Zippo's And LASER BEAMS!

Made a zippo ( Amazon.com )for a fathers day gift and it came out AWESOME! Just wanted to share the settings incase anyone wanted to try it out!

The Gold look (inside the dolphin)
Speed: 300
Power: 50
Lines Per Inch: 225

Darker (outside dolphin, circle and letters)
Speed: 250
Power: Full
Lines Per Inch: 270

All one pass!!

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Great results! :grinning:

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Thanks!! :smiley:

I am surprised that the greater power resulted in a darker engrave. I would have guessed that the opposite would have ocuured with the laser obliterating more of the coating.

That looks great! Very nice gift.

Something that jumped out to my eye, would be to bring the bottom of the ring he is jumping through in front of the dolphin’s tail, it would give the impression of the dolphin jumping through the ring, and give the design a bit more dimension.
Since it’s done, nevermind - it still looks great. Is the color due to the base metal being brass? If that’s the case, I agree with @gmckayca - that higher power would give a different result. :thinking:

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Was sticking true to the old school Dolphins logo!

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My exact thoughts lol

Thanks for settings Great piece

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Really nice engraving!

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Did you do anything to get the gold color to shine like that? I just tried one before discovering your post this was 800/60 225 LPI

Good Vibes 300/50 270 LPI

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I rubbing it with 99 proof % isopropyl alcohol! That’s the only after step i did.

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