[Lab] leather and laser

Tue Feb 18 14:04:37 EST 2014

PBC is Polychlorinated biphenyls , meaning many Chlorines molecules, and
Chlorine laser cut omits chlorine gas! PLEASE DO NOT CUT ANYTHING WITH
CHLORINE IN IT!

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Britta
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On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Aurelius R <maxrowsell at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 15, 2014, at 2:35 PM, James Allanson <james.d.allanson at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was actually looking into something related, cutting into deer antlers.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> *Subject: *Re: [Lab] leather and laser
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I get the feeling cutting and engraving works well. But not sure I'm in
>>> the mood for odd smells. :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Henri Kuschkowitz <
>>> henri.kuschkowitz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I engraved regular cow hide before and with low power it works quite
>>> well (mind you the smell).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Henri
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 26, 2014, at 9:49 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  oops, silly typo. I mean't "Deer Hide". :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please tell me that you meant to write "deer hide"!? :)
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