[Lab] leather and laser

[Henri Kuschkowitz]

Okay then, 
See you on Wednesday!


On Feb 17, 2014, at 12:05 PM, James Allanson <james.d.allanson at gmail.com> wrote:

> No, not the whole antler, just a tiny small poker chip size piece.
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> But I will be there this Wednesday! :D
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> Cheers,
> James
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> On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Henri Kuschkowitz <henri.kuschkowitz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi again,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Are you coming on Wednesday?
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> Best,
> Henri
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> On Feb 17, 2014, at 10:08 AM, James Allanson <james.d.allanson at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Cheers,
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>> 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. 
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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:
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>> 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
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>> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:02
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>> To: Henri Kuschkowitz
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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.
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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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>> 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:
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>> On 26/01/2014 9:35 PM, Darcy Whyte wrote:
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>> 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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