Made this slate door number and treated with mineral oil.

David_Wakely · February 5, 2016, 10:19pm

Made this slate door number and treated with mineral oil. Looks good I think!

Jim_Hatch · February 5, 2016, 10:37pm

Really nice job!

funinthefalls · February 5, 2016, 11:31pm

I have one on the bed engraving right now. I hope it turns out as nice as this one.

Scott_Thorne · February 6, 2016, 12:07am

Great job man!

funinthefalls · February 6, 2016, 5:34am

What settings did you use. On my K40 it seems like I need to run a minimum of 12mA at 500mm/s to get a decent engrave. Are these numbers close to yours?

David_Cook · February 6, 2016, 6:55am

Looks great

David_Wakely · February 6, 2016, 10:32am

I use about 7ma 400mms to produce this. I’m also using 2 pixel per step setting as slate doesn’t need the higher quality of 1

Jim_Hatch · February 6, 2016, 2:27pm

@funinthefalls that’s fast and near max power. How is yours when you slow it down (slower speeds = higher delivered power).

@David_Wakely have you done photos at the 2px step too? I was thinking of doing one for the house with a pic of the house on it.

funinthefalls · February 6, 2016, 3:09pm

I haven’t done any photos yet. Will try slowing down and seeing if I can lower the power setting. AT least the slate I get is cheap, a dollar for a 200mm X 15omm oiece at my local dollar store, so I can do a lot of experimenting.

David_Wakely · February 7, 2016, 10:01am

With pictures I normally do 1px step for the better quality. Never tried it on slate though

Kelly_Burns · February 10, 2016, 10:20pm

Where do you pick up the slate?

David_Wakely · February 11, 2016, 4:41pm

I get my slate form a roofing suppliers

Coherent · February 18, 2016, 10:12pm

I’ve tried ceramic tile but not slate. Does the slate show the laser etching a lighter color or is there a specific process you use to get these results?

Kelly_Burns · February 18, 2016, 10:53pm

I picked up a bunch or reclaimed slate that was removed from 100 Year old house in Cincinnati. Still need to play with the settings, but I’m getting much better. Thanks for the motivation.