[Lab] leather and laser

[Aurelius R]

I asked Darcy last week and he wasn't sure -- does anyone know if the laser
cutter can do fibreglass? ie PCB material?

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On 17 February 2014 11:39, Henri Kuschkowitz <henri.kuschkowitz at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi again,
>
> I'd be curious to take a look if you don't mind. I could also provide some
> details of how to use the rotary tool as well, but in all fairness it's a
> straight forward process: Everything important for this attachment was
> already calibrated by Britta when they first got the tool.
>
> James, if I understood correctly you are planing on having the entire
> antler engraved, not just a cut section from an antler. Depending on the
> size I think you are pretty much out of luck with the Epilog in the lab as
> all the options I am thinking of will require the hood to be open and the
> safety features will forbid any laser operation in that state.
>
> Are you coming on Wednesday?
>
>
> Best,
> Henri
>
> On Feb 17, 2014, at 10:08 AM, James Allanson <james.d.allanson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> In my case I'm looking at laser cutting a segment of the antler (think of
> a poker chip sized piece off a cylinder), and laser cut on the flat sides.
>  While it doesn't require the use of a rotary tool, it has its own
> challenges; the internals are of varying density.
>
> Henri if you like I can bring you a sample piece of deer antler from what
> we have, something like a finger sized cylinder.  None of the ones in our
> sample are perfectly cylindrical though.  If you are looking for more, try
> advertising in a rural area.  I can ask around my area if you like.
>
> Cheers,
> James
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Matthew Bells <matt at mbells.ca> wrote:
>
>> 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
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>> *Subject:* Re: [Lab] leather and laser
>>
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>>
>> oh that would be cool.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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<http://imgur.com/a/PDZIX> 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...
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>>
>> *From: *Darcy Whyte
>>
>> *Sent: *Monday, January 27, 2014 12:02
>>
>> *To: *Henri Kuschkowitz
>>
>> *Cc: *lab
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>> *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:
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>> Hey.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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>> --
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>> Darcy Whyte
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>> Software Since '88 siteware.com | Contact: darcy at siteware.com |
>> 613-563-3634 by appointment
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>> Canada N 45° 25'03.1" W 75° 42'21.4"
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>> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Mike Milinkovich <
>> mike.milinkovich at eclipse.org> wrote:
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>> On 26/01/2014 9:35 PM, Darcy Whyte wrote:
>>
>> Anybody cut dear hide with the laser before? Or other leather?
>>
>>
>>
>> Please tell me that you meant to write "deer hide"!? :)
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