I like the way you designed it to encorporate the number in the engrave. Definite time saver. Sometimes I forget to mark my tests after removal and I get sidetracked. Usually I’m just looking for the on setting and I write that down.
Happy to share a smaller version of the file if anyone wants it…I know that Glowforge would probably prefer that we not publish the actual settings. (Just a single, not the one with the multiple speeds because that one takes a LONG time to set up in the interface with all of those colors…)
Easy enough to just jot the Speed and LPI used on the back after the run. I just use a post-it note.
LMK if anyone needs it.
I have about 20+ that I got free with buying Clean Slate Riesling. Worked for me!! Now I can engrave them when I get my
I’d love the file Jules! Thank you once again for helping us all out.
Okee-doke…
I pared it down and stuck a little hole in it - you could run a keychain through the prints and keep the stack next to the machine for reference on your materials. (Might re-run a few of mine just to leave there instead of the spreadsheet.)
And the file:
Engrave Test - Jules.zip (280.6 KB)
Thank you!
Thank you very much for sharing. I made my own, but I think your’s is better.
I’m sure it’s not better, they all do the same thing.
Thank you! I have a whole bunch of 3" diameter split rings that open up, perfect for keeping a bunch of these organized.
Ooh! Good idea! I think I might have a couple upstairs as well!
THANK YOU!
@jules, I have been testing settings this morning and finally got around to looking at scores. On my test setup, even though I made the line thickness pretty thick, a score makes a very fine line. I guess I was expecting the line to be wider. I guess since the laser is a fine point it only makes a single pass. Is there a way to score a wider line?
Thank you, This is SO professional looking.
No, a Score line is always the thickness of a single laser beam. If you want to make a line that looks a little thicker - you have to Expand the Stroke (which makes it into a very thin filled rectangle) and then Engrave it.
It takes a lot longer to engrave a line than it does to score it though - there is a lot more travel movement necessary for engraving.
(Which design software are you using? There are tutorials for how to Expand the Stroke for Illustrator and Inkscape.)
Awesome! Thanks for sharing this.
I am using Corel. So far I like it a lot. BTW your engraving test is the bomb. Thank you very much for sharing that.
Oh crud - i have no idea how to do it in CorelDraw. We have experts here who can tell you how though - @smcgathyfay and @johnwills . Either one can probably tell you really quickly. Guys?
Score or vector etch would be a hairline width in corel.
If you want to raster etch or engrave a thicker line, decide the width of the line then do outline to object.
What about this file tells the glowforge to use the power rating that you indicate? I am surprised to see a rainbow of colors instead of percentages of black.