108LeatherWorks Report post Posted January 3 Hey all, Here's my first helmet shield produced for a customer. Laser cut/engraved, finished by hand. Cheapo amazon 10 watt laser cutter doesn't quite punch all the way through unfortunately. Utilized Fiebing's dark brown dye for this one. Any recommendations for laser adjustments to complete the cuts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DieselTech Report post Posted January 3 Great looking shield! Looks nice. Fine work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DwightT Report post Posted January 4 On 1/3/2024 at 1:20 PM, 108LeatherWorks said: Any recommendations for laser adjustments to complete the cuts? Looks pretty good to me. I don't really know much about laser cutters, but can't you just have it do multiple passes to complete the cuts? /dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
108LeatherWorks Report post Posted January 5 I'm running multiple passes, but doesn't quite make the full punch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwight Report post Posted January 5 On 1/3/2024 at 3:20 PM, 108LeatherWorks said: Hey all, Here's my first helmet shield produced for a customer. Laser cut/engraved, finished by hand. Cheapo amazon 10 watt laser cutter doesn't quite punch all the way through unfortunately. Utilized Fiebing's dark brown dye for this one. Any recommendations for laser adjustments to complete the cuts? Hey 108 . . . I had to google to find out what thickness leather you are using . . . and from some of the responses . . . I guess you are using like 7/8 oz and layering it to make it thicker. That being said . . . one other quick point . . . your "10" watt laser . . . may or may not be a 10 watt laser. I have two of them . . . one produces 10 watts of laser burning power . . . the other one "consumes" about 10 watts of power but only produdes about 3000 milliwats at it's max burning power. I can tell you for an absolute fact . . . 3 passes of my big guy at 85% power . . . using my air assist . . . and 500 mm/min speed . . . it very cleanly and slickly cuts out pieces from my 1/8 inch plywood . . . on which I had previously engraved the Lord's prayer. I also make the key fobs you see here . . . they're generally out of 5/6 veg tan (scraps from other jobs) and I cut them in one pass at 50% power and I think 500 mm/min speed. The speed may be wrong . . . I'd have to go dig in my files . . . but it cut in one pass . . . no problem. The big thing you do need is the air assist . . . and some serious exhaust system . . . burning leather STINKS bad. All of the little incursions around the edges of the Lord's prayer were easily and beutifully cut by my laser . . . and stacking them on top of each other . . . no one was differently cut than another except the first one. I put in the wrong numbers for the size. One of those "let's see how it works" ideas when getting started. The prayer pieces went to the ladies as a New Year's gift The key fobs went to the guys. I used to cut those key fobs out by hand . . . ohhhhhhhhHHHHHHH how I hated that. Piece of cake now. Anyway . . . PM me if I can help you any further . . . OH . . . and if you haven't learned how to use LaserGRBL software yet . . . LEARN . . . it'll do just about anything you would ever need laser software to do May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
