I don’t know if this is a problem. I was using proofgrade veneer on a detailed object and just can’t get the detail. This is HD with masking Should I lower speed or increase power? I also tried chipboard 1000/10. Same issue
What LPI are you using? Higher is better in most cases (up to a point with wood because of the grain…) And with masking you probably need to bump the power by at least 5, maybe 10.
I remove masking for engraves – you lose a lot of detail to it if you leave it on.
340 plus
And for your raster, are you using VARY Power? or convert to dots?
Suggest - Add 10 to your power, use convert to dots, Slide the slider left to 85.
Okay I’ll try that
Thanks! I’ll try your suggestions!
When doing “Vary power” engraves I set min power to 15 as long as there are no white bits in the image as they will not be cut at all. for all others I just up the power. the dots will all be the same depth but where close the remaining mask may just be flying about so masking may be a problem there too.
The sliders in convert to dots need to be by judgement as light areas may not have enough dots or dark areas too many
Thanks for the suggestions! This is not a raster and I haven’t learnt how to engrave with dots yet so wanted to work with what I knew
What made it fail:
- masking left on
- HD engrave at DPI
What worked
- removed masking
- SD engrave at 340 DPI
- offset path by 2 pixels
Learnings
I thought HD is always superior. It was not. The slower speed and power was my first try so detail was lost
Offsetting path by 2 pixels and merging them make the lines just thick enough for the details
I should have used a lighter wood. Walnut is harder to see fine details of the engrave
Conditioning with polyurethane is not the same as oil. I glued my fingers together as it dried
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