Howdy Y’all!
Merry Christmas! So I’m still waiting on my motor mounts to come in then I’ll be diving off the deep end of setup and assembly. In the meantime I feel like I have been wondering if anyone out there has any experience or tips and tricks with engraving on the Maslow. I’ve been looking at buying some V-Groove and Round Nose bits but wanted to see how they work first. I am guessing it will be super simple on Maslow but thought I’d reach out to see what everyone’s experience might be like.
Cheers,
~Ben
Engraving is one of the things I’ve noticed the machine is very good at. I use small 1/8" engravers myself and the detail it gives is quite nice. Also seen quite a few signs made with a v-groove bit. I haven’t seen anyone try a ball nose bit yet but it should work fine. The only consideration I’d make is the feed rate there. A 1/4" 2 flute ball mill (which is pretty typical) needs to be run around 2000mm/min @ 10000 rpm, and that’s faster than the Malsow can currently feed (which is 1000mm/min). An 1/8" one would work well, however.
The trick is to get your depth right. One thing I think we’ve noticed is that we often have too deep. With my little engraving bits, I originally went 2mm into the material but found that to be too much. I revised my depth to be .5mm and that was much better.
My profile pic is a good example of engraving.
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I used a 90 degree vbit for making some signs that i liked the way they turned out. I ordered a 60 degree bit that I am putting on tonight. I expect I will like those results much better. i have been using Inkscape with single line fonts (CamBam) and then makercam to create the gcode with decent success. setting zero and then getting a good depth with the vbit is the hardest part for me.
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Thanks for the tips and advice!