Laser Engraver for Makers Mark

killthelights said:
They have great customer service as far as the machine and parts, making sure it works well. As for figuring out the software and how to program it to mark something your better off with a handfull of Facebook groups. Mainly because of the language barrier. It takes some time if you aren't already skilled at graphic design to learn but there's tons of resources online, youtube, ect. and most of the people are pretty friendly and helpful. I'm very happy with it and can't see it becoming obsolete any time soon. You can use it on almost every type of material. Some work better than others but for steel, brass, copper, or aluminum there's nothing better.
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Appreciate the thorough response. Was kind of hoping you would say it wasn’t that great lol. Now I have some serious thinking to do 😁
 
Ken H> said:
That's engraving in HT'd SS with a 20 to 30 watt fiber laser? How deep is the etch into the blade above?
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What Hubert said is correct. You can go as deep as you want it's just a matter of time. If you let it go for 3-4 hrs you're gonna get a deep etch. I made some small leather stamps that had about a 1/16" depth. And then steel in the pics was done with a 30w and just marked. Barely any depth for the most part.
 
Hubert S. said:
With a fiber laser, you can control the depth by the number of passes and output power. You can also get different colors by changing other parameters. Finding the right parameters for a particular steel takes some experimenting.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the colorization can only be done on certain materials with a certain type of fiber laser. Mopa I think it is?
 
Drew Riley said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the colorization can only be done on certain materials with a certain type of fiber laser. Mopa I think it is?
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I think you are right, Drew. I have only tried it on stainless (AEB-L and 304). I was not able to get a deep etch and a color other than black at the same time.
 
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