Full Version: Beveler
From: Paul (MMENGRAVER) [#16]
19 Sep 2005
To: trophyman (MIKEBERGER) [#15] 19 Sep 2005
From: Shaddy [#17]
19 Sep 2005
To: Paul (MMENGRAVER) [#16] 19 Sep 2005
Not sure I'm fully understanding... but if you want to cut first, then use the laser to engrave, you could make a template. Use some stock (birch, MDF, acrylic) and use the laser to cut out a shape that's the same as the one you are wanting to engrave. Then you take out that cut piece, and insert the thing you want engraved into the hole. Poof, you just made a template and you know right where the borders are for your laser, and everything is aligned. Just save the file that your laser used, and mark the template so you always know which is the upper left and top, and you can use it with pretty good repeatability.
Shaddy
From: Paul (MMENGRAVER) [#18]
19 Sep 2005
To: Shaddy [#17] 19 Sep 2005
From: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#19]
20 Sep 2005
To: Paul (MMENGRAVER) [#18] 20 Sep 2005
As far as speed, nothing like a beveler.
As far as beveling an edge 1/2" or smaller, nothing like an engraver. You have to get the technique down in order to bevel a short edge without nicking the corner due to the leading corner wanting to fall into the tiny area where the bit is. (You may want to start by using a small square of about 1x1 to use as a square to push with.)
From: PenTrophy (PENINSULATROPHY) [#20]
20 Sep 2005
To: Harvey only (HARVEY-ONLY) [#19] 20 Sep 2005
From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#21]
20 Sep 2005
To: ALL
Here's what you do:
Let's say you need a number of 3/8" x 2" plastic plates. Cut a 2" x 12" length from a piece of sheet stock.
Bevel the two 12" long sides.
Guess what? By beveling the 12" widths, before you cut the individual plates, you've already beveled the small widths.
That means, after cutting the individual plates, all that's left to do, is bevel the 2" widths.
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