Old thread, but yep. Check out the laser section of this forum. It does some things quite well. My main challenge is learning the ideal parameters ...

If you want to really get into the different ways of polishing acrylic, this video gives a good comparison - depending on what your intended uses for ...

Interesting setup - thanks for the suggestions!

Leather The underside of an old leather belt was used. If the goal is to simply mark the leather, without burning down into the leather, then low po...

Wood: Pine - testing just burning/marking the surface (not cutting) ideal probably power 110 at 10mm/sec, (or 105 power at 8mm/sec; 95 power at 5mm/...

I've made a test grid largely focussed for the Rowmark flexi-brass product line (I think), and attached it here. You can see it on the 602-334 produc...

So I've been able to get the laser to work using a combination of the above suggestions. I think I had been correctly depressing the safety switch on...

Thanks Bob, The touchprobe being normally closed, and then opened by the tool when it presses does explain the challenge with having it connected at ...

Sorry - soon after posting this, I discovered the solution. I needed to make a second setup, and leave the tool orientation alone. If anyone else ...