Great video! Can you make a new video demonstrating the horse with a diode doing a multi pass to get the depth somewhat close looking like the fibre? Your channel is jam packed of amazing information, keep it up!
Hi Steve, great video as usual. However, i thought you said at the beginning of the video that you would show how you could do this kind of engraving using a diode laser, did I blink and miss that?
Ok I clearly did something wrong but I don’t know what… I did everything you said and it’s engraving (into) the metal.. but I didn’t invert it.. is that why? Which inverting do I do? Vertical? Or ?
Yes, you can certainly do this with a 50W fiber laser, and you are lucky to have one. Your settings will probably be different though because you have all that extra power.
You can do more passes. Fiber lasers with 20-30W are better for surface engraving (up to a millimeters. If you want to deep carving/sculpting then you really need a fiber laser with 50+ watts. If you are using a diode laser, then material matters a lot. Darker materials like black acrylic seem to work best. After that, focus on power and speed. You can always do multiple passes to increase the depth.
Hello sir Want to purchase 3d laser engraving system on steel. Maximum deepness 4mm and size 150mm*150mm. I am very thankful to you for suggest best configuration for my requirements.
Can you give me the name of a company advertising 3D Laser machines? Technically, any laser that can engrave can create projects with depth, though keep in mind this isn't really 3D, but rather 2.5D (since it can only engrave from the top surface down. Some lasers will definitely do this better than others, though. Diode lasers that can do true grayscale engraving will do this very well, though it will depend very much on the material being used as well. Assuming you are using something like metal, then a fiber laser will produce the best results.
Great video! Can you make a new video demonstrating the horse with a diode doing a multi pass to get the depth somewhat close looking like the fibre? Your channel is jam packed of amazing information, keep it up!
Great suggestion!
Very helpful, thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
I'm opening my Fiber Laser this morning!
I hope you reach some quick success with it.
@@SteveMakesEverything I finally got the crate off...LOL
Way cool. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Hi Steve, great video as usual. However, i thought you said at the beginning of the video that you would show how you could do this kind of engraving using a diode laser, did I blink and miss that?
The very first engrave is the settings for a 30W diode laser on wood
Hay so neat. Um so when you called the photos hight map. You mean Depth Map ?
One and the same
@@SteveMakesEverything okay thanks
Should I assume, this method would not work on glass or acrylic?
It works on acrylic and I did it in this video. Glass is a non-starter though.
Ok I clearly did something wrong but I don’t know what… I did everything you said and it’s engraving (into) the metal.. but I didn’t invert it.. is that why? Which inverting do I do? Vertical? Or ?
You can invert the image. It depends if you want the image raised or sunken into the material.
Can we use these setting s on our 50 watss ordinary fibre laser or need a 3dlaser
Yes, you can certainly do this with a 50W fiber laser, and you are lucky to have one. Your settings will probably be different though because you have all that extra power.
@@SteveMakesEverything any video how to start from
how would I go about making it have more depth though? I want to make a piece with topography and I want the mountains on the map to really show
You can do more passes. Fiber lasers with 20-30W are better for surface engraving (up to a millimeters. If you want to deep carving/sculpting then you really need a fiber laser with 50+ watts.
If you are using a diode laser, then material matters a lot. Darker materials like black acrylic seem to work best. After that, focus on power and speed. You can always do multiple passes to increase the depth.
thanks
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Hello sir
Want to purchase 3d laser engraving system on steel. Maximum deepness 4mm and size 150mm*150mm.
I am very thankful to you for suggest best configuration for my requirements.
You are going to need a pretty substantial fibre laser to do this - think 100W. But it’s doable
Cool, but a shame i cant use lightburn in my laser cutter...
Experiment a bit. Lightburn isn't what make this possible.
@@SteveMakesEverything Gonna try then. I say if i can make this work in a chinese k40 laser
The 3D option is not show in my lightburn software, I don't know why ? thanks
That’s only available if you have a galvo licence. For diode or co2 lasers you need to use grayscale
Sorry, I am new, do you mean : if I have licence for LightBurn software ?@@SteveMakesEverything
In other words, all lasers can be used for 2D and 3D work. We don't need to buy particular 3D Laser laser machine as advertised by some suppliers?
Can you give me the name of a company advertising 3D Laser machines?
Technically, any laser that can engrave can create projects with depth, though keep in mind this isn't really 3D, but rather 2.5D (since it can only engrave from the top surface down. Some lasers will definitely do this better than others, though. Diode lasers that can do true grayscale engraving will do this very well, though it will depend very much on the material being used as well.
Assuming you are using something like metal, then a fiber laser will produce the best results.
I downloaded the same flower file and stl2png converter says there is a length mismatch and I don't understand since its the same file
Hmm. not sure what that error is or what might cause it.
Can it be done on CO2?
If you can vary the pulse width of your CO2 then you can do this - sort of. CO2 lasers can’t do true grayscale so you’re probably out of luck