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A couple months back, over on the IAP (International Association of Penturners) website (penturners.org), there was a spate of excitement over these little (<=1W) Laser Engravers, NEJE DK-8-KZ, from GearBest.com: http://www.gearbest.com/3d-printers-...pp_343187.html
I admit to instant interest and jumping on the bandwagon to buy one, with the intent of using these to engrave pens, and see what other applications I could devise. The small configuration of the unit will create restrictions on the size of the workpiece you engrave, but one could accommodate something up to a couple inches wide that extends outside the sides or front/back of the unit. The engraving size is only 500x500 pixels, so some creativity for multi-burn pieces would be required. It also has its own proprietary driver/engraving software that is fairly easy to use, since it allows you to drag and drop in bmp, gif, and jpg images, which it will resize to fit (sometimes not well). For pen engraving, I use MS Paint, insert the text I want in a 500x500 pixel canvas, then crop to size and save as a jpg before dragging into the engraving software. Here's a Youtube video on how easy it is to set up and use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnpkwHArYSY (don't be fooled by the shots that are sped up - this does not engrave as fast as shown!)
But I thought I'd share how nicely this works on the pens I turn.
Here is a chrome "Curvado" from PSI in Olivewood (domestic), to be a gift for a retiring coworker. Thanks for looking!
A couple months back, over on the IAP (International Association of Penturners) website (penturners.org), there was a spate of excitement over these little (<=1W) Laser Engravers, NEJE DK-8-KZ, from GearBest.com: http://www.gearbest.com/3d-printers-...pp_343187.html
I admit to instant interest and jumping on the bandwagon to buy one, with the intent of using these to engrave pens, and see what other applications I could devise. The small configuration of the unit will create restrictions on the size of the workpiece you engrave, but one could accommodate something up to a couple inches wide that extends outside the sides or front/back of the unit. The engraving size is only 500x500 pixels, so some creativity for multi-burn pieces would be required. It also has its own proprietary driver/engraving software that is fairly easy to use, since it allows you to drag and drop in bmp, gif, and jpg images, which it will resize to fit (sometimes not well). For pen engraving, I use MS Paint, insert the text I want in a 500x500 pixel canvas, then crop to size and save as a jpg before dragging into the engraving software. Here's a Youtube video on how easy it is to set up and use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnpkwHArYSY (don't be fooled by the shots that are sped up - this does not engrave as fast as shown!)
But I thought I'd share how nicely this works on the pens I turn.
Here is a chrome "Curvado" from PSI in Olivewood (domestic), to be a gift for a retiring coworker. Thanks for looking!
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