Originally Posted by
fastfoxengineering
Z offset (distance of laser to work piece), power, and speed are pretty much the three basics to setting up a laser marker. The whole process to do my initials took about 20 minutes and I'm new to lasers.
But yes, the machine has to be setup correctly or you can burn right through a part no problem. I ran a test run on a piece of scrap metal first.
Furthermore, I used a polishing wheel to get rid of all the grit. Polished the whole spoon to shiny, smooth metal. Made the hole. Put on my initials. Then took it to a deburring/wire wheel to give it the brushed finish.
I'm thinking the gritty finish is from media blasting. Stamp the spoon. Drill a laynard hole. Debur it. Blast it. Done
I could be wrong
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