New NEJE laser engraver

[qquake]

FedEx FINALLY delivered my new laser engraver today. I love it! I made my first test burn on a tongue depressor. Still a lot more learning and practice before I start engraving pens, but I'm encouraged.

 

[chartle]

FedEx FINALLY delivered my new laser engraver today. I love it! I made my first test burn on a tongue depressor. Still a lot more learning and practice before I start engraving pens, but I'm encouraged.

Welcome to the Rabbit Hole.

 

[TonyL]

Enjoy...many happy engravings!

 

[Joebobber]

That's the way I should've went, but I didn't know what all I needed. Now i have a new hermes but need a motor...lol

 

[ramaroodle]

FedEx FINALLY delivered my new laser engraver today. I love it! I made my first test burn on a tongue depressor. Still a lot more learning and practice before I start engraving pens, but I'm encouraged.

Congrats! Did you end up ordering through Nancy??

 

[qquake]

Congrats! Did you end up ordering through Nancy??

Yessir.

 

[SteveJ]

Not nearly as frustrating as you thought it might be!

 

[qquake]

Not nearly as frustrating as you thought it might be!

Not yet, but I still haven't figured out how to engrave acrylic.

 

[SteveJ]

That will involve "painting" the acrylic with black marker and even then it might not work.

 

[qquake]

That will involve "painting" the acrylic with black marker and even then it might not work.

I've seen references to using dry erase markers. In fact, my engraver came with one. What does that do?

 

[qquake]

Still playing around, learning its capabilities. I tried four power levels, 75%, 50%, 25%, and 12%.

 

[ramaroodle]

Play with the burn time also. It's a dance between the two. Too high a power can burn the material but a shorter burn time can help with that. Acrylics are a different technique altogether. I usually fill an acrylic burn with some type of contrasting material since it won't burn a black engraving so you need to make it a deep burn as you are melting more than burning.

 

[qquake]

My first acrylic body. Turned out better than I expected. I'm encouraged.

 

[ramaroodle]

When I get some time I'll post the techniques for all of the stuff I've used to fill engravings in both wood and acrylic. It's a long list. I've tried a lot of stuff, some that work, others that have failed miserably. Rub n Buff needs a long time to dry and you need many layers to fill the void. Then your favorite CA technique over the blank to seal it in.

 

[qquake]

When I get some time I'll post the techniques for all of the stuff I've used to fill engravings in both wood and acrylic. It's a long list. I've tried a lot of stuff, some that work, others that have failed miserably. Rub n Buff needs a long time to dry and you need many layers to fill the void. Then your favorite CA technique over the blank to seal it in.

I look forward to it.

 

[RickP]

FedEx FINALLY delivered my new laser engraver today. I love it! I made my first test burn on a tongue depressor. Still a lot more learning and practice before I start engraving pens, but I'm encouraged.

What engraver did you get and where from if you don't mind me asking and where do I get information on it Thanks

 

[qquake]

What engraver did you get and where from if you don't mind me asking and where do I get information on it Thanks

I got the NEJE Master 7w, from NMC Lasers. They also have a Facebook page.

Shop | NMC Lasers

NEJE Master Engravers User Group | Facebook

 

[RickP]

I saw that later
Thanks much

 

[Joebobber]

I just got 1 of those 3018Pros. It has a 2500mW laser with it. I have been messing around with the rotary engraver part for 2 days now. What are you using for your software? I am using Inkscape to make an image or picture to resize it and turn it into a SVG file, then sending that to jscut to create the G-file, then sending it to Candle to run the machine. Please tell me there is a more efficient way...