Has anyone tried engraving/watermarking/etching wool coasters? Besides the smell…how well does it work if at all and with what settings?
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Awesome thread! Thanks! Has anyone since tried it with a 
? I would like to make coasters for my Sailing Club, but I need to know how well it will turn out before buying a bunch of wool coasters to be ready for our Christmas event.
Hmmmn. Don’t know if anyone has actually tried it on a Glowie, but it works just like any other laser, so technically feasible. Maybe just pick up a few to test first? You have your machine?
(You could probably start out with felt settings - i think we have those in the Beyond the Manual category.)
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I have a few coasters here, but just got the golden ticket on Monday, so…4-6 weeks before I can try it? 
It’s running a lot less than six weeks these days, three is average i think …you’ll probably make it. (Or you can see if someone is willing to trade a sheet of PG to test it now…that seems to be gaining some steam.) 
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So I just ran a test for you on some wool felt I got a few days ago.
Here ya go
I picked these numbers as a WAG (wildassguess) and they worked pretty well.
Cut @ 500 speed / 50 power* (*A small amount of fiber didn’t cut the way through, but the edges look good.)
Engrave @ 980 speed / 40 power vary power 225 lpi
height .023
Here’s the wool I used. It’s pretty thin and would need to double up on it or preferably find a much thicker felt. Oh, it stinks to high heaven too!
(@sailbyc I moved your question to the “Beyond the Manual” section since we’re talking settings. Hope that’s OK w/you.)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HQTHT5G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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AWESOME! Thanks. Looks as though it works well. My coasters are 1/8” thick, so should be ok.
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Glad it was useful for ya. 
Do you mind sharing where you find the nice coasters?
Cool, thanks for the link. They look like nice quality. And who would have thunk to look for felt coasters on a website called "feltcoasters.com " lol (Not me obviously) 
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Those coasters look amazing! I will anxiously await hearing more about how these turn out on the real deal. I love me some hexagons.
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