I got a selenite ‘plate’ and had to try engraving. The artwork is a combination of elements from this game I love called Sky. The selenite engraves beautifully and looks gorgeous with a battery candle behind it. Ordered some more blanks and I’m going to try tinting the engraved parts next time!
Beautiful!
Ooh, that’s nice…and laser friendly?..
That’s really nice!
Sodium selenite is toxic, but these are the gypsum form and I haven’t been able to find anything saying that’s a problem. To be safe I had the filter on high and kept a face mask on when I’d check on it. They’re Mohs 2 so very soft, and take engraving details really well!
Ok, as you probably already know, as long as it doesn’t produce chlorine gas as a byproduct, then is should be safe for the laser. Otherwise it will corrode components…be careful in all instances, with off-gassing
Wade
How lovely, congratulations on how well it turned out!
Very nice work. Seems like a cool new medium to explore.
Oooh! A new material to find and try.
That looks beautiful!!! Mighty I ask what settings you used?
Sure! I used the ones from this post, actually: Selenite Engrave settings
And I set the focal height to the actual height. Worked great.
Awesome. Thank you so much!