Pen engrave pls

[esthertst]

Hello glowforge family I need some ideas about how to engrave on a pen using glowforge and which type I need to use, please. TIA

[deirdrebeth]

@esthertst

which type I need to use,

Can you be specific on what you mean here? You will be able to engrave on any material that the can cut - most woods, metal if you use an add-on like ceremark, etc.

As far as how, creating a jig is probably your best bet:

Jig for Engraving Multiple Pencils: Repeatable positioning

I’ve been thinking about the whole alignment thing but haven’t gotten to the point where I had something to test. I won an attendance prize the other day at a luncheon and came home with a beautiful stationery desk set, pastel colors, with 12 pencils that had sayings on them. They are round. Here is what they ended up looking like: [image] Here’s how I got there: [image] I cut a flat piece of cardboard that had two factory edges which I used as the main reference, then used by acrylic frami…

[dklgood]

Almost any pen made of wood will engrave nicely. So will anodized aluminum pens. Stainless steel pens can be marked using something like CerMark.

[beerfaced]

If you do any engraving on pens I recommend you remove all the plastic pieces from inside them. If not they may all melt together.

[esthertst]

Great, I will love to try this. where did you buy this? can you pls send me the link?

[deirdrebeth]

I don’t know what you’re asking - I linked to a jig that was made by another user - the instructions on how they made it are in the post…

[dklgood]

https://www.jpplus.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=pens

[esthertst]

Thank you