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Laser etched iPhone - settings

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With a 35W Epilog laser 40% power, 100% speed with a 600dpi vector art image (AI) works great for laser etching an iPhone. The material on the back is a nice plastic that etched white-ish. Special thanks to Dan for experimenting... :)

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Posted by: tms10000 on July 16, 2007 at 10:51 PM

Not only it will blend but it will also etch nicely under the laser.

Too much power? Cut in half. Nice geeky present: one half for your brother, the other half for your sister...

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Posted by: supertim on July 17, 2007 at 12:58 PM

What scan speed and scan spacing does that machine use? I wonder how it compares with the raster scanner in a selective laser sintering machine.

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Posted by: rwo on July 18, 2007 at 3:29 AM

I'm waiting for the Make: store to sell diy laser etching kits and cad/cam kits.

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Posted by: rwo on July 18, 2007 at 3:30 AM

3D printer kits too.

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Posted by: anrima on December 7, 2008 at 10:41 PM

How easy would this be to do at the techshop?

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Posted by: Jack on June 16, 2009 at 2:37 PM

Laser Etching

I recently used California Laser Etch- http://www.california-laser.com to etch my IPhone with a portrait. Came out awesome!

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