Yeah I was impressed with it. Unfortunately the vendor I got it from was not very responsive nor cared much about the quality of their ‘finish sanded ready to use’ product. I don’t think @ChristyM ever got her order. I have a drum sander on the way so if I catch it on sale again I might consider getting more, but it was definitely not the finished product they described. They blamed it on a new person cutting the wood for the deep gouge marks as if that person had nothing to do with their company/reputation.
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oh THOSE guys.
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Yeah them… They really had a chance to find a great market for their wood but dropped the ball in so many ways. I understand getting a lot of orders you didn’t expect and could not handle it but they went so far to dig as deep of a hole as they could. Had they just owned up and said sorry…
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yeah, they totally messed that up with that woman’s vitriol.
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That contrast is crazy. All the walnut I’ve seen (black walnut) engraves really light. I get dark engraves on mahogany and maple, less so on padauk and especially walnut.
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i think there are a lot of differences to how much (i guess) resin? is in each subspecies and depending on where it comes from.
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Yeah @rbtdanforth and I have talked about that concept with mahogany. I usually find it engraves very dark and cuts easily, he has not had that same experience.
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i think mahogany is a lot like walnut in that there are a lot of subspecies and it’s grown in very different regions/climates. i think both of those things could easily affect hardness and how dark the engraves are.
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Both cleanup and even the location in the tree can make a big difference This was near the walnut sapwood:
And this was not
As for Mahogany, there is this;
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Check out my settings in this post:
I use the same walnut usb keys from Amazon, although without the box. the usb keys are very popular with my friends, I’m currently running out of my 4th batch of 10. I have several different designs for them too.
Good luck!
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At least something good came out of it!
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how has your experience been with the technology quality of the USBs? i purchased the same ones and they were REAAAAAAALLY slow. a couple i had to do a low-level reformat on (which took almost an hour because of how slow).
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Have only used one myself and that was fine. I’ve not had any complaints, but it could be my friends don’t want to complain about their gifts… I figure at less than $4 a piece they are not the high end of usb keys and you wouldn’t use them as such.
yeah, i hear you on “getting what you paid for.” i actually used them for work, so it was disappointing. they looked great, tho. 
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Maybe some of my friends think they are too pretty to use… 
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Thanks everyone for the info! @ahr2 your settings worked beautifully!!
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Nice work, font too! Glad those settings work for you.
I wasn’t actually using these myself honestly. An acquaintance of mine does wedding photography and uses these for the photos for her customers.
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what settings did you use for the walnut? I just tried an engrave/cut and the engrave was too deep but the cut didn’t go all the way through.
pretty sure i just used walnut hardwood for engrave.
cut will depend on the thickness of the wood.