[Lab] leather and laser

[Henri Kuschkowitz]

Yes, I have and plenty others as well. Works quite excellent!

On Feb 15, 2014, at 5:06 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:

> Fortunately, the ArtEngine Epilog does have a rotary attachment.  Don't know if anyone has used it yet though.
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> Andrew.
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> On 2014-02-15, at 4:07 PM, Matthew Bells <matt at mbells.ca> wrote:
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>> The problem is laser engravers usually only have an x,y control, so any cutting or engraving has to be in a plane, since the bean is carefully focused down… some have a rotary attachment, so cylinders would work for those. This means you would either have to get a very fancy laser cutter, or flatten the skull or antlers.
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>> From: Lab [mailto:lab-bounces at artengine.ca] On Behalf Of Henri Kuschkowitz
>> Sent: 2014.February.15 14:50
>> To: James Allanson
>> Cc: Matt; lab
>> Subject: Re: [Lab] leather and laser
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>> oh that would be cool. 
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>> Where would you get the antlers? i’d love to do/have some to experiment. i have seen some interesting painted designs on cow skulls as well recently but got to figure out where to get some to experiment with.
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>> On Feb 15, 2014, at 2:35 PM, James Allanson <james.d.allanson at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I was actually looking into something related, cutting into deer antlers.
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>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Matt <matt at mbells.ca> wrote:
>> The smell goes away fairly quickly, somewhere between barbeque and burning hair. It cuts and engraves well. One of the guys at Kwartzlab has been doing cow hide, I think...
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>> From: Darcy Whyte
>> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:02
>> To: Henri Kuschkowitz
>> Cc: lab
>> Subject: Re: [Lab] leather and laser
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>> I get the feeling cutting and engraving works well. But not sure I'm in the mood for odd smells. :)
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>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Henri Kuschkowitz <henri.kuschkowitz at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hey.
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>> I engraved regular cow hide before and with low power it works quite well (mind you the smell). 
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>> Cheers,
>> Henri
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>> On Jan 26, 2014, at 9:49 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
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>> oops, silly typo. I mean't "Deer Hide". :)
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>> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Mike Milinkovich <mike.milinkovich at eclipse.org> wrote:
>> On 26/01/2014 9:35 PM, Darcy Whyte wrote:
>> Anybody cut dear hide with the laser before? Or other leather?
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>> Please tell me that you meant to write "deer hide"!? :)
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