Have been doing some journals and note pads.
Three of the 15 I have done. Anything with Bees sells well.
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Love the notepads. Where do you get, and what is the coil called for the top of the note books?
Thganks
Ray
Nice to know, I’d hate to get stung.
They look great…
Those are Cinch wires. Check Amazon, they have many different companies supplying, most or all coming from China I am sure. I have had no problems with using any of them.
Thank you Jack.HA HA
Thanks Ferg,
I will check it out
Those came out great! How are you finishing them? Do you do a mask layer?
First of all… I clean my laser top to bottom at least once per day.
I dislike dirty machinery.
I have worked with my Omtech 60/50W CO2 laser two years and know almost everything that makes it do what I want and how. Sometimes I do wonder about that but…
I have worked with wood most all of my 89 years and refer back to that knowledge for my laser material which primarily consists of veneered MDF. Maple and Cherry for the most part. We have sprayed thousands of gallons of Lacquer over almost 50 years of creating and selling wholesale wooden consumer products middle to high end. I do not laser through the lacquer. No masking. I apply a sanding sealer and polish with pad sanders.
I engrave with 150mm/sec at 25% power. Cut with speed at 10mm/sec and 45% power. My substrate is mounted on top of 1" dowel rod cut to 3/4", removed the original bed except for the “V” bars. Have Stainless Steel mesh laying over the bars. The dowel rod is located so I can weight and level the high portions of the ply and not have them where the laser will cut into them since it makes a mess on the back side of the ply.
I can cut with higher speed. I get absolutely no smoke on either surface with 40psi on the nozzle.
I finish with two applications of clear lacquer spraying both front and back. Using satin finish gives me a surface a fly has trouble setting on. lol
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These are absolutely lovely! Well done!