re: Solder Station Storage

Ducky, if I engrave using the laser, I’m very limited to the fonts available as they’re all on-machine. I could produce the words and specific font in a word doc and then save it as an image in import it to the laser, that would work. The other option, albeit along the same path, would be to produce and image and send it to the Shaper Origin. That would make the scaling easier as the laser has a limited boundary. I figure setting the CNC bit to 1/16” ought to give plenty of depth for backfilling…especially since the depth is less than that for the laser. I get what you’re saying about small pieces snapping off though…especially if using the laser since the wood will be weakened by the heat.

I got some black TimberMate today (I was just giving you a hard time about TM, I wouldn’t use anything else. Love the stuff!). But I really like how the laser charring on the edge of the letters makes them pop…obviously that goes away with using black TM. But it did try it with the walnut TM and it was still visible, albeit less pronounced. Makes it kind of a cool option on lighter woods to use lighter filler…

I’m still concerned about excess filler getting in to the wood background. Guess I’m just going to have to do test runs for a while until I work it out. Shellac-sand-shellac would probably handle most woods, outside of those with the largest pores, don’t you think?