Engraving slate on the XTool D1 pro 20 watt

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Жыл бұрын

A simple project made from a slate sign that I had left over from a job. Design process in lightburn included.
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@charlesreicks648 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos. I would love to see more of the Lightburn process. Thanks Tim

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

I will see what I can come up with,, Thanks.

@jacquelinemuntz5903 11 ай бұрын

It looks good! Great job! Love your videos. I just got the D1 pro 20W. I can't wait to get started!

@TheClackShack 11 ай бұрын

Have fun!

@podman63 Жыл бұрын

A real awesome result very impressed

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@JeffBenedict 2 ай бұрын

Awesome job. Looks great. Thx for the video and the inspiration to make one.

@TheClackShack 2 ай бұрын

Very welcome

@CruiseMonkeyGames 4 ай бұрын

Nice job. Another gold star on the "Happy Wife, Happy Life" chart. Just three more and you'll qualify for the "Please bring me a sandwich to the shop" reward. 😂😂😂

@TheClackShack 4 ай бұрын

Not sure the room service is available around here.. lol

@jeffteeter501 Жыл бұрын

I engraved 8x11" slate with the 'Teeter' coat of arms and gave them to my grandkids for Christmas. I did a topcoat before engraving. They looked great, but they didn't smell very good when engraving. Thank goodness for exhaust!

@jeffteeter501 Жыл бұрын

Actually, the slate was 200x300mm

@jeffteeter501 Жыл бұрын

I did a test grid and found that I liked 50% power at 40mm/sec with my 10w

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

I didn’t notice any odor..

@oupaswoodshop1325 Жыл бұрын

Good job Clak

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@josephbaechler1840 Жыл бұрын

Looks great!

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@rmgf1005 Жыл бұрын

Verry nice Dave.

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@robertwolff3221 9 ай бұрын

Thanks very much. Very helpful.

@TheClackShack 9 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@Spirited282 Жыл бұрын

Looks great. I am thinking for my first attempt at slate and engraving i should have went with square and not circular slate. Love your videos

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

Just use a jig or mark the center and run from CURRENT POSITION

@Spirited282 Жыл бұрын

@@TheClackShack Thank you i had not thought of that

@MatthewHinmanTexas Жыл бұрын

I have found that the etch really pops if you precoat your slate with a little clear lacquer.

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

That is an option...

@donalddickey1686 Жыл бұрын

Yes. I use a coat of shellac first.

@michaelsfabwork2985 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always. Take care and stay safe. See you sunday

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

Thanks! You too!

@hbpgames7592 Жыл бұрын

I would love to learn more about lightburn I am new to lightburn and know little about it I used Photoshop, Autocad and CorelDraw but I am moving away from those due to the expense of updating every year.

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

It is a very powerful tool and has lots of capabilities. I still have photoshop for photos and video editing.

@josephbaechler1840 Жыл бұрын

Just ordered my slate on Amazon. You are becoming hard on my wallet!

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

Order enough to sell a few and finance your personal one... it works.

@josephbaechler1840 Жыл бұрын

@@TheClackShack that’s exactly what I do. I usually keep the first one which my wife confiscates, and sell the remainders. If I find there is a demand I start making and selling more. I always try to “pay-off” my hobby if I can. My wife doesn’t buy “ it’s a write-off” anymore!

@SpFx2011 9 ай бұрын

What kind of eye protection do you use? I want to be able to watch the laser work a bit but not with the cheap pair it came with haha. Just got the same laser a few months ago and have been loving it! Your videos have really helped me with learning how to run it.

@TheClackShack 9 ай бұрын

These are what I wear with the blue diodes. amzn.to/3M2UWIZ

@davidebecerriljr.725 Жыл бұрын

Nice

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@sidrat19 Жыл бұрын

Dave, great KZfaq series, I watch from the UK. Have you done any slate engraving with the Ortur Laser Master 3 yet, and if so, could you please let us know what settings you used?

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

I haven't but as you may know, my LM3 is now a 20 watt hybrid. A 10 watt, I would run 70mm/s at 100%. About the same as coated stainless settings.

@sidrat19 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave.

@user-hd6ve2fh8v Жыл бұрын

I think your videos are brilliant i've watched quit a few, i've only just pluged up my Xtool pro, i purchased your patterns for the alignment jigs and i was wondering how i import them to the machine from my email Regards steve

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

You download them from Etsy. If you are using XCS, import the dxf file. XCS will modify the size of other file types. Unless they have fixed it

@LittleJimmyK1964 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for that video, just one question, 10w D1, using 70 speed, 100 power, how many passes should I do?

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

I just do one

@danielprovenzano163 10 ай бұрын

I have the Xtool D1 Pro 20w machine. I did my first slate at 100% power and 200mm/s speed, it came out fine, but I would like to get the engraved part a little whiter. Any suggestions on maybe changing the speed or power settings. Thanks.

@TheClackShack 10 ай бұрын

You could mask and paint. Slate will only get grey from my experience

@christrujillo2017 Жыл бұрын

Do you have any recommended settings for the 10w non-pro for slate?

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

I would think 70mm/s at 100% would work well.

@christrujillo2017 Жыл бұрын

@@TheClackShack awesome. Thanks!!!

@torowazup1 Жыл бұрын

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👌🏼🎉😎

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@jacquelinemuntz5903 11 ай бұрын

Do you sell the plans for your enclosures?

@TheClackShack 11 ай бұрын

I have them to download in our Laser Engraver Community group on Facebook.

@andrewh4912 4 ай бұрын

Im a bit confused on the "focus" you are talking about, I never use the button on the right side of the laser, just the left to adjust using that metal rod to set the spacing between the laser and the material. I tried an engraving on slate with your settings and it turned out very rough and gravely.

@TheClackShack 4 ай бұрын

The right side is the "Z offset" so to speak. Should be set to 0 for engraving and half the thickness for cutting.

@jakerazmataz852 Жыл бұрын

Hi, wouldn't it be easier to see what you are doing, if you got rid of the honeycomb base. It is irrelevant. No? Great video.

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

I don't take the honeycomb out. Not needed for engraving but doesn't hurt.

@jakerazmataz852 Жыл бұрын

@@TheClackShack I'm talking about the grid when you are plotting it out. It just seems extra busy.

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

@@jakerazmataz852 , It doesn’t bother me. Always have it up

@jakerazmataz852 Жыл бұрын

@@TheClackShack Cool. Is it possible to remove it for future reference. I'm really close to dropping the hammer on an xTool with rotary.

@Josh44608 Жыл бұрын

I set my 20w D1pro to 100/100 and yours is going about 10 times faster than mine. Lol Any idea why that may be?

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

My guess is that I use MM/S and you are running MM/M. Take my speed and multiply by 60= 6,000 MM/M

@I-LOVE-EARTH Жыл бұрын

Nice job! Did your wife love it?

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

She liked it, it is in the mantle now

@Dipstick252 Жыл бұрын

Sound volume low starting at 1:15

@TheClackShack Жыл бұрын

Different mic on the PC, I may need to adjust for it next time. Sounded ok on my headphones when editing.