[Lab] leather and laser

Tue Feb 18 14:58:06 EST 2014

PCB in this case refers to Printed Circuit Board. Fiberglass board is glass
fibers (silica, mostly) with usually a polyester resin holding it together.

<rant>This is the sort of reason that I don't like acronyms and
initialisms. Grr, mumble... </rant>

Dave O'Heare

On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Britta Evans-Fenton <technical at artengine.ca
> wrote:

> PBC is Polychlorinated biphenyls , meaning many Chlorines molecules, and
> Chlorine laser cut omits chlorine gas! PLEASE DO NOT CUT ANYTHING WITH
> CHLORINE IN IT!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Britta
> *Technical Coordinator *
> Artengine.ca
>
>
> 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?
>>
>> ____________________
>> Peace, Love, Empathy
>>
>> Alexander Max Rowsell
>>
>>
>> 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. :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Darcy Whyte
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> 613-563-3634 by appointment
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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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". :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Darcy Whyte
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Software Since '88 siteware.com | Contact: darcy at siteware.com |
>>>> 613-563-3634 by appointment
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Canada N 45° 25'03.1" W 75° 42'21.4"
>>>>
>>>> Art+ inventorArtist.com <http://inventorartist.com/> | Aviation
>>>> rubber-power.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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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