Thinking about engraving turned pens. Any suggestions that are US based. Thanks for any suggestions.
Rodney, I use my Sainsmart 3018 CNC unit with a laser head to do my laser engraving. The entire unit, with laser, cost less than a few good woodturning tools ($350) and I also use it for CNC cutting and laser cutting. I used a dowel to get the settings correct before engraving 75 pens with our woodturning club's website. These pens were distributed last year in the pens for troops activity sponsored by Woodcraft. You can see the setup I made for laser engraving the pens and some of the finished products. This works well for pens that don't have that much change in depth, but larger curved surfaces requires a different setup. Hope this information helps. BrianThinking about engraving turned pens. Any suggestions that are US based. Thanks for any suggestions.
Sounds like a lot of performance for very little money. Can you tell us more? What thickness wood or acrylic can you cut? Is this sold as a kit?I use my Sainsmart 3018 CNC unit with a laser head to do my laser engraving. The entire unit, with laser, cost less than a few good woodturning tools ($350) and I also use it for CNC cutting and laser cutting.