Has anyone experimented with the best settings to 3D deep emboss/engrave on pine wood. i.e. 1/4" pine. I’m testing the following settings: I had to adjust 20% more power because it seemed a little light.
Falcon A1 10w
Grayscale:
700 mm speed
250 dpi
20 min Pwr
45 max Pwr
3 Passes
Has anyone achieved good results with deep 3D embossed engraving? If so, what settings / material did you use?
Post your pics!! Show off your handy work!
I’ll post my results when it finishes in 23 hours. 
There is nothing to stop you from attempting it, but a fiber laser takes material out and allows for a 3d type effect. Lightburn has an added option for fiber called 3dslice for doing this.
If you want to do depth, a co2 using grayscale option is intended for variable depth engraving.
It’s not included for regular led lasers as an led uses grayscale. Using grayscale creates very large data file. If every time it lases, it does so at a different power, then there will be lots of power data sent, that normally would not be needed.
How did you pick the power range of 20 - 45%?
Show us your results, we’d all like to see it. Also include the original, so we have some way to compare them.
Have fun.
After seeing numerous videos on YouTube. It’s a first attempt. According to the videos I saw, it’s possible to achieve with a 10w diode laser but not to the degree of a CO2. That’s why I was wondering if anyone tried. Also engraving a coin was other experiments I saw on YouTube
All of us learn when you ask. So don’t be shy.
Some things are difficult to acheive if the laser/materail are incompatible. Such as a visible laser and steel.
But people have done some amazing things…
Good luck.. don’t forget to post a photo or two.
Will do, I just printed a 6x6 cut, next time I’m setting up 3x3 frames side by side with different settings to do a comparison
Hi Raul
How deep were you thinking of getting.
I havent done much of this with my 20w diode since I carbonised an image down to maybe 2mm..ish, it worked but it was rough, but if you get it at the right speed and dont obliterate the surface by passing the same spot too close or repeatedly ..a layer of paint might cover the burnt bits and get some result.
I think its worth the learning.
If I can find that piece I’ll take a pic and post it.
Raul, you going to be at Freedom Lake Park Nov. 8th?
No sir. I live in Florida and it’s my busiest time of the year at work.
Depth-burning wood is difficult because it is unpredictable due to the grain. A fine grain wood like Baltic Birch works best.
You would use Layers, with each burning a progressively smaller area.
I have been wondering if a Slicer program might be useful. I do not know if there is an STL to SVG file converter.
Update: There are at least a dozen free ones. 
Big mess, but I can see that fine tuning the settings could achieve some acceptable results.
I would increase the power spread and slow it down to 400-500mm, 3 passes seem to be the right amount. this is a piece of 1/4" white pine repurposed from the side of a dresser drawer.
I’m going to have to clean up the A1 when it cools down.
So far its 28 hrs & 37 Minutes and it’s still at 82% complete.
Make it an eye patch like pirates wear?
I agree that is pretty impressive!
I do not think I would be able to stay awake for that long. Leaving a running laser unattended is not a good idea.
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