1 5/8"
Oops… brain fart. Nothing to see here…
Wait, without the crumb tray 1 5/8" is ok?? What am I missing?
Brain fart, sorry… fixed it.
So I happen to have a gavel. Took the tray out. Put a piece of paper on the gavel. Used the set focus tool. Took me a few tries to get the beam to fall on the paper. Typed Name in Word and saved as a pdf. Dragged Name onto gavel. Print. 40 seconds
You can do this!
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So should I adjust the pre-set basswood settings to begin with?
I would test with paper on the gavel until you are sure of the placement. When you are satisfied with where your engrave is landing, go with a very light power on the wood so that you can sand off if necessary. When you are done testing you can engrave with a higher power and do a second pass if it doesn’t seem deep enough. Just don’t move the gavel once you start.
Meant to upload this shortly after I finished it and I forgot. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I made it through and it turned out great. I ended up doing both sides. This is darker than the other side and I did 3 passes for both. I was happy to be able to do this for my friends. 
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better yet put the engraving on the handle to begin with
because the head is going to be tough
We knew you could do it. Thanks for sharing your success.
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