Tried out an inlay project on a $3.97 bamboo Wal-Mart cutting board. The inlay was from a sample pack of veneer - in this case a piece of oak veneer. I did three passes on the laser for engraving with a pretty high setting for laser power and about 400mm/sec. That set me up for the inlay but I believe a few more passes or slower would have been better. The inlay would have been deeper and likely closer to flush with the board had I done that. I just engraved the quote under the name with a single pass. The veneer was a bit of a challenge trying to glue it in place but overall it came out ok for my first try.
Isn’t it so that you can now get almost perfect quality by SANDING ? That way you will (with small grit) not see the difference where the woods touch
In this case, the veneer was so thin that additional sanding out basically just take the inlay out of the area where I had it. I did try to do some sanding but found that I was starting to remove the material. Again- my first shot at it, so I think I learned a few things and will have to try again sometime.
What do you mean the power was high? I just tried the same bamboo board at 150 mm/sec and power about half way between 0 and 5 on the dial. The result was kind of light. I’m thinking of turning it up to 5 and speed to 300. Any advice?
I don’t have marks on mine to give you a relative value. It was about 3/4 around on my dial
Oh ok, so on mine is about a 1/4, if that. Im scared of turning it up, don’t want to burn some stuff(still very new at this). Thanks!