And, if so, settings on CO2 100w Laser.
I imagine it’s possible if you can find a good way to hold the leaf in place without destroying it!
If you don’t come across any leaf recommendations, you might have luck looking for “paper” settings as a starting place. It’ll be very low power and very fast, and the “resolution” you can engrave may not be as great as it would with a lower power laser.
The settings will probably vary between different types of leaves, depending on thickness and moisture content. Even “flat” leaves aren’t really flat.
Oh. Also the chance of the whole leaf catching fire is pretty high. So definitely be careful!
Maybe spritz the leaf with water and let it soak in for a minute?
Overall, it sounds like something worth experimenting with if you’re comfortable, but I’d look at it as an experiment and don’t set your expectations too high.
I’ve never tried this ,but there are videos on YouTube.
I would recommend using caution.
I cut targets out of watercolor paper.
These are the settings…
The green layer is the cross hairs and it’s 400mm/s@12% with a minimum of 9.5% I have a high acceleration value, so I can usually reach and maintain these speeds. I can reach 400mm/s in <2mm travel and 125mm/s in <0.25mm
I’m running a 40W tube, so my power is around 4W… I doubt you can get this low power out of your 100W tube. Usually they don’t lase below 10%, in your case that would be 10W or 2.5 times more power than I use…
This is all vector engraving… you might do better with a scanning operation where you can use higher speeds to compensate for high power. It may work better with green leaves than dried leaves…
This is pretty delicate work for such a large sledge hammer
Good luck
Maybe check if this post helps.
Some people can cut leaves with knifes, making beautiful silhouettes.
Generally, they preserve the leaves with glycerin.
I wanted to try to do the same with a (diode) laser, but I didn’t made correctly the first step.
Well, you can try yourself, I suppose…
I am trying to find some rough settings to engrave a fall leaf (not yet dry) like some of those videos I see on youtube. I have not been able to get anything remotely good with my 60w MOPA Fiber, and I just must be way off base. Any ideas out there?
To much power. On diode or 40-60W Co2 it will be easy.
Smallest power value to your laser is like 10% and it will bit too much and also bigger Wats slower reaction speed.
Fiber doesn’t work well with natural products.