The Laser Thread

[Ken H>]

Dan, is that a leather cutout for a leather stacked handle? I hadn't thought about doing that, but the diode laser cuts leather nicely.

 

[Taz]

nice!! I want to cut out belt loops and leather sheath patterns once I get it in the enclosure.

 

[DanF]

Yes, Ken it is

 

[REK Knives]

Kyle Royer had some Laser info

If only I had 6500...that looks insanely cool for a 2 in 1 unit

 

[DanF]

Was sweating bullets waiting for this one, was waiting for the other shoe to drop with fees but all was good, no extra $$.

 

[DanF]

All of these test marks were done with the 10w diode.
The two in the upper right were done with the ir.
I can “feel” the ir with my fingernail better, but the diode so far seems to mark darker (even on carbon steel). It takes a decent number of passes on the belt to remove the diode mark, will have to try the ir for removability tomorrow.

 

[Taz]

I am using 500mm/min, .03mm interval and 100 power on my IR2 Infrared. I get deep and dark on 1 pass. Even going to 1000 or 1500mm/min, I still get nice dark and tactile marks. The 500 makes it a good bit deeper and darker.

Last time I tried the diode, it was on 10% power due to the machine settings...Gotta try the 11w and 20w diodes at 100% on some razor blades to see how they do!