broad.
May advice stands, read those threads. Itâs still relevant, the caution about vulcanized rubber, etc. hockey pucks havenât changed, so neither have the answers.
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(directed at OP) - Rubber-based materials are often used for making ink stamps so it would stand to reason it might be ok. It would be advisable to get the SDS from the manufacturer to ensure they donât contain anything harmful, not so much to breathe but more to the machine itself. Any kind of chlorine will damage it.
A quick search, and nobody seems to have shared results for them here. There are plenty of examples on the interwebs, however - but that doesnât mean itâs safe in the Glowforge.
Thank you⌠yes I didnât see the answers as âsupposedlyâ was searched.
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I just checked a few sites on google and it looks like this is done quite often. Apparently it is quite smelly but engraves nicely. Many people paint with acrylic paint.
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Iâd suggest you read through the FAQ, particularly regarding responding to âtoneâ of messages. It would be a shame to get flagged for rule violations in your very first thread. As you spend a bit more time here, youâll find @evansd2 to be both knowledgeable and very helpful. There was absolutely nothing âsarcasticâ in his message to you; it was simply straightforward, as he tends to be.
The third result in that search confirms that yes, someone has, in fact, engraved hockey pucks, which directly answers your question, and the fourth post provides a valid warning about using them in the laser, which is probably more important to know. Another quick search would have let you know that poster (@marmak3261 ) continues to be an active user of the forum, in case you wanted to ask for more information. The fact that both posts are a few years old is pretty irrelevant, itâs the information that is important, and besides, you DID say âever.â
Anyway, welcome to the forum, but please donât be prickly. Weâre actually generally pretty nice, around here.
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I was fearful of the fumes emitted by the rubber so I compromised by etching onto some proof grade veneer and then sticking the logos on pucks. Not a great solution, but they made attractive heavy duty coasters.
Were you successful in engraving a puck? If so, what settings did you use? 
I did notâŚwe couldnât agree on a price. I was hesitant to chance it as well , so I shot high.
Here is what I did just a few minutes ago (I have a pro, not sure if that will change anything):
600speed, 100 power, 675 LPI
I had our team mom ask if I could engrave puck coach gifts and I hadnât tried it, but since today is my hockey girlâs birthday, decided to make her one as a gift first. It turned out great!
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You nailed it. Looks great.
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That looks great. Was that your first attempt?
It was my first attempt. Iâll be making 10 more for coach gifts over the next week.
Hi, Iâm looking to make these for my sons team. Did you have to remove the crumb tray when engraving? And about how long does it take per hockey puck? I tried to use the same settings without the crumb tray and it didnât turn out so great. TIA!
I took the crumb tray out to work on them. I also made coach pucks for gifts and used the same settings. Youâll need to put something under them to raise it up to the height that works with the laser or it wonât engrave. The time will depend on your design. The coach pucks took 30 minutes per puck.
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Thank you so much! They came out awesome. How many passes did you need to do?
I only did a single pass.
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