Just got my F1 ultra and getting ready to explore. Thank you for the video. I appreciate your details. It really helps understand the settings and what they mean.
Thanks for the great tutorial!! Just tried my first coin and it came out pretty good! I used a small ultrasonic cleaner for the initial cleaning and it worked better than I had expected.
I've been using ours to engrave wrenches. Takes a few passes but I've been making some very interesting designs on my tools and they've all got my name on each. Love this thing
I've had my F1 Ultra for a few weeks now, i've done a lotta testing on materials so far & I'm keen to try out the embossment function on coins or slate but the time it takes plus the mess especially from slate dust is a bit off putting but i will try it eventually.... cheers for the vid 👍
Coin needs a cleaning pass. You create a circle the same size as the coin, set the laser to engrave, and the settings to 20% power, speed at 4000 and let rip. Cleans the black right off. May take two or three passes but will save you the headache of cleaning it by hand.
Oh geez, that hurt just watching it! The car, not the coin 🤦🏻♀ As former military, I recommend Brasso. It even comes in wadding so you can focus on the highlights. I watched one channel that did the cleaning at 20/4000 3 passes. I didn’t see much improvement. He didn’t change the freq tho, so I will try that. I just watched an older vid on a 30w and he raised the head 3mm each cleaning pass, recommended 4 steps. His looked pretty good so I will be trying that as well. Thanks for the great videos!
Thank you for the time and effort you put in to this and all your videos. I was just asking on Facebook where a trustworthy place to purchase challenge coins is, so I greatly appreciate your links!
Ive been watching a lot of these coin engraving videos recently. This is one of the best so far! I have noticed a lot of other people seem to struggle with getting the engraving to be well centered on the coin blanks, but your looks spot on. Any tips there that might help?
Great videos as usual 👏 thanks for sharing your experiences. PS: that door smack seemed personal 😹 you might have slammed that door sometime and it needed revenge hahaha
I'd love one of these things. I'm obsessed with brass coins but I can't justify spending almost 4k so I can make copious amounts of stuff for myself 🤣. My imagination is somewhat lacking at times so I can't see customers wanting some of the nonsense I would come up with. Love it though. I hear the conveyer needs some work but that sounds like something good to try once they've sorted out any minor bugs with it
Instead of air assist to keep the piece clean, could you set up a clean pass every 20-30 layers to accomplish similar results? Not even sure if lightburn or other tools have that as an option.
Really Great Video!!! Thank you for sharing!! I’m a semiretired dentist who makes alot of coin/rings. I’ve used medical/dental lasers my whole life with great success. Recently stumbled into my local Woodcraft store and saw a demo with the xTool F1…Peeking my interest I started investigating the Ultra. I’m trying to determine if this would be practical to craft/design a custom silver/gold coin blank and turn it into a ring!! Depth of cut determination is everything…Since you posted this a few months ago, do you have any experience with 90% silver blanks or for that matter copper. I would think they may be less dense than the brass and hence less time….the center of the blank will be void of image since I punch a hole in it anyway….should cut down on working time…..ANY THOUGHTS?? Thank You Again Justin!! Dr Bob
I absolutely love what you are doing. You’re my go to designer on XTool things like this. Thanks so much for the work you put into this sorry about your face. What I mean is, I’m sorry you hit your face not that I’m sorry but you have that face. LOL.
Are there any engravers you’d recommend that don’t take 3h to create such a detailed product? something that could be used on an industrial scale. Thanks
Can't you make some type of a "mold" out of plywood or acrylic or something, so that the coin is always in the same spot and you don't need to eyeball the position of the design?
Nice job as usual. I was looking for a link to your air assist. Can you tell me what where I can get one? Happy to use your affiliate link if it applies. Thanks brother. Shawn
Thanks very much for sharing the info and the file. When I tried to open the file, I got the "This File Can't Be Opened." error. Any ideas? I've got ver. 1.7.8
Love the video, do you know of any software that can convert Adobe Illustrator files (vector drawings) into depth maps or 3D files or stl files? Thank you in advance
Great video. I can't afford an IR laser but our local library's maker's space has the FI free to use. A club I belong to is celebrating their 60th anniversary this year and I was thinking of making a brass coin using the F1. I don't need a 3D image but was thinking just a simple logo and anniversary comment would be a nice giveaway. Do you have any videos where you just made a simple engraving on metal?
Thats a good idea. I dont have the original F1 so I dont have any videos using one. There are plenty out there on YT though its very standard procedure. The original F1 cant do any kind of depth on metal but you can get a decent mark on the surface.
I don't yet have a machine but have been watching lots of vids to learn. One guy used a talcum powder pad to dull the surface and stated this worked well.
Protip: You can clean the burn from the coin with a quick pass of a filled circle with a different strength. Use the laser to clean the metal 😊 last pass should be just the filled circle. Been doing this for years but with a $50k laser EDIT: Nevermind, I see you already know this.
Iusaually don't post about techniques but coming from the old days of jewlers usins cyanide for plating. I'd use beacers for your chemicals not coffee cups. It's too a\easy to screw up and use the coffee cup for coffee
Brass sometimes contains lead. Personally I wouldn't be comfortable vaporizing lead. I really should calculate how much lead actually gets vaporized, but I'm too lazy.
Just got my F1 ultra and getting ready to explore. Thank you for the video. I appreciate your details. It really helps understand the settings and what they mean.
Thanks! Good luck with the new machine my friend.
Thanks for the great tutorial!! Just tried my first coin and it came out pretty good! I used a small ultrasonic cleaner for the initial cleaning and it worked better than I had expected.
Put down a sheet of waste material. Draw your coin outline on it with the laser set very low. Then place your coins in the right spot every time.
I've been using ours to engrave wrenches. Takes a few passes but I've been making some very interesting designs on my tools and they've all got my name on each. Love this thing
I've had my F1 Ultra for a few weeks now, i've done a lotta testing on materials so far & I'm keen to try out the embossment function on coins or slate but the time it takes plus the mess especially from slate dust is a bit off putting but i will try it eventually.... cheers for the vid 👍
Thanks! Yeah the dust is an issue. The brass leftovers are certainly no picnic either haha.
Wow! Nice! Saving this video. Thanks.
When face meets door deserves a like. ;)
Coin needs a cleaning pass. You create a circle the same size as the coin, set the laser to engrave, and the settings to 20% power, speed at 4000 and let rip. Cleans the black right off. May take two or three passes but will save you the headache of cleaning it by hand.
Yes I mentioned it in the video. Still doesnt clean as nice as the tumbler does. Could get close if it allowed higher freqs.
Super cool spicy rooster! You need to take revenge on that door!
Oh geez, that hurt just watching it! The car, not the coin 🤦🏻♀
As former military, I recommend Brasso. It even comes in wadding so you can focus on the highlights.
I watched one channel that did the cleaning at 20/4000 3 passes. I didn’t see much improvement. He didn’t change the freq tho, so I will try that.
I just watched an older vid on a 30w and he raised the head 3mm each cleaning pass, recommended 4 steps. His looked pretty good so I will be trying that as well.
Thanks for the great videos!
Ill look into Brasso!
Yeah I normally do cleaning passes at 100+ freq but cant do that on this laser.
Thank you for the time and effort you put in to this and all your videos. I was just asking on Facebook where a trustworthy place to purchase challenge coins is, so I greatly appreciate your links!
No problem! There are plenty more places those are just a few I use so far.
Wow. That is absolutely staggering.
you should see what a real fiber laser can do, especially a mopa
Great video! Make sure you have your lead test swabs handy when ordering metals from Amazon!
Ive been watching a lot of these coin engraving videos recently. This is one of the best so far! I have noticed a lot of other people seem to struggle with getting the engraving to be well centered on the coin blanks, but your looks spot on. Any tips there that might help?
Great videos as usual 👏 thanks for sharing your experiences. PS: that door smack seemed personal 😹 you might have slammed that door sometime and it needed revenge hahaha
I'd love one of these things. I'm obsessed with brass coins but I can't justify spending almost 4k so I can make copious amounts of stuff for myself 🤣. My imagination is somewhat lacking at times so I can't see customers wanting some of the nonsense I would come up with. Love it though. I hear the conveyer needs some work but that sounds like something good to try once they've sorted out any minor bugs with it
Instead of air assist to keep the piece clean, could you set up a clean pass every 20-30 layers to accomplish similar results? Not even sure if lightburn or other tools have that as an option.
Really Great Video!!! Thank you for sharing!! I’m a semiretired dentist who makes alot of coin/rings. I’ve used medical/dental lasers my whole life with great success. Recently stumbled into my local Woodcraft store and saw a demo with the xTool F1…Peeking my interest I started investigating the Ultra. I’m trying to determine if this would be practical to craft/design a custom silver/gold coin blank and turn it into a ring!! Depth of cut determination is everything…Since you posted this a few months ago, do you have any experience with 90% silver blanks or for that matter copper. I would think they may be less dense than the brass and hence less time….the center of the blank will be void of image since I punch a hole in it anyway….should cut down on working time…..ANY THOUGHTS?? Thank You Again Justin!! Dr Bob
Which laser would you recommend for engraving metal rings and coins?
Thanks for the info on the coins and laser. Would it be able to do the same on a solid silver round or bar?
Theoretically yes but I havent seen anything like this done on silver with the F1 Ultra yet.
Nice tut. Tq
I absolutely love what you are doing. You’re my go to designer on XTool things like this. Thanks so much for the work you put into this sorry about your face. What I mean is, I’m sorry you hit your face not that I’m sorry but you have that face. LOL.
Can you make a video doing a silver coin?
Can you do that same quality detail with that F1 on a .999 silver coin? Thanks
Can you do that with the P2?
Somewhat but not on metal. You can use depth maps with the Grayscale image mode. Will really only work on thick wood.
is it possible to do on a knife?
Curious if an ultrasonic cleaner like a cheap one from Harbor Freight would be helpful in cleaning it up.
Suggestion: for the ‘deep’ parts of the design, use texture, and then avoid texture for the ‘near’ parts you want to be bright.
I'm new to lasering. I have the M1 Ultra, but it's 10 watt. Which settings would I have to change to be able to do this on brass coins?
Would a orbital sander work to clean it?
Wondering how many hours of runtime these fiber lasers are generally good for.
Im sure it will be a couple years before we find out. Running at 100% isnt as detrimental to a fiber like it is a co2 laser.
Are there any engravers you’d recommend that don’t take 3h to create such a detailed product? something that could be used on an industrial scale. Thanks
Why is the circle surrounding the image wavy? Are these laser not acurate enough to make it perfect ?
Can't you make some type of a "mold" out of plywood or acrylic or something, so that the coin is always in the same spot and you don't need to eyeball the position of the design?
How long did this engraving take?
Very interesting. Can you acheve the same with the xTool F1 or must it be xTool F1 xTool F1ultra? And could it be done with xTool S1?
how long dose it take with 100w machine?
Nice job as usual. I was looking for a link to your air assist. Can you tell me what where I can get one? Happy to use your affiliate link if it applies. Thanks brother. Shawn
Thanks very much for sharing the info and the file. When I tried to open the file, I got the "This File Can't Be Opened." error. Any ideas? I've got ver. 1.7.8
I think its only going to work with a 2.0+ version of XCS. Im currently on 2.0.117-beta.
@@justinlaser Thanks Justin. I appreciate your content a lot.
May do such work on a 3d shape like a copper pot ?
Love the video, do you know of any software that can convert Adobe Illustrator files (vector drawings) into depth maps or 3D files or stl files? Thank you in advance
I collect pure silver coins. What about silver bars. Can you do an image on a rectangle chape piece please
Great video. I can't afford an IR laser but our local library's maker's space has the FI free to use. A club I belong to is celebrating their 60th anniversary this year and I was thinking of making a brass coin using the F1. I don't need a 3D image but was thinking just a simple logo and anniversary comment would be a nice giveaway. Do you have any videos where you just made a simple engraving on metal?
Thats a good idea. I dont have the original F1 so I dont have any videos using one. There are plenty out there on YT though its very standard procedure. The original F1 cant do any kind of depth on metal but you can get a decent mark on the surface.
Flitz is your friend.
can you use 999 silver?
Steel wool no mater how fine. It will always leave very fine micro scratches on coinsi like the details in the engravings
Can I buy the coin?
I downloaded your file and it has been saying Project loading... for a good 5 minutes now.
Is this normal?
i keep trying to download the file to try on my brand new F1Ultra and the download keeps failing!!
Does anybody know if it’s ok to engrave a mirrored finish coin with a fiber as opposed to a brushed finish?
I don't yet have a machine but have been watching lots of vids to learn. One guy used a talcum powder pad to dull the surface and stated this worked well.
Can you engrave gold coins
Protip: You can clean the burn from the coin with a quick pass of a filled circle with a different strength. Use the laser to clean the metal 😊 last pass should be just the filled circle. Been doing this for years but with a $50k laser
EDIT: Nevermind, I see you already know this.
Steel wool no mater how fine. It will always leave very fine micro scratches on coins
Iusaually don't post about techniques but coming from the old days of jewlers usins cyanide for plating. I'd use beacers for your chemicals not coffee cups. It's too a\easy to screw up and use the coffee cup for coffee
HAHA very true. Ive done that before just not with any chemicals thankfully. Most of that stuff gets promptly removed after filming.
nice 🐔
Need to do a clean pass every 10 passes
They dont allow it in XCS yet. Its all or nothing for the moment.
If you smack yourself on a car door..... the car is definately too high! :D
I really hate people using drinking cups for chemicals.
If it is magnetic it is NOT brass.
1 like for the door in face smash (and the video)
lol much appreciated!
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Hello. I’m wondering if a 5W diode laser engraver would produce this project?
I recently purchased the F1, had a bad customer service experience, while I love fiber lasers I won’t be buying from Chinese xtool anymore.
Brass sometimes contains lead. Personally I wouldn't be comfortable vaporizing lead. I really should calculate how much lead actually gets vaporized, but I'm too lazy.
Вот это лазерное профильное палево
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