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Pen Engraving / Fine detail

2/28/2017

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Laser Engraving can be a lot like the television show Pawn Stars.  You never know what is going to come through your door with a customer that they want engraved.  I have been in contact with a customer for about a week, and he is wanting to have some very nice pens laser engraved with a fine detailed logo. When laser engraving it is wise to proceed with optimism, yet a degree of caution.  There are many things to think about when working with something that a customer brings in to your shop.  Here are 3 things I always ask myself when laser engraving on something that a customer is bringing in to the shop.

1.  What kind of material is it?  What has been our past experiences with these materials?
2.  What quality of logo and what kind of file are we working with?
3.  What is the cost of the item if things don't work out as planned?

Its interesting and important to understand that all woods look different when laser engraved.  Red Alder, and Bamboo are by far my favorites because they give the most consistent look.  When customers bring in wood products we always cross our fingers that the wood is Alder or Bamboo.  If it is some other variety we try to educate our customers as to what we think the wood will look like, however there are no gaurantees.  All wood is different, even wood of the same species can look different once engraved. Knots, checks, tone, color etc all play a role in how the finished product will look.

Today we engraved 3 wooden pens.  All pens were finished and had a slightly different color.  With our 40 Watt Epilog Zing Laser we rastered the image with a Power of 70, and a Speed of 100.  The finished product was amazing and really brought out the fine detail in the logo.  Wood is a lot of fun to laser engrave and it has a very rich look!

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Stefan Bradley link
6/25/2019 10:39:41 am

It helped a lot when you mentioned that the laser engraving will look different depending on what kind of wood you use. My wife's birthday is coming up and I want to make her a small wooden sign that she can hang by her desk, but I wasn't sure what kind of wood I should use. I think I will have my sign laser engraved on alder to achieve the results that I am looking for.

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Jeff Carbine link
1/6/2022 07:28:44 am

I never knew that laser engraving can be a lot like the television show Pawn Stars. I never thought that it would be like this, it is an intriguing article to read and I will also share this with my aunt. Thank you for the information about laser engraving.

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    Brian Huber
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