Glass Engraving With My Endurance 10W Lazer

This Is How I Engrave On Glass Using My 10W Endurance Lazer. From http://endurancelasers.com/

Step 1:

Step 2: My Equipment

The Endurance 10 watt (10000 mW) laser “Invincible” with 445 nm wavelength

bought from Endurance Lasers

With Home Made Air Assist System

LASER PROTECTION EYEWEAR (Yes, this is essential, A Laser will blind you, do not use your laser without the appropriate eyewear)

Software

T2Laser

Google Images

Step 3: Setting Up Your Material

The First Thing You Do Is Place A Board On The Lazer Bed. I Then Lay A Soldering Mat On Top Of The Board. (optional) On Top Of The Mat (Or Board) Place A Sheet Of Printer Paper. Then On Top Of The Paper .Lay Your Piece Of Glass To Be Engraved. We Are Now Ready To Engrave

Step 4: T2LAZER SOFTWARE

For Grbl, Benbox and Eleks Maker Laser Engraving systems. Image to G-Code Conversion. Supports JPEG or BMP import (up to 24-bit color). Greyscale (S-value) and 1-Bit (dithered or threshold) conversion. Resolution is user configurable. Horizontal or diagonal engraving (45 degree engraving makes lines less visible). Skip blank lines (improves engraving speed by eliminating unnecessary moves). Image resize (uses an optimized algorithm to improve quality). Allows basic image adjustment (brightness, contrast, flip and rotation). G-Code can be saved (registered users only). Laser Control. Supports Grbl 0.8, 0.9 (J-Tech branch is recommended for optimal performance) and 1.1. Load G-Code files (supports both raster and vector formats). User interface for jogging (8-way) with step distance and set / return home. Laser on, off and pulse (using user configured power and time). Override laser power settings and feed rate in G-Code file. Emergency stop (includes soft reset). Tested with files containing over 7,500,000 lines of G-Code (trial is limited to 10,000 lines). Can be launched directly (registered users only) G-Code Viewer. Supports S-value laser code for true representation of result. Identify problems before sending to the laser.

Step 5: USEING T2 SOFTWARE

Open T2LAZER

Go To File Open Image (Choose Image to Engrave)

Go To Output Size (Choose Image Size You Want)

Go To Laser Power (I Set To 255)

Go To Feed Rate (I Set To 100)

For This Project I Then Choose B/W

I Then Go to Edit And Choose Auto Trace

Then Switch To Laser Control Mode

I Use A Different Order In Video (It's Up To You)

Click On Envelope To Start Engraving

REMEMBER THE LASER WILL ENGRAVE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF GLASS

Step 6: CLEAN GLASS

Once The Engraving Has Finished Clean Glass I use Sponge And Washing Up Liquid Dry Glass If There Is Residue Left I Use A Alcohol Wipe And We Are Done

Step 7: Pros and Cons of Endurance 10w Laser

Pros

Real rated optical power output of is 10 watt (10000 mW)

Unlike many Chinese lasers the Endurance 10 watt laser can work continuously up to 48-72 hours

Cooling Active air blowing with 4 fans

Laser Driver External laser control box

Lifetime 10 000 hours

Endurance provides and ultimate customer support with full guidance and tutorials

Cons

Slightly More Expensive Than Chinese Counterpart But Performance Is By Far Better

Step 8: USEFULL LINKS

I Must Say I Am Well Impressed With My Endurance 10W LAZER I'm Glad I Payed That Bit Extra For A Far Superior Laser And The Excellent After Sales Support You Get

Endurance Lasers www.endurancelasers.com

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